Manager - Legal

Roles and Responsibilities:

Contract Management

• Proficiency in Contract drafting/ vetting, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Drafting/ Vetting/ negotiations Drafting legal notices, MOUs/ LOIs, NDAs, Lease Deeds, etc. and other agreements with a focus on Risk Mitigation and final closure of the same during client calls.
• Experience in handling Project Management Agreements, Design & Build Agreements, Maintenance Contracts, Property Management Contracts, lease agreements, property maintenance agreements, consultancy agreements, valuations contract.

Litigation Management

• Coordination with external counsels and internal business departments for litigation matters, maintaining trackers and reporting the same to Global.

Corporate Governance

• Responsible for end-to-end Corporate Governance matters. Coordination with external company secretaries & counsels, auditors, etc. for corporate secretarial work.
• This includes tracking of issuing notices for Board Meetings to the BODs, finalizing minutes, reviewing submissions before the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, etc.

Regulatory

• Keep Legal Head abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives for Real Estate Consultants in India, as per applicability to C&W.
• Application of relevant laws, legal and regulatory systems, principles and practices.
• Handling labour & employment law matters and reporting the same to Legal Head.

Professionalism/ Team Work

• Work with a degree of professional independence.
• Solution oriented approach to more complex matters.
• Highlighting critical matters and to work in consultation with Head-Legal for closure of the same.
• Incumbent should have a commercial mindset to understand the business requirements and providing solutions.

Coordination and other work

• Coordination with different business verticals/ departments, support functions, operations team for the purpose of ensuring our representation before quasi-judicial; judicial and regulatory authorities in the manner as directed or required by the Legal Head.
• Coordination with different business verticals/ departments, support functions, operations team and site teams for the purpose of replying to claims against the Company.
• Work with Company Secretary in close coordination with Legal Head to proactively manage Secretarial matters, including but not limited to passing/ execution of Board Resolution, Appointment and/or removal and/or resignation of Directors/ additional Directors, updating ROC records, updating Board minutes, etc.
• Work with external Law Firms in close coordination with Legal Head.

About You :

• Excellent Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent Communciation skills - verbal and written
• law degree from an accredited University.
• Minimum 10 years post qualification experience in commercial legal practice obtained either in a corporate/ MNC in-house position or in an internationally reputed Law Firm. Experience as an in-house counsel with legal department of a reputed multinational corporation, is desirable.