GMR Group - Jr Manager - Legal

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Transaction structuring, drafting, reviewing negotiating and finalising contracts and all types of legal documents including Bids, Concession Agreement, JV Agreement, Guarantee documents, consultancy contract, LOA, MOU, NDA, RFP, RFQ, retail contracts, O and M contracts, lease, license and all other regular business contracts. Contracts Management and advising the top management on the legal nuances of contractual issues. Familiarity of the airport sector regulatory environment such as ICAO manual, ACI, Aircraft Act, Airport Authority Act, Ministry of Civil Aviation policies, regulations, BCAS regulations will be a significant advantage of the incumbent.

- Due diligence activities; Familiarity with Labour/ Industrial Laws, Intellectual Property matters (Trade Marks, domain name, Copyrights) and Indirect Taxation especially on service tax and works contract.

- S/He should have knowledge of court practices, arbitrations and hold practice experience in courts CLB, consumer forums, company courts etc. The areas of practice should include property laws, company laws, labour laws etc. The candidate should have reasonable familiarity with arbitration laws and proceedings. The candidate should be capable of drafting legal notices, petitions, plaints and complaints etc.

- Keeping fully up to date with all related laws by research and by screening legal publications. Researching and analyzing laws that may create risk for or otherwise affect the company; counseling internal business clients on the business implications of these laws; and assisting in developing policies, procedures and risk mitigation strategies

- Advising the business on a full range of strategic and tactical legal issues and creating, implementing and communicating essential policies and processes. Working closely with other department on commercial and legal issues. Working with external legal advisors and internal legal department staff on corporate litigations/arbitrations; managing and co-coordinating external legal resources.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

- LLB from a reputed university. Candidates having proven experience of 3 to 7 years in Legal Department of reputed company or in Law Firms or Independent Practice with the job profile mentioned herein. The incumbent should possess excellent communication skills and must be a computer literate.

- Able to interface effectively with people at all levels, both inside and outside the company.

- Excellent advice/counseling skills combined with a sense of diplomacy and the ability to convince.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

- Strong personal contributor with a process and results orientation and strong attention to detail and excellent follow through.

- Excellent organizational and negotiating skills and a flexible approach in order to balance conflicting business demands and to produce under pressure, high quality and practical, commercially orientated advice in response to tight deadlines.

- Service-oriented, commercially aware and capable of working on a diverse range of client matters whilst maintaining a continuing grasp of the company's long term commercial goals and the importance of achieving the same.

- A self-starter, confident and resilient personality with a practical, pragmatic, persuasive approach.

- A hands-on individual who brings a broad knowledge of business law with the ability to resolve issues in a timely and decisive manner.

- High ethical and professional values.

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to lead as well as collaborate. Self-motivated and efficient, with good business judgment