Associate Vice President, Legal

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support on investments in distressed assets in India, both retail/ SME portfolios and corporate investments, restructurings, fund raising, regulatory and other general corporate matters. Legal support would include:

• Conduct legal due diligence on investments, including coordinate with outsourced legal advisors, collate information, compile queries and draw conclusions

• Draft, review and finalise various agreements, deeds and other transaction documents

• Attend meetings and engage in negotiations with banks, NBFCs, ARCs, investors and other counter parties and their representatives

• Liaison with advocates, solicitors, law firms, valuers and consultants

• Take charge of litigation matters to ensure the best possible outcome, including brief advocates and solicitors, develop strategies and respond to notices and queries

• Support compliance and portfolio monitoring, which includes compiling legal resolution information from other group companies, business functions and counterparties to provide information to regulators, investors and the Board

• Provide high quality and commercially relevant legal advice and updates on changes to statutes

• Any additional roles and responsibilities, as may be required

Qualification & Experience

• Law graduate from a reputed law school in India with a good academic record

• About 5-7 years of experience with top tier banks or ARCs

• Strong knowledge of banking / finance laws, loan and collateral documentation, legal measures to resolve problem loans including SARFAESI, DRTs, insolvency & bankruptcy laws, RBI regulations, courts

• Knowledge of civil, criminal and general corporate laws, information technology laws, Stamp Act, Indian Trust Act, among others