Legal Manager

1. Team Supervision, Process Governance & Reporting

This is the most critical dimension of the role. The Manager will be responsible for the quality,

timeliness, and process compliance of all work produced by the legal team.

1.1 Team Management

• Supervise and manage a team of 45 legal associates of varying seniority and capability levels.
• Allocate incoming legal work to appropriate team members based on complexity, capacity, and skill

profile.

• Conduct first-level and final review of all agreements, legal documents, opinions, and deliverables

prepared by team members before they are shared with any internal or external stakeholder.

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• Operate as the primary quality gate in the department’s maker-checker workflow: no document

leaves the team without the Manager’s sign-off (for routine matters) or the Manager’s review

followed by senior approval (for critical matters).

• Provide on-the-job training, feedback, and skill development support to junior team members,

particularly on drafting quality, legal reasoning, and commercial judgment.

• Ensure that no team member actions any work request from any department head, business unit, or

external party without first logging it in the department’s MIS and obtaining the Manager’s allocation

confirmation.

1.2 Process Enforcement & Documentation Standards

• Enforce and monitor compliance with the department’s Standard Operating Processes, including the

maker-checker workflow, tiered approval system, and agreement clause checklists.

• Ensure that the team follows the prescribed folder structure and file naming conventions for all

entity-level documentation on the shared server.

• Verify that for every completed agreement, the final entity folder contains: (a) the execution version

Word file, (b) the signed/executed PDF, and (c) counterparty KYC and corporate authorisation

documents, all correctly named and filed.

• Review and sign the Compliance Checklist for every agreement, confirming that all required

boilerplate clauses (termination, indemnity, arbitration, confidentiality, force majeure, governing law,

corporate authorisation, KYC) have been addressed as per the department’s clause matrix.

• Maintain and enforce the Documentation MIS – ensure all team members update the tracker within

stipulated timelines, and review the MIS weekly for completeness, accuracy, and ageing items.

1.3 Reporting & Escalation

• Report regularly to the Head of Department on: work completed, work in progress, pending and

overdue items, team capacity, process compliance, and any matters requiring escalation.

• Present a weekly status summary and a monthly MIS dashboard to the department head.
• Escalate complex, high-value, or risk-sensitive matters to the department head promptly with a clear

brief, risk assessment, and recommended course of action.

• Participate in the implementation, continuous improvement, and monitoring of departmental

processes, standards, and best practices.

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2. Corporate, Commercial & Transactional Matters

• Handle day-to-day corporate, commercial, and legal matters of the group’s entities independently.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalise commercial agreements, contracts, deeds, notices,

undertakings, and other legal documents across multiple entity types (private limited companies,

LLPs, trusts, clubs, and international entities).

• Draft and review transaction documents including Share Purchase Agreements (SPA),

Shareholders’ Agreements (SHA), Share Subscription Agreements (SSA), Non-Disclosure

Agreements (NDA), Joint Venture Agreements, and other investment and transaction-related

documents.

• Conduct and manage legal due diligence for corporate, commercial, investment, and property

transactions.

• Support mergers, acquisitions, investments, restructuring, and other corporate transactions from a

legal and documentation perspective.

• Identify legal and commercial risks in agreements and transactions and provide practical,

commercially viable recommendations for risk mitigation.

• Review and advise on intellectual property matters, including trademark agreements, licensing,

confidentiality, and IP-related clauses in commercial contracts. Coordinate with external counsel for

IP registration, protection, and enforcement as needed.

• Coordinate with internal business teams, management, promoters, external counsels, consultants,

bankers, and other stakeholders as required.

3. Real Estate & Property Matters

Given the group’s hospitality portfolio (hotel properties across multiple locations), property-related legal work

forms a significant part of the department’s activity.

• Handle legal aspects of real estate and property transactions, including hotel acquisitions, property

due diligence, and development arrangements.

• Draft, review, and negotiate property documents including Sale Deeds, Deeds of Conveyance,

Agreements for Sale, Lease and Leave & Licence Agreements, Development Agreements, Powers

of Attorney, indemnity and undertaking documents, and other property-related documentation.

• Conduct and coordinate property title due diligence and review title reports, encumbrance

certificates, mutation entries, revenue records, and chain-of-title documentation.

• Examine property records, permissions, approvals (OC/CC, environmental, fire safety, municipal),

and other relevant documentation for the group’s hotel and commercial assets.

• Advise management on legal risks associated with property transactions and recommend

appropriate safeguards, particularly for high-value hospitality assets.

4. Litigation & Dispute Management

• Manage and monitor the group’s litigation and dispute-related matters across various forums and

jurisdictions.

• Coordinate with external advocates, law firms, and legal consultants for ongoing litigation matters.
• Review and provide inputs on legal notices, replies, plaints, petitions, written statements, affidavits,

applications, appeals, and other pleadings.

• Track the status of ongoing litigation, ensure timely responses, filings, and compliance with court

and authority requirements.

• Analyse legal disputes and advise internal stakeholders on potential risks, liabilities, settlement

options, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (arbitration, mediation, negotiation).

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• Maintain proper records, documentation, and a litigation tracker for all ongoing and concludedRole & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile