20 Sep
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Nambiar Builders
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Bengaluru
20 Sep
Nambiar Builders
Bengaluru
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Assistant Manager Litigation to support the Legal team in managing litigation, legal disputes, court matters, and regulatory proceedings related to the company's real estate and construction operations.
The role will involve coordinating with external advocates, tracking ongoing cases, preparing legal documentation, reviewing notices and pleadings, and ensuring timely follow-up on litigation matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and monitor civil, commercial, consumer, RERA, property, contractual, labour, and other litigation matters involving the company.
- Handle and maintain a comprehensive litigation tracker covering case status, next hearing dates, legal actions, and important deadlines.
- Review and respond to legal notices, demand notices, court communications, and regulatory notices.
- Coordinate with external advocates, law firms, consultants, and internal stakeholders on ongoing litigation.
- Assist in preparing replies, written statements, affidavits, petitions, applications, appeals, and other legal documents.
- Review court orders and provide timely updates to the management and internal Legal team.
- Coordinate with advocates for court appearances, filing of documents, obtaining certified copies, and compliance with court directions.
- Handle matters relating to RERA authorities, consumer forums, civil courts, High Courts, and other relevant authorities.
- Support the Legal team in matters concerning property disputes, title-related issues, possession disputes, customer claims, land matters, and contractual disputes.
- Coordinate with project teams, sales, customer relations, finance, HR, and other departments to collect relevant facts and documents for litigation matters.
- Review agreements and transaction documents from a litigation-risk perspective and highlight potential legal concerns.
- Assist in settlement discussions, mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution proceedings wherever required.
- Ensure timely compliance with court orders, notices,
statutory requirements, and legal deadlines.
- Maintain proper records of case files, pleadings, notices, orders, agreements, and other litigation-related documents.
- Prepare periodic litigation status reports and MIS for senior management.
- Identify recurring legal issues and recommend preventive measures to minimize future litigation.
- Assist the Legal Head/Manager in legal research and analysis of relevant laws, judgments, rules, and regulations.
Key Areas of Litigation The candidate should preferably have exposure to matters involving:
- Real Estate / Property Disputes
- RERA Proceedings
- Consumer Cases
- Civil & Commercial Litigation
- Contractual Disputes
- Land & Title Disputes
- Possession & Customer Disputes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Recovery / Payment Disputes
- Construction-related disputes
- Regulatory / Statutory Proceedings
Candidate Profile
- LLB / LLM from a recognized university.
- 4–8 years of relevant experience in litigation, preferably within a real estate, construction, infrastructure, law firm, or corporate legal environment.
- Strong hands-on experience in civil litigation and real estate-related legal matters.
- Good understanding of RERA, property laws, contract law, civil procedure, and consumer laws.
- Experience in coordinating with external advocates and law firms.
- Strong drafting, documentation, legal research, and analytical skills.
- Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to independently track multiple legal matters and meet critical deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain confidential legal information.
Preferred Skills
- Strong legal drafting and documentation skills.
- Good knowledge of Karnataka RERA and applicable Karnataka property laws.
- Experience handling matters before RERA, Consumer Forums, Civil Courts, and High Court.
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and Word, for maintaining litigation trackers and reports.
- Ability to work effectively with business, project, sales, finance, and customer-service teams.
- Solid negotiation and dispute-resolution skills.
📌 Assistant Litigation Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Nambiar Builders
📍 Bengaluru