About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Legal Manager to build and lead a new Property Review & Business Transactions team within our legal operations function - a dedicated vertical alongside our established Refinance team. You'll start as the sole member of this team, working hands-on with our New Zealand lawyers and partners to build deep expertise and take full ownership of file quality. Once up to speed, you'll lead its growth recruiting, training, and managing Legal Executives as the team scales.

Key Responsibilities To start as an individual contributor

- Personally manage end-to-end New Zealand property review and business transaction files for our New Zealand law firm partner, including documentation, client communication, and coordination with banks and financial institutions.
- Build strong, practical expertise in New Zealand property review and business transaction processes, supported directly by training from our New Zealand lawyers and partners.
- Establish and refine the workflows, templates, and quality standards that will underpin the team once it grows.
- Liaise directly with New Zealand-based lawyers and partners on file progress and process design.
- Maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, accuracy, and professionalism in all file handling.

As the team grows

- Support recruitment, onboarding, and training of Legal Executives as the team is built out.
- Lead, mentor, and manage the growing team, allocating workflow and ensuring files progress accurately and within agreed turnaround times.
- Act as the primary escalation point for complex documentation, client,



or process issues raised by the team.
- Review and quality-check legal documentation prepared by Legal Executives before it is sent to lawyers, clients, banks, or financial institutions.
- Monitor team capacity and performance against service levels, and report on workflow and quality status.
- Continue to identify and drive improvements to legal operations workflows and internal processes as the function scales.

Requirements

- Minimum 8 years' experience in legal administration, legal operations, paralegal work, or professional services.
- Proven experience managing or leading a team.
- Comfortable working independently and owning complex files, especially before the team is built out.
- A keen, quick learner able to pick up Recent Zealand property review and business transaction processes rapidly.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, confident in direct client- and lawyer-facing interaction.
- Strong attention to detail and a rigorous approach to accuracy and compliance.

Preferred but Not Mandatory

- Background in law, commerce, or business administration.
- Prior experience in an LPO, legal shared-services, or international legal operations environment.




- Direct exposure to New Zealand or Australian property review or business transaction processes.
- Experience coordinating with banks or financial institutions.

Training & Development Comprehensive training and ongoing development will be provided, covering:

- New Zealand property review workflows and processes
- New Zealand business transaction operational workflows
- Legal documentation and operational procedures
- Team leadership and people management practices, once the team begins to grow
- Internal systems and process management

At Corelane Solutions, we believe in continuous learning, regular feedback, and long-term professional development.

Working Hours

- Fixed morning shift: 6:00 AM 2:30 PM
- Monday to Friday only
- No rotational shifts
- Saturday & Sunday week-offs

What We Offer

- Fixed, non-rotational work schedule
- The prospect to build and shape a team from the ground up, rather than stepping into a role that already exists
- A leadership role with international exposure working with New Zealand legal professionals and clients
- Deep, hands-on exposure to New Zealand property review and business transaction matters
- Comprehensive training and a clear leadership development pathway
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Clear long-term career growth opportunities
- Meals provided during shifts
- 6 Sick Leaves per year
- 6 Casual Leaves per year
- Annual Leave accrual of: 1 leave per month during probation; 1.5 leaves per month after successful completion of probation
- Extended company year-end closure during the Christmas & New Year period

📌 Legal Manager ( Six am To Two thirty pm) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Corelane Solutions
📍 Bengaluru