Head Legal - Real Estate Industry (Developer) - Mumbai (Borivali -W)
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Strategy:
- Lead and manage the legal function across all projects and business verticals.
- Advise management on legal risks, strategies, and compliance matters.
- Coordinate with senior leadership and project heads for legal clearances and updates.
Litigation Management:
- Handle and supervise all legal proceedings including civil, criminal, consumer, RERA, arbitration, and labor court matters.
- Draft and review legal notices, replies, and represent the company through external counsels wherever necessary.
- Manage dispute resolution and work towards reducing litigation exposure.
Non-Litigation & Advisory:
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, MoUs, joint ventures, lease agreements, and sale deeds.
- Ensure title due diligence, property acquisition documentation, and regulatory compliance for land/real estate transactions.
- Advise on RERA, stamp duty, registration, and other applicable real estate laws.
Compliance & Regulatory:
- Ensure compliance with RERA, local municipal laws, environmental laws, and applicable state/central laws.
- Maintain and regularly update legal documentation and processes.
- Liaise with regulatory authorities, government departments, and statutory bodies.
Risk Management:
- Identify legal risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Provide legal risk assessments for new projects, land acquisitions, and partnerships.
Team Management:
- Guide and manage the internal legal team and coordinate with external counsels and consultants.
- Build legal awareness across departments through training and proactive communication.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in law (LLB) is mandatory; an LLM is preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in real estate legal matters, including both litigation and advisory.
- Strong understanding of real estate laws, land acquisition, RERA, contracts, and dispute resolution.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Ability to handle pressure and provide quick, legally sound business solutions.
Benefits:
- Well-defined leave policy with Paid & sick leaves apart from an annual holiday list.
- Annual Bonus.
- Open, Young, and Vibrant Culture.
- Working with minds that are here to develop dynamic and exciting projects that will become landmarks of the future.
Key Skills :
Company Profile
Organization was established in 1976 as a private, residential and commercial developer in Mumbai. Their emphasis on classified living spaces, nestled among the greenery of western suburbs, has evolved into an illustrious signature over the last 4 decades. Their priority is always to bring a fine balance between expertise and services to deliver projects par excellence. With the second generation of the family setting a firm foothold in the company and in the industry, the Organization has grown into newer dimensions and industries.
The Organization's Wedevelopment is a novel concept started in the year 2017 in the space of Redevelopment. Wedevelopment is an innovative society-centric process created through extensive research and getting executed through a unique collaboration of empaneled experts. It is in short a complete system to manage the end-to-end process of Self Redevelopment in a hassle-free way.
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