Legal Manager & Compliance Manager - Real Estate & Infrastructure

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. · Pune district, India

About the Company

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is retained on this search. The hiring organisation is a large Indian group with a substantial real estate and infrastructure portfolio, currently expanding its in-house legal capability for the function. The client name is shared with shortlisted candidates at the first conversation.

About the Role

A senior legal role owning the legal and liaisoning agenda for the group's property portfolio, reporting into the Head of Real Estate & Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Liaisoning
• Support title investigation on properties being acquired or taken up for development
• Coordinate title certificates with advocates and solicitors
• Support litigation matters with documents and inputs to external counsel
• Serve as the point of contact for project-related legal queries
• Legal and regulatory
• Handle regulatory and legal work and liaise with regulators and external counsel
• Maintain and review legal documentation across the real estate portfolio
• Prepare conveyance deeds, lease deeds, contract agreements and society formation documents
• Identify legal issues early and propose solutions that keep projects moving
• Drafting and vetting
• Vet contracts; prepare, scrutinise and finalise sale deeds, LOIs and correspondence
• Review legal and technical circulars issued in regional languages and prepare English-language summaries
• Support annual planning and periodic reviews for the legal function
• Documentation and knowledge
• Coordinate registration of agreements and prepare ancillary documentation
• Design document storage and retrieval processes for the function
• Produce monthly legal reports and dashboards
• Build and maintain a legal knowledge database and track applicable regulation
• Stakeholder engagement
• Keep senior leadership informed on key legal aspects of the properties
• Work with project leadership, function heads and finance internally
• Engage land owners and government authorities externally

Qualifications

• LLB. A Master's degree in law is an advantage
• Substantial hands-on experience in land and property legal work, typically built over twelve years or more. This is a real estate legal role rather than a corporate or financial services compliance role
• Working knowledge of MOFA, the MAO Act and RERA, alongside conveyancing, property and civil law

Required Skills

• Strong drafting and command of legal clauses
• Effective stakeholder management and negotiation across internal and external parties
• Comfort managing several land matters concurrently in a fast-moving project environment

Preferred Skills

• High-ownership role with direct exposure to senior leadership

Pay range and compensation package

Compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the market.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.