DGM - Legal - Real Estate

DGM Legal

Qualification : LLB, LLM

Experience : 12+ years relevant experience (preferably last 3-4 years in a Real Estate Company)

Reporting to : Directly to MD

Job Location : Sion(E) in Mumbai HO

Job Description:

- Review inhouse drafting of all transactional documents such as joint development agreement, share purchase agreements, shareholders' agreements. LLP agreements/deeds, agreement to sell, sale deeds, lease deeds, general power of attorney as well as other contracts, agreements, bank guarantees etc.

- Validate the transactional documents to ensure all deals are compliant.

- Review exceptions, if any to ensure that all relevant risks are adequately covered.

- Perform title due diligence of land and timely risk identification.

- Review inhouse drafting of all contracts/documentation such as application forms, allotment letter, agreement for sale, buyer's agreement, conveyance deeds, lease deeds, all customer related documents/communications, collaboration/joint venture agreement for land development GPA, etc.

- Timely closure of documents / agreements from legal perspective.

- Lead and review inhouse drafting of legal notices, pleadings related to disputes/litigations.

- Review of contracts / documents / RERA related support.

- Ensure standardization of all documents (like - sales documentation, transaction documents, customer / external lawyers, clients. Customers etc.

- Ensure standardization of all documents (like sales documentation, transaction documents, customer / sales communications, IT/Finance documents etc) and creating repository of the same.

- Driver digitization process to create knowledge repository, which disseminates, past learnings in all transactions.

- Have the experience and ability to engage with our external legal counsels time and again to conclude the above requirements of the Company.

- Has hands on experience in handling all types of contracts, agreements, service agreements, commercial contracts, NDA, CSR Agreements, Marketing Agreements / documents / collaterals, bank guarantees, service agreements and other deeds and documents and handling / negotiating for the closure of the documents.

Has experience in handling joint venture transactions independently including:

(a) drafting of collaborations agreements, joint development agreements, LLP Deeds, General Power of Attorneys;

(b) negotiations with the opposite party for closure of transaction; and

(c) Risk identification in the transaction with mitigation.

- Has knowledge of land and has handled title due diligence and has complete knowledge of revenue / land records.

Has hands on experience in handling customer related issues, including:

(a) drafting of application forms, allotment letters, agreement for sale, buyer's agreements, conveyance deeds, maintenance agreements etc and

(b) handling disputes raised by the customers.

- Has hand on experience in research work. Generate a knowledge repository for updates on laws, regulations, ordinances, by laws relating to real estate industry and make the same available to the team.

- Has hands on experience and knowledge of RERA and its implications / applicability / updates / law / documents / model formats of agreements under RERA etc.

- Experience of handling litigations.

Critical skills:

- Drafting (contracts and pleadings)

- Negotiations.

- Ability to manage negotiations and drafting simultaneously in very tight timelines.

- Legal Research

- Good command on English with qualitative drafting skills.

- In-depth knowledge of legislations and regulations relevant to real estate

- Exposure of handling customer disputes and negotiating land owners.