Verticals supported: Real Estate, Hospitality & Renewable Energy.

Key Job Responsibilities

Contracts and Transactions (all verticals)

- Draft, review, negotiate and finalise commercial agreements, including MoUs, term sheets, NDAs, service agreements, consultancy agreements and vendor and procurement contracts.
- Support M&A;, joint ventures, joint development agreements, asset acquisitions, investments and fundraising, including legal due diligence, transaction documents and closing deliverables.
- Build and maintain standard templates, playbooks and approval matrices for recurring contracts.

Real Estate

- Conduct title due diligence, including in relation to land acquisition, land aggregation, and conversion and zoning matters. Preparation and Issuance of Title Report
- Draft and negotiate sale deeds, agreements for sale, development and joint development agreements, leases and leave-and-licence agreements, term sheets, MOUs and allotment letters and act as SPOC with CRM and Sales/Leasing/Liaison Team.
- Advise compliance with real estate regulations (e.g., [RERA, MOFA, MAOA, MCS etc]), including project registrations, disclosures and customer documentation.
- Handle and Manage various applications, submissions, writings, including affidavit, undertakings, statements etc. and/or filing for various permissions, approvals, stamp duty and registration matters.

Renewable Energy

- Draft and negotiate PPAs, EPC and O&M; contracts, land lease and right-of-way agreements, module and equipment supply contracts, and open access and transmission arrangements.
- Track and advise on regulations from electricity regulators and nodal agencies, including tariff orders, connectivity, banking, REC and green energy open access frameworks.




- Support project finance documentation and lender due diligence.

Disputes and Litigation

- Advise, Manage litigation, arbitration and pre-litigation matters across forums, including civil courts, criminal courts, consumer forums, regulatory authorities, tribunals and arbitral tribunals.
- Brief and coordinate external counsel, monitor case strategy and costs, and keep a live litigation tracker.
- Draft and respond to legal notices and assist in settlement negotiations.

Compliance, Governance and Risk

- Maintain the compliance framework across entities and verticals, including statutory licences, renewals and regulatory filings.
- Identify legal risks in business proposals and recommend mitigation measures.
- Advise on data protection, anti-bribery, and environmental and labour law issues as they arise.

Team and Stakeholder Management

- Act as the first point of legal contact for business teams in the assigned verticals.
- Co-ordinate and Manage external law firms, consultants and vendors, including scope, fees and quality of work.
- Prepare legal MIS, risk reports and updates for the Head Legal and senior management.
- Conduct legal awareness sessions for internal teams.

Required Skills and Competencies

- Robust drafting, negotiation and contract management skills.
- Working knowledge of property, contract, construction, electricity, environmental, consumer protection and corporate law.
- Ability to handle multiple verticals and competing priorities under tight timelines.
- Commercial judgement and a solution-oriented approach.
- Clear written and verbal communication with business and senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency with contract management and legal tracking tools.
- Ability and Proficiency in usage of AI Tools, without compromising confidential information

📌 DGM-Legal (In-house) (Pune)
🏢 Abil Group
📍 Pune