Manager|Legal Counsel

Job Title

Manager|Legal Counsel

Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for driving legal operations for the Legal department.

Job Description

About the role :

• Contract Management -Proficiency in Contract drafting/ vetting, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Drafting/ Vetting/ negotiations Drafting legal notices, MOUs/ LOIs, NDAs, Lease Deeds, etc. and other agreements with a focus on Risk Mitigation and final closure of the same during client calls.
• Experience in handling Project Management Agreements, Design & Build Agreements, Maintenance Contracts, Property Management Contracts, lease agreements, property maintenance agreements, consultancy agreements, valuations contract.

Litigation Management

• Coordination with external counsels and internal business departments for litigation matters, maintaining trackers and reporting the same to Global.

Corporate Governance

• Responsible for end-to-end Corporate Governance matters. Coordination with external company secretaries & counsels, auditors, etc. for corporate secretarial work.
• This includes tracking of issuing notices for Board Meetings to the BODs, finalizing minutes, reviewing submissions before the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, etc.

Regulatory

• Keep Legal Head abreast of regulatory developments and industry initiatives for Real Estate Consultants in India, as per applicability to C&W.
• Application of relevant laws, legal and regulatory systems, principles and practices.
• Handling labour & employment law matters and reporting the same to Legal Head.

Professionalism/ Team Work

• Work with a degree of professional independence.
• Solution oriented approach to more complex matters.
• Highlighting critical matters and to work in consultation with Head-Legal for closure of the same.
• Incumbent should have a commercial mindset to understand the business requirements and providing solutions.

Coordination and other work

• Coordination with different business verticals/ departments, support functions, operations team for the purpose of ensuring our representation before quasi-judicial; judicial and regulatory authorities in the manner as directed or required by the Legal Head.
• Coordination with different business verticals/ departments, support functions, operations team and site teams for the purpose of replying to claims against the Company.
• Work with Company Secretary in close coordination with Legal Head to proactively manage Secretarial matters, including but not limited to passing/ execution of Board Resolution, Appointment and/or removal and/or resignation of Directors/ additional Directors, updating ROC records, updating Board minutes, etc.
• Work with external Law Firms in close coordination with Legal Head.

About You :

• Excellent Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent Communciation skills - verbal and written
• law degree from an accredited University.
• Minimum 10 years post qualification experience in commercial legal practice obtained either in a corporate/ MNC in-house position or in an internationally reputed Law Firm. Experience as an in-house counsel with legal department of a reputed multinational corporation, is desirable.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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