Litigation Manager Position at Godrej Properties Limited [Pune]

Godrej Properties Ltd is a real estate company based in Mumbai, India. It is a subsidiary of the Godrej Group, one of India's oldest and most trusted conglomerates. The company is known for developing residential, commercial, and township projects across India. It is also committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its green building initiatives. Godrej Properties has won several awards for its projects and is considered one of the top real estate companies in India.

Godrej Properties Limited is inviting applications from law graduates for the post of Litigation Manager at their office in Pune, Maharashtra. 

Job Responsibilities

1. Litigation

• Determines approach in managing litigation cases through discussion and follow-up with external consultants /advocates.
• Deal with litigation cases e.g – 3rd party claims, vendor issues, customer complaints, pollution, environmental hazards, etc. and safeguard the interest of the company.
• Represents GPL in court hearings.

2. Legal Advisory support

• Provides timely advice to other departments on concerns/queries having a legal impact.
• Examines contracts made by the Contracts team to provide legal controls and checkpoints.
• Generates a knowledge repository for updates on laws, regulations, ordinances, and by-laws relating to the real estate industry and makes the same available to the team.

3. Legal support in Society/Association formation

• Reviews and approves all legal formalities for the formation of a Society/Association e.g – Complete registration process of the society/association/ drafting the conveyance /Sales deeds/Lease deeds.
• Interacts with the Society/Association for finalization of respective deeds, if required.

4. Deal evaluation and Documentation

• Conducts due diligence on properties and ensures that the title of the property is clear and marketable.
• Reviews documents utilized by the BD team at the preliminary stage of the project – MoU, terms & conditions and lays out terms and conditions for the same.
• Ensures that all commercial terms of the agreement are in place.
• Drafts a definitive agreement with inputs from solicitors and the regional legal personnel.
• Conducts discussions with JV Partners on legal aspects.

5. Review of documents from Regions

• Hands over project files to the regional team once the agreement has been entered into.
• Directly monitors regions that do not specifically appoint legal persons.
• Mentors, guides, and monitors the activities of Regional Legal teams to ensure work as per plan.
• Reviews, discusses, and resolves issues in documents submitted by the Regional Legal team for approval.

6. Project management

• Distributes projects amongst reporters.
• Assigns duties to direct reports for litigation roles and for coordination with the regional office.
• Ensure proper data management and storage of all records.

Pune, Maharashtra, India.

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