Job Description:
We are seeking a highly experienced and meticulous senior in-house resource to join our agile Legal Department. The primary focus of this role will be to provide expert legal advice and strategic support for the company’s land acquisition and development activities, with a deep specialization in land title scrutiny, devolution history, and detailed non-encumbrance verification. The successful candidate will be the legal guardian ensuring all property assets have transparent, marketable, and defensible titles.
Key Responsibilities
Title and Due Diligence Expertise (Core Focus)
· In-depth Title Scrutiny: Conduct and oversee meticulous Title Due Diligence (TDD) for all potential land acquisitions, including urban, rural, and industrial properties.
· Land Title Devolution History: Independently prepare, analyze, and validate complex chains of title, tracing the entire history of property ownership and transfers to establish a explicit and lawful pedigree.
· Non-Encumbrance Verification: Perform exhaustive checks for any and all encumbrances, including mortgages,
liens, charges, lis pendens, easements, restrictive covenants, or pending litigation, ensuring properties are free and marketable.
· Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify, quantify, and propose legal strategies to mitigate title risks, defective titles, or gaps in the chain of ownership.
· Rectification and Documentation: Oversee and drive the legal process for title regularisation, mutation, property tax payment history, and the procurement of all necessary government/statutory clearances.
Transactional and Advisory
· Drafting and Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate high-value, complex real estate transaction documents, including Agreements for Sale, Sale Deeds, Conveyances, Joint Development Agreements (JDAs), Joint Venture (JV) agreements, and Power of Attorneys (POAs).
· Regulatory Compliance:
(i) Knowledge of all relevant real estate laws, including but not limited to RE
📌 Sr Manager Legal Land Kolkata
🏢 RECEX
📍 Kolkata