Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is retained on this search. The hiring organisation is a large Indian group with a substantial real estate and infrastructure portfolio, currently expanding its in-house legal capability for the function. The client name is shared with shortlisted candidates at the first conversation.
About the Role
A senior legal role owning the legal and liaisoning agenda for the group's property portfolio, reporting into the Head of Real Estate & Infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Liaisoning
- Support title investigation on properties being acquired or taken up for development
- Coordinate title certificates with advocates and solicitors
- Support litigation matters with documents and inputs to external counsel
- Serve as the point of contact for project-related legal queries
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- Legal and regulatory
- Handle regulatory and legal work and liaise with regulators and external counsel
- Maintain and review legal documentation across the real estate portfolio
- Prepare conveyance deeds, lease deeds,
contract agreements and society formation documents
- Identify legal issues early and propose solutions that keep projects moving
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- Drafting and vetting
- Vet contracts; prepare, scrutinise and finalise sale deeds, LOIs and correspondence
- Review legal and technical circulars issued in regional languages and prepare English-language summaries
- Support annual planning and periodic reviews for the legal function
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- Documentation and knowledge
- Coordinate registration of agreements and prepare ancillary documentation
- Design document storage and retrieval processes for the function
- Produce monthly legal reports and dashboards
- Build and maintain a legal knowledge database and track applicable regulation
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- Stakeholder engagement
- Keep senior leadership informed on key legal aspects of the properties
- Work with project leadership, function heads and finance internally
- Engage land owners and government authoritie