Manager - Legal

Job Summary

The Manager - Legal at Godrej Ventures plays a pivotal role in supporting real estate and property management operations within a leading investment management firm. This position is responsible for drafting and advising on a wide range of legal documents, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and providing legal support to internal and external stakeholders. The role involves handling contract disputes, facilitating legal processes, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws and regulations. The successful candidate will contribute to process improvements and uphold company guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for drafting various legal documents such as LOI, term sheet, lease deed, conveyance deed, power of attorney affidavits, indemnity, service agreement, confidentiality agreement, engagement letter, and procurement agreement.
• Play a key role in shaping legal controls and checkpoints by examining contracts made by the Contracts team.
• Advise customers on stamp duty and other relevant regulations, and provide timely advice to other departments on compliance issues.
• Generate a knowledge repository for updates on laws, regulations, and ordinances related to the real estate industry and make these available to the team.
• Handle litigations filed by the company and against the company, including instruction to lawyers and interaction with senior counsels.
• Comply with company-defined guidelines and processes, adhering to project timelines.
• Identify and recommend process improvements to streamline efficiency, costs, and productivity within the work area.
• Support the leasing team in drafting various letters such as Fitout Side Letter, car park letter, and various other NOCs and relevant documents.
• Deliver high-quality support to internal and external stakeholders to resolve disputes, matters, and conflicts during business operations.

Qualifications

• LLB &/ or LLM with 6-10 Yrs (preferable from a law firm or Real Estate or PE fund Industry).
• Has knowledge of land related laws and has handled title due diligence and has knowledge of revenue/land records PAN India.
• Has experience in handling Real Estate transactions including (a) drafting of Joint venture agreements, development agreements, conveyance deeds, Lease deeds power of attorney; (b) negotiations with the opposite party for finalization and closure of transactions; (c) SPA, SHA & other shareholders agreement.
• Has hands-on experience in drafting customer related documents such as application forms, allotment letters, buyer's agreements, conveyance deeds, maintenance agreements, etc.
• Extending support to internal and external stakeholders to resolve disputes, matters, conflicts during course of business.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of land-related laws and experience in handling title due diligence and revenue/land records in PAN India.
• Proven experience in handling real estate transactions, including drafting joint venture agreements, development agreements, conveyance deeds, lease deeds, and power of attorney.
• Experience in negotiations with the opposite party for finalisation and closure of transactions, as well as SPA, SHA, and other shareholder agreements.
• Hands-on experience in drafting customer-related documents such as application forms, allotment letters, buyer's agreements, conveyance deeds, and maintenance agreements.
• Ability to handle disputes raised by partners, clients, third parties, and projects, and to resolve matters and conflicts during business operations.
• Experience supporting the leasing team in drafting letters such as Fitout Side Letter, car park letter, and various other NOCs and relevant documents.

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