Vice President – Legal – BFS (12-15 yrs)

Overall Purpose/Objective :

– Support the Sr. Management by participating in all Corporate Legal matters, Litigation, Transactions, Negotiations, mitigating legal risk and ensuring total compliance.

Key Responsibilities

– To formulate, monitor and control processes to be followed by legal, leasing and operations teams at the malls in handling operational issues at the mall.

– Ensure that the negotiations with brands, retailers contractors/vendors are carried out smoothly and if required get involved into resolution of any disputes/litigations

– To oversee negotiations by various teams and to personally handle anchor negotiations / national brand negotiations at each mall along with leasing/ops heads.

– Plan out the proactive measures that can be introduced to mitigate legal risks, provide legal advice for policy formulation, install relevant systematic framework and its maintenance and implementation.

– To interact with counsels in handling disputes, litigation, governmental queries, statutory compliances, etc.

– To introduce internal control systems (legal audit) to ensure that the set quality standards are maintained and duly observed in the preparation, closure and administration of agreements.

– To standardize and ensure circulation of Legal MIS template for reporting by each of the units (weekly/ monthly) to designated management members.

– To update management with relevant legal updates impacting the group’s business.

– Ensure safe and custody of all original documents by the respective legal teams

– Training to internal teams, developing / preparing training modules on various Legal subjects, update on new laws, case studies etc.