Regional Legal Officer - Recovery - Mortgage/Real Estate - LLM/LLB

Description:

Job Title: Regional Legal officer ( Recovery )

Location: Mumbai, Kalina

Department: Legal

Travel: Occasionally

Job Description:

- Manage end-to-end litigation and legal recoveries on a PAN India level.

- To assist in documentation, drafting, and vetting of legal documents.

- To assist in all legal matters with a focus on legal recovery and collections.

- Managing retail legal business including legal deviation across assigned location.

- Managing Legal and Recovery legal team.

- Reporting to Head Transactional Legal.

Key roles and responsibilities:

- In charge of filing civil/criminal complaints against customers, dealers, agencies, etc. with due consultation with head of department.

- Attendance of regular court hearings in various courts

- Liaison with advocates, other consultants.

- Vetting all original legal documents and signing legal documents confirming in order.

- Manage sending DPD, LRN and section 138 notices.

- Drafting and filing criminal complaints/ FIRs.

- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts, NDAs and other legal documents to ensure the companys full legal rights

- Drafting various legal documents/letters/replies including drafting of replies with respect to various court actions

- Maintenance of tracker showing updated case status for each and every legal case for the company.

- Preparation of MIS report across all locations.

- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization.

- Exceptions pertaining to property titles, missing documents, laminated papers, and other title checks to be given

- Annual monitoring / Compliances/ RBI requirements pertaining to property and other regulatory frameworks.

Skills:

- Should have sound legal knowledge on Code of Civil Procedure; Code of Criminal Procedure; Indian Penal Code; the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), Companies Act; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC); SARFAESI Act, 2002; Transfer Of Property Act; Consumer Laws, Laws relating to mortgage lending (Negotiable Instruments Act, Payments & Settlement Act, Arbitration, Mediation etc.)

- Should have knowledge with respect to lending, mortgage, real estate, Securitization, charge creation etc.

- Hands on experience on strategizing legal action on loan accounts; litigation, action under various laws

- Strong Negotiation skills

- Strong written and oral communication skills

- Excellent interpersonal skills, Team player and Motivator.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Should have an LLB/LLM from a leading university in India.

- 4-7 years of experience