Senior General Manager - Legal - Real Estate/Infra

Description:

Job Title: Senior General Manager - Legal

Location: Hyderabad (On-site)

Industries Open: Global Capability Centers (GCC), Global Business Services (GBS), Real Estate, Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals

Role Overview:

We are looking for a seasoned legal leader to head global legal operations for a large, asset-intensive organization with a presence across the Middle East, US, Europe, and APAC. This role will be responsible for driving legal strategy across real estate and infrastructure portfolios, managing complex cross-border transactions, ensuring regulatory compliance, and serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

This is a high-impact leadership position requiring extensive international exposure, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to proactively manage legal risk across jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and drive legal strategy for real estate development, leasing, acquisitions, and divestitures across global regions

- Manage cross-border contracts, joint ventures, SPVs, and international commercial agreements

- Oversee property due diligence, land acquisition, title verification, and end-to-end real estate documentation

- Ensure compliance with local real estate regulations (including RERA) and applicable international regulatory frameworks

- Handle litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution in coordination with external counsel across regions

- Advise CXOs and senior leadership on legal risk, governance, compliance, and mitigation strategies

- Support FDI, FEMA, and other cross-border regulatory matters

- Collaborate closely with business, finance, and leadership teams to enable growth while minimizing legal exposure

Required Skills & Experience:

- 20+ years of progressive legal experience across GCC / GBS / Real Estate / Infrastructure / Pharmaceuticals

- Strong hands-on expertise in real estate law and global contract management

- Exposure to legal frameworks across the Middle East, US, Europe, and APAC

- Proven experience in handling cross-border transactions and regulatory compliance

- Expertise in litigation management, arbitration, and dispute resolution

- Strong stakeholder management with experience partnering at CXO / Board level

- Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, global organization