Description

Main Accountabilities

1. Lending & Financing Documentation

- Review and vet financing documents including facility agreements, pledge agreements, hypothecation deeds, STAs, and promoter undertakings
- Map sanction terms with documentation to ensure alignment
- Support accurate and timely execution of transaction documents

2. Mortgage Documentation & Due Diligence

- Review Title Search Reports (TSR) and highlight key risks/issues to business and credit teams
- Vet mortgage and security documents to ensure validity and enforceability
- Assist in ensuring proper creation and perfection of security

3. Agreement Vetting & Contract Review

- Review and negotiate NDAs, advisory agreements, referral agreements, service agreements, and other miscellaneous contracts
- Ensure agreements are aligned with legal requirements and business objectives
- Highlight key clauses, risks, and deviations

4. Legal Drafting & Correspondence

- Draft and respond to notices, letters, and legal communications
- Ensure clarity, accuracy, and compliance in all correspondence
- Support business teams on routine legal documentation

5. Legal Advisory & Query Resolution

- Respond to queries from business, credit, and internal stakeholders on legal matters
- Provide basic legal inputs on contracts, documentation, and regulatory aspects




- Escalate complex matters to senior team members

6. Coordination with External Counsel

- Coordinate with law firms, LLCs, and TSR advocates for legal opinions and due diligence
- Follow up on deliverables and ensure timely closure of assignments
- Support review of external legal inputs before finalization

7. Process Adherence & Documentation Quality

- Ensure compliance with internal legal processes, checklists, and documentation standards
- Minimize errors in documentation to avoid audit queries and operational delays
- Maintain discipline in record keeping and approvals

Qualifications & Experience

- 3–6 years in Legal (NBFC / Banking / Infrastructure / Cleantech)
- Experience in contract vetting, lending documentation, and due diligence
- Exposure to TSR review and mortgage documentation preferred
- LLB preferred

Competencies

- Ownership
- Boundaryless Behaviour
- Cost Consciousness

Functional Competencies
- Legal Services
- Business and Company knowledge
- Compliance
- Litigation Process

Key Decisions taken
- Identification and escalation of risks in agreements and due diligence reports
- Inputs on alignment of documentation with sanction terms
- Coordination approach with external counsel for legal opinions

📌 Manager - Legal (Cleantech Finance) - Mumbai - Lower Parel
🏢 Tata Capital
📍 Mumbai