Legal Manager - Real Estate

We have a great opportunity with a leading and listed real estate organization!

Desired Candidate Profile :- Candidate should possess 10-15 years of experience legal operations with strong exposure of real estate sector.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Creates a standard framework for drafts pertaining to legal issues, basis past experiences, and modifies it as per project requirement

- Sets guidelines to ensure that the Agreement to Sales document is prepared on time and is error-free

- Determines approach in managing litigation cases through discussion and follow up with external consultants /advocates

- Deal with litigation cases

- Provides timely advise to other departments on concerns/queries having a legal impact

- Examines contracts made by Contracts team to provide legal controls and checkpoints

- Generates a knowledge repository for updates on laws, regulations, ordinances, by- laws relating to real estate industry and make the same available to the team.

- Reviews and approves all legal formalities for the formation of Society/Association e.g -

- Complete registration process of the society/association/ drafting the conveyance /Sales deeds/Lease deeds.

- Interacts with the Society/Association for finalization of respective deeds , if required

- Conducts due diligence of properties and ensures that the title of the property is clear and marketable

- Reviews documents utilized by the BD team at the preliminary stage of the project MoU, terms & conditions and lays out terms and conditions for the same

- Ensures that all commercial terms of the agreement are in place

- Proficient in independently drafts transaction documents for land purchase / development agreement / joint venture agreements and negotiating with counter party for closure

- Conducts discussions with JV Partners on legal aspects

- Hands over project files to the regional team once the agreement has been entered into

- Directly monitors regions which do not specifically appointed legal person

- Mentors, guides and monitors the activities of Regional Legal teams to ensure work as per plan

- Reviews ,discusses and resolves issues in documents submitted by the Regional Legal team for approval

- Distributes projects amongst reportees

- Assigns duties to direct reports for litigation roles and for coordination with regional office

- Ensure proper data management and storage of all records

- Complies with company defined guidelines and processes

- Adheres to project timelines

- Identifies processes/procedures in own work area that need improvement

- Recommends process improvement ideas to streamline efficiency/costs/productivity

- Undertakes process improvement activities in own work area

- Conducts goal setting exercise for the role

- Prepares goal sheets

- Defines and sets work objectives for team members

- Balances work allocation in team

- Recommends manpower for the region

- Conducts interviews for all requirements in the team

- Conducts weekly review meetings and regular performance reviews with the entire team

- Provides guidance and direction to team members

- Conducts periodic reviews and year end appraisals for team members

- Recommends and implements policies to ensure retention of the high potential/performing employees

- Acts as first point of contact for communication, interpretation and implementation of management decisions to direct reporting subordinates

- Communicates and implements organizational values/ processes/systems within own team

Critical Skills:

1. Attention to detail

2. Good communication and interpersonal skills

3. Negotiation skills