Head - Litigation - NBFC

Head - Litigation

Role : Head - Litigation

Location : Lower Parel, Mumbai

About the company : The company is a Non-Banking Finance Company registered under Section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 categorized as Non-Deposit taking systemically Important (NBFC-ND-SI) and a fast growing financial service provider in India.

The company lends primarily to three sectors :

1. Real Estate Lending : The client provides short to medium term loans to real estate developers at different stages of project implementation including the project approval stage funding or as a last mile funding

2. SME & Retail Lending : The client provides financial solutions for micro, small and medium entity/s by providing short to medium term loans for acquiring capital assets like machinery /equipment, Loan against property, Loan against Property Rentals, etc.

3. Affordable Housing Finance : The company has has an aggressive Affordable Housing finance business and is progressively venturing into tier 2/3/4 towns.

About the opportunity : The company has a book size of around Rs 6000 Cr and it has aggressive plans to increase the book size to around Rs 15,000 Cr over next 3 years.

Position : Head - Litigation

Brief Job Description :

The responsibility will include managing legal Litigation :

- Manage and advice on pan India litigation matters

- Tracking of cases in court, with Law firms

- Track legal fees and manage budgets.

- Prepare documents for submission to court, i.e. applications, affidavits, written submissions, etc.

- Liaise with law firms, external counsel on preparation of court documents and hearings.

- Drafting Agreements, Deeds, Power of Attorney, Indemnity Bonds, Plaints, Petitions and all kinds of Notices and other Legal Documents.

- To initiate Arbitration proceedings & Procuring Awards in all matters recommended.