Real Estate Lawyer

We are Antal International, a Senior Recruitment firm; currently hiring for Real Estate Lawyer in Mumbai/Delhi for a French MNC

To give opinion as an operational lawyer to highlight on the losing/winning risks of the project, so that the management can take informed decisions

Job Performance Indicator:

- Projects are approved at India Investment Committees / RDII with the Legal sum up and appropriate legal recommendations.

- Request for power of attorney (signature permission) and contracts are drawn up according to internal procedures, highlighting the risks using a hierarchy.

- All development projects are worked on with a Legal Sum up (prepared by the lawyer) and appropriate legal recommendations.

- Tools made available to the department and the clients (models, standards, procedures, etc ...).

- 100% rate of property documentation archiving.

- Action plans identified for each litigation / pre-litigation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- The Candidate is required to know the organization's real estate policy and explain it to each of the clients, scope and its specifics and the client's vision on each of the projects.

- Know the service contract for the department and should be responsible for planning and reporting activities to the clients

- Know all relevant information for the project audit (documents list, Legal sum up, title report- )

- Analyze legal feasibility, highlight risks and recommend the optimal way to proceed (until the opening of the Store).

- Act in complete functional independence from my clients.

- Highlight the risks of the project, emphasizing priorities and difficulties (risks detailed in chronological order of importance with the consequences).

- Inform the manager and all other people involved when detect a significant risk for the Company.

- Base work on standard model documents and on Organization's wishes when drafting the contracts.

- Work in project mode with other departments of the Indian Development Centre, to include the different business issues in the project.

- Responsible for all acts and contracts signed for the project until the store opens

- Ensure that contracts signed are enforceable against third parties, including through registration.

- Prepare the analysis sheet (project sum up) for the project, accompanying the action plans to renegotiate elements of the contract (reducing rent, etc ...)..

- Participate in the sale of assets or of the shares of real estate companies (creation of the file, Data Room, broker contract, LOI, etc ...).. (SENIOR)

- Keep up to date with changes in the law and jurisprudence on the documents needed to sell property or shares in a real estate company

- Select external advisors that are receptive and responsive, providing good value for money according to the importance of the case, in agreement with the manager.

- Recommend action plans by shedding light on the maximum risks and fallback scenario for open sites, where the decision to perform the operation was taken despite the existence of court proceedings. (SENIOR)