Senior Executive - Legal

Job Title

Senior Executive - Legal

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Sr. Executive/ Executive – Legal will provide legal support to the India legal function on contract review, litigation coordination, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, labour and employment matters, and day-to-day legal and business support. The role is suitable for an early-career legal professional who is keen to build strong in-house legal experience, work closely work with senior members of the legal team, engage constructively, and support in delivering practical, risk-aware balanced legal support for C&W’s India operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in drafting, reviewing and coordinating commercial contracts, including project management agreements, design and build agreements, maintenance contracts, property management contracts, consultancy agreements, valuation contracts, legal notices, MOUs / LOIs, NDAs, lease deeds, and other client or vendor agreements. Support contract review processes by preparing first-level comments, tracking open points, coordinating inputs and assisting in timely closure.

• Assist in coordinating litigation matters with external counsel and internal business teams, maintaining litigation trackers and preparing reporting inputs. Undertake basic legal and regulatory research relevant to real estate services in India and support internal assessment of applicability to C&W.

• Coordinate with business verticals, support functions, operations and site teams to collate information and documents required for legal matters, claims or regulatory responses.

• Work with external law firms and counsel under guidance from the legal team to support timely follow-up and progress on legal matters.

• Highlight issues identified during contract review, research or coordination and escalate appropriately for guidance.

• Support other legal, governance, regulatory, administrative or advisory responsibilities as assigned.

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely and accurate support on contract reviews, trackers, reporting inputs and assigned legal tasks.

• Quality of first-level contract comments, research notes and documentation support, with appropriate escalation of issues.

• Accuracy and completeness of litigation, claims, governance and regulatory trackers.

• Responsiveness in coordinating with internal stakeholders, external counsel and legal team members.

• Ability to follow processes, maintain organized records and support agreed timelines.

• Willingness to learn, seek guidance and improve quality of legal and business support over time.

• Contribution to documentation, template organization and legal knowledge management initiatives.

Candidate Profile

Experience

Approximately 0–4 years’ post-qualification experience in commercial legal practice, gained either through an in-house legal role, internship / trainee role, or with a reputed law firm. Exposure to commercial contracts and exposure to real estate services, project and development services, facilities management, corporate legal work, litigation coordination or legal research or commercial would be an advantage.

Skills

• Basic contract drafting, review and legal research skills.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Basic understanding of Indian legal and regulatory principles relevant to corporate and commercial operations.

• Ability to work on assigned matters with guidance and escalate issues appropriately.

• Interest in understanding business requirements and supporting practical legal solutions.

• Good coordination, follow-up and organisational skills.

• Willingness to learn, take feedback and support varied legal matters.

• Collaborative approach and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Education

• Law degree from an accredited university.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company.

• Career development and a promote from within culture.

• An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

 

 

 

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