Job Title

Assistant General Manager- Legal

Department / Division

Legal

External Interface (Enlist external agencies/authorities that you are required to deal with while discharging your duty)

- Contractors/vendors - Clients (Retail/Commercial Tenants) - External Legal Counsel - Statutory/ Regulatory agencies

Minimum Qualification (i.e education, training etc.)

- Graduate / Post Graduate in Law from a reputed institute - Qualified Solicitor

Minimum Experience

- 10-12 years of total experience, and at least 8 years in the infrastructure development industry - At least 3 years experience in a leading law firm

Special Skills/Attributes (required for performing the job effectively)

- Advanced knowledge of legal administration, especially contract related matters - Exposure in drafting agreements like Development, Sale, Lease, Leave and License, etc - Understanding of Statutory/Regulatory Compliance Management

Overall Purpose/Objective Of the job

Lead the Legal function for a project/center by identifying, anticipating and mitigating legal risk; providing legal support to the senior management from the project concept stage to operations

Key Responsibilities (List major responsibilities, that you have, to achieve the key objectives)

- Ensures being a part of the front end team while the negotiations with the contractor/vendor and thus get involved in resolution of any disputes/ litigations - Responsible for devising a list of proactive measures that can be introduced to mitigate legal risks, provide legal advice for policy formulation,



install relevant systemic frame work and its maintenance; plan implementation with the leadership team - Ensure and oversee timely submission of relevant documents and returns to external stakeholders / regulatory authorities and represent the company for resolution of any legal issue or escalation - Ensure that the project maintains a strong and consistent legal compliance record and it is completed and operated as per statutory/ regulatory norms and contract terms and thereby no penalty clauses are invoked against the Company - Collate all signed LOIs to prepare a consolidated Deviation Matrix and discuss clause-by-clause with the VP - Leasing, post which only deviations, if any would be allowed to go into the final agreement document - Ensure the process of lease negotiations with other tenants (inline/vanilla) are carried out by the Sr. Manager / Manager � Legal as per the defined process - Ensure the registration of the final agreement document is carried out as per statutory guidelines and provide inputs as required - Ensure effective litigation management of all cases �identification, appointment and management of external litigation partners, filing of cases and monitoring their progress, and provide timely updates to the business leadership - Ensure secure and custody of all original documents by the corporate/center�s legal teams - Take care of legacy litigation work in the operational mall related to service tax issue in coordination with the external legal counsel by ensuring all records of dates/appearances are maintained - Ensure effective litigation management of all cases �identification, appointment and management of external litigation partners, filing of cases and monitoring their progress, and provide timely updates to the business leadership - Advanced knowledge of legal administration, especially contract related matters - In-depth understanding of the development / construction business in the retail and hospitality sectors - Drafting agreements like Development, Sale, Lease, Leave & License etc.
- Statutory/ Regulatory Compliance Management - Knowledge of leasing administration process - Negotiation skills

📌 Assistant General Manager - Legal (Bengaluru)
🏢 Phoenix
📍 Bengaluru