Senior Legal Manager

Job Description: Senior Manager Legal
Position Overview

• Position Title: Senior Manager Legal
• Location: Chennai
• Department: Legal Affairs
• Reporting To: Managing Director

About the Role
The Senior Manager Legal will lead the organization's core legal operations, contract management, property due diligence, and litigation portfolios. This role focuses heavily on safeguarding the company's commercial interests, ensuring robust real estate and regulatory compliance, and managing legal risks across all business verticals.
Key Responsibilities
1. Legal Affairs & Contract Management

• Draft, review, negotiate, and vet all commercial and real estate legal documents, including Joint Development Agreements (JDAs), Joint Venture Agreements (JVs), sale deeds, lease deeds, construction contracts, vendor agreements, MOUs, and NDAs.
• Provide proactive legal advice to internal business teams on commercial transactions, operational risks, and regulatory frameworks.
• Design and implement standard legal documentation processes to streamline business workflows and protect company interests.

2. Litigation & Dispute Management

• Oversee and manage an extensive litigation portfolio across various judicial and quasi-judicial forums, including Civil Courts, Criminal Courts, High Courts, NCLT, RERA & Appellate Tribunals, Consumer Commissions, and Arbitration Tribunals.
• Coordinate independently with external advocates, senior counsels, and legal consultants to prepare case briefs, litigation strategies, affidavits, written statements, and appeals.
• Manage specialized proceedings, including cheque dishonour matters under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and recovery proceedings.
• Maintain a comprehensive legal case management system to track hearings, court directions, and case closures.

3. Real Estate Compliance & Due Diligence

• Conduct thorough legal due diligence for land acquisition, project development, and property transactions, including rigorous title verification.
• Ensure project-level compliance under RERA, municipal regulations, and other statutory real estate frameworks.
• Collaborate with project teams to secure legal clearances, approvals, and statutory licenses.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualifications: Mandatory LLB/BL degree (LLM will be an added advantage).
• Experience: 812 years of post-qualification experience in corporate legal practice, with at least 46 years specifically within the real estate, infrastructure, construction, or property development sector.

  Required Skills

• Deep expertise in property law, RERA, land documentation, and title verification processes.
• Exceptional drafting, reviewing, and commercial negotiation skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of litigation management across civil, commercial, and regulatory forums.
• Strong stakeholder management abilities to coordinate seamlessly with internal teams, external counsels, and senior leadership.