Associate Manager Legal

JOB PURPOSE

The position purports to be a dependable resource in the legal department and shall be responsible for leading the legal teams interactions with business verticals Commercial Non Aero, P&C and P&E ( in particular) in a timely and efficient manner, handle all of their transactions and issues, give proper legal advice for tenable and sustainable structuring/ modeling to the transactions and issues as well as for various issues connected with concessionaires/ Joint Ventures such as Cargo, Ground handling, Fuel Farm, BME, F&B, etc. the Airlines, the Vendors. The incumbent will be responsible for providing legal support to the business team to mitigate legal risks.

To support the  legal advisory function for the Corporate finance function of GMR group by assisting in  driving the transaction including drafting, reviewing and negotiating financing agreements until financial closure

 

Assisting  Manager / Head legal counsel for the group, towards   legal and regulatory compliance to safeguard the interest of the group and sectors.

ORGANISATION CHART

AM Legal -----> Senior Lead Counsel (GAL)

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Review of RFP, RFQ, Concession Agreement and preparation of pre bid queries for various Airport Projects.
• Drafting and vetting of MOU, NDA, MSA, Lease Deed, Leave and License Agreement, Licence Agreement and other commercial agreements.
• Drafting, negotiation and advising on medium to high complexity transactional agreements including shareholders agreement, share purchase agreement, business transfer agreements etc., term sheets and related documents.
• Compliance Work, NBFC, CIC and RBI Compliances.
• Due diligence of project documents, drafting of legal opinion and other related transactional documents.
• Excellent drafting, communication and inter personal skills with good understanding of laws and clarity of procedures.
• Conducting Legal Research, Legal Analysis and Provide requested Legal Opinion.
• Preparation of legal summary, maintaining litigation tracker.
• Good at team work and time management, provide regular support to the day to day requirement of the department.
• Timely closure of the transactions.

 

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

Transaction Counsel
Counterparty banks/ financial institutions/ investors
 

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

Discussing the strategy with user team for structuring any transaction etc.

Helping the user teams negotiating any transactions
 

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

OTHER DIMENSIONS

Working in team of 3-4 members  including outside counsels

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• LL.B with 5-8 years post qualification experience as in house lawyer and/or in law firms.
• LLM should be added advantage.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• 5-8  years of experience in contracts and corporate laws

 

Experience in handling funding/financial transactions, equity transactions including joint venture agreement, share purchase agreement etc. , bidding, infrastructure project documents, EPC, advisory agreements and other commercial contracts (and not litigation focussed).

COMPETENCIES