External Interface
- Contractors/vendors
- Clients (Retail/Commercial Tenants)
- External Legal Counsel
- Statutory/ Regulatory agencies
Minimum Qualification
- Graduate / Post Graduate in Law from a reputed institute
- Qualified Solicitor
Minimum Experience
- 10-12 years of total experience, and at least 8 years in the infrastructure development industry
- At least 3 years experience in a leading law firm
Special Skills/Attributes
- Advanced knowledge of legal administration, especially contract related matters
- Exposure in drafting agreements like Development, Sale, Lease, Leave and License, etc
- Understanding of Statutory/Regulatory Compliance Management
Overall Purpose/Objective Of the job
Lead the Legal function for a project/centre by identifying, anticipating and mitigating legal risk; providing legal support to the senior management from the project concept stage to operations
Key Responsibilities
- Ensures being a part of the front end team while the negotiations with the contractor/vendor and thus get involved in the resolution of any disputes/ litigations
- Responsible for devising a list of proactive measures that can be introduced to mitigate legal risks, provide legal advice for policy formulation, install the relevant systemic framework and its maintenance; plan implementation with the leadership team
- Ensure and oversee the timely submission of relevant documents and returns to external stakeholders / regulatory authorities and represent the company for resolution of any legal issue or escalation
- Ensure that the project maintains a strong and consistent legal compliance record and it is completed and operated as per statutory/ regulatory norms and contract terms and thereby no penalty clauses are invoked against the Company
- Collate all signed LOIs to prepare a consolidated Deviation Matrix and discuss clause-by-clause with the VP – Leasing, post which only deviations if any would be allowed to go into the final agreement document
- Ensure the process of lease negotiations with other tenants (inline/vanilla) are carried out by the Sr. Manager / Manager – Legal as per the defined process
- Ensure the registration of the final agreement document is carried out as per statutory guidelines and provide inputs as required
- Ensure effective litigation management of all cases –identification, appointment and management of external litigation partners, filing of cases and monitoring their progress, and provide timely updates to the business leadership
- Ensure safe and custody of all original documents by the corporate/centre’s legal teams
- Take care of legacy litigation work in the operational mall related to a service tax issue in coordination with the external legal counsel by ensuring all records of dates/appearances are maintained
- Ensure effective litigation management of all cases –identification, appointment and management of external litigation partners, filing of cases and monitoring their progress, and provide timely updates to the business leadership
- Advanced knowledge of legal administration, especially contract related matters
- In-depth understanding of the development/construction business in the retail and hospitality sectors
- Drafting agreements like Development, Sale, Lease, Leave & License etc.
- Statutory/ Regulatory Compliance Management
- Knowledge of leasing administration process
- Negotiation skills
Qualifications
- Graduate / Post Graduate in Law from a reputed institute
- Qualified Solicitor
Primary Location
Mumbai
Work Locations
Mumbai Lower Parel, 462, Senapati Bapat Marg Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013
How to Apply?
Apply on Phoenix Mill’s Website
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