Kshitish Raj Email and Phone Number

Litigation, Compliance and Contracts

Working as Legal Counsel -India, (Lead –Legal) with Air Liquide Global E& C Solutions India Private Limited, formerly known as Lurgi India Company Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions GmbH, Germany, Formerly Lurgi GmbH and a group company of Air Liquide, Paris, France. Job Profile includes handling the complete legal affairs of the Company such as Compliance, Litigation, Arbitration and providing commercial and legal advice to business leaders… Show more Working as Legal Counsel -India, (Lead –Legal) with Air Liquide Global E& C Solutions India Private Limited, formerly known as Lurgi India Company Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions GmbH, Germany, Formerly Lurgi GmbH and a group company of Air Liquide, Paris, France. Job Profile includes handling the complete legal affairs of the Company such as Compliance, Litigation, Arbitration and providing commercial and legal advice to business leaders and internal Clients. Responsibility also included instituonalising the Legal function in the organization by setting up processes and developing templates.The profile also includes providing legal, compliance, and advising on the contracts to the following companies of the group• Air Liquide Middle East-Dubai;• Air Liquide Engineering India Private Limited-Hyderabad;• Lurgi India International Services Private Limited-Delhi;• Cryolor Asia Pacific Limited-ChennaiWorked extensively on large EPC tenders for Oil and Gas, Oleochemical, Cryogenic Business (ASU), and Information Technology Tenders. Preparation of deviation list and negotiation of the tenders from legal and commercial perspective. Experience of working on wide variety of tenders including Government Tenders, Tenders funded by International Institutions and Global Tenders. Show less

Responsibility at CMC included handling all legal and contract related issues for 5 Strategic Business Units Pan India and abroad. The responsibility included review, drafting and negotiation of contracts for the SBU’s. The responsibility also included handling of litigation and arbitration on behalf of the Company and interacting with the external counsels within India and abroad. Responsibility also included providing support on contractual and legal issues to the following… Show more Responsibility at CMC included handling all legal and contract related issues for 5 Strategic Business Units Pan India and abroad. The responsibility included review, drafting and negotiation of contracts for the SBU’s. The responsibility also included handling of litigation and arbitration on behalf of the Company and interacting with the external counsels within India and abroad. Responsibility also included providing support on contractual and legal issues to the following subsidiaries/group companies • CMC America• CMC UK • CMC DubaiDrafting vetting and review of agreements related to Information Technology such as License Agreements, Hardware and Software Maintenance Agreements etc, undertaken by the Company.Responsibility included providing legal advice to the management and the different functions pan India and abroad on legal and commercial issues.Responsibility also included providing inputs on the legal and contractual issues to the Project team on the ongoing projectsDeveloped the compliance programme on Labor and Information Technology Laws.Make the employees and the functions aware about the compliance with anti-corruption and other policies of the organization in their day to day dealings with third parties. Show less

Profile included drafting opinion, handling compliance issues on service tax, VAT, Sales Tax, Trade Tax . Profile also included handling litigation before Tribunals.

Handling Litigation at the lower court,High Court with respect to Recovery matters , Complaints U/s 138 of NI Act, Consumer Dispute etc.Drafting of suits, appeals, applications , affidavits etc.