Legal Counsel - Real Estate & Compliance

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:

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

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

III. 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;

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

V. 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 corporate office 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.