Legal Counsel

Job description
Role – Legal Counsel – Real estate and compliance

Reporting To – General Counsel

Job Location – Mumbai

Role Summary

The incumbent shall be the principal legal counsel and adviser to the Real estate and compliance functions of the Company.

The Legal Counsel is primarily responsible for:

Negotiating or reviewing and approving all material contracts and agreements pertaining to the Real estate and compliance;

Handling, strategizing and management of all legal activities concerning the Real estate including coordination with external counsels representing the Company;

Providing advice and counsel to other functions concerning matters of policy and risk management, and seeking to ensure compliance with such policies and minimization of risks to the Company;

Counsel and advise on the applicable legislations and required approvals in various projects and areas of workincluding on legal aspects of land acquisition, land disputes, due diligence, title reports etc.;

Regulatory compliance matters and supporting the Real estate and compliance team on engagement with appropriate governmental authorities.

Job Responsibilities
• Serves as a key adviser to the senior management and provides day-to-day advice/counsel to the company on all land and compliance related legal matters.
• Lead & deliver high quality assigned legal, contracts and compliance responsibilities, at both an operational and policy level by working meticulously with specialized knowledge & practical experience in these domains and experience of executing with Integrity.
• To ensure and protect the legal interest of the Company by ensuring proper management of litigation, minimizing risk involved in Contracts executed by the Company.
• Proactively ensure Statutory & Legal compliances in company's documentation, transactions and action to strategically liaise and successfully resolve all ongoing legal cases.
• Provide general legal/risk mitigation advice to multi-functional teams on miscellaneous matters, such as land, EHS, security, factory compliance, labor & employment matters, privacy, and regulatory issues.
• Coordinates and supervises all outside legal counsel engaged to represent the Company with respect to asserted claims or legal proceedings.
• Works closely with the legal team based across corporateoffice and other locations.
• Maintain MIS for legal department. Make regular updates to legal case files and contract records to the General Counsel.
• Prepare case brief and notes and provide update of the proceedings held in court cases on periodic basis.
• Update the management on evolving judicial trends and legislative proposals, policy changes, amendments in laws and important judgments passed by various Courts / Forums and the appraisal of the impact thereof.
• Assumes responsibility for special projects assigned from time to time by the General Counsel.

Desired Candidate Profile

Bachelor’s/master’s degree in law.

10-15 years of relevant experience preferably in capital intensive industries/top law firms.

Sound understanding of relevant laws (Real Estate/Mining/ Electricity/ Environment) and its impact on businesses.

Energetic, proactive, and sharp.

Unyielding commitment to ethics & high personal integrity and impeccable professional ethics.

Ability to communicate effectively and inspire confidence in teams, executive management, and peers.

Ability to successfully work in cross-functional teams.

Effective and efficient delivery of top-quality legal services in a corporate environment.

Demonstrated ability to implement process-driven solutions to legal issues in a timely manner.

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