Role & responsibilities

- Manage and supervise the area legal team, ensuring timely completion of legal activities.

- Provide legal opinions and advisory to business, credit and operations teams on various matters.

- Conduct and review title scrutiny, title verification and legal due diligence for HL/LAP and other secured lending cases.

- Review Search Reports, Encumbrance Certificates (EC), title documents and property-related documents.

- Review and approve mortgage deeds, agreements, collateral and other security documentation.

- Identify legal risks in lending proposals and provide practical solutions to business teams.

- Ensure proper PDD/documentation compliance and closure of legal deficiencies.

- Coordinate with external legal vendors, advocates and empanelled lawyers.

- Handle legal audits, compliance reviews and MIS reporting for the assigned area.

- Support branches/business teams in resolving legal and documentation-related issues.





- Ensure adherence to applicable property laws, registration laws, banking regulations and internal legal policies.

- Conduct periodic training/awareness sessions for business and legal teams on legal and documentation requirements.

- Monitor team performance, allocate cases and ensure adherence to TAT and quality standards.

Candidate Profile

- LLB/LLM from a recognized university.

- 58 years of relevant experience in non-litigation/business legal functions.

- Prior experience with Bank/NBFC/HFC, preferably in HL/LAP, mortgage or secured lending.

- Strong experience in title verification, legal opinion, due diligence and mortgage documentation.

- Should have experience in team handling/people management.

- Valuable knowledge of property laws, Registration Act, mortgage laws and banking/NBFC legal processes.

📌 Area Legal Manager (Vijayawada)
🏢 SKILLVENTORY
📍 Vijayawada