Kotak Mahindra Hiring for Team Member Legal – Corporate Affairs-SUPPORT SERVICES-Legal Job at Mumbai Full Time

Primary Role responsibility:

• The incumbent would be responsible for providing legal support on various transactions involving corporate restructuring, private equity, corporate financing, fund raising, regulatory and other general corporate matters.

• Legal Support would involve
  • Drafting, vetting, and reviewing of various contracts and other transaction documents and other works incidental and ancillary to any of the transactions including risk analysis.
  • Attending negotiation meetings with counterparties, their representatives.
  • Liaising with advocates, solicitors, law firms, counter parties and consultants.
  • Providing support to other business functions as and when required.
  • Providing timely guidance on changes in the statutes, and matters of business importance and ensuring compliance
  • Providing high quality, independent and commercially relevant legal advice.
  • Any additionally role and responsibilities in the profile as may be required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Skills/Knowledge prerequisites

• Must be a Law Graduate from a top law school with strong academic track record and a post qualification experience of at least 4-5 years.
• Prior relevant experience in a top-tier law firm or financial services industry with similar role including banks, Non- Banking Finance Companies, Asset Reconstruction Companies, Private Equity Firms.
• Strong knowledge of banking, finance, insolvency and bankruptcy laws and general corporate laws.
• Basic understanding of civil and criminal laws, information technology laws, Stamp Act, Indian Trust Act among others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along with strong negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial sense and business acumen – ability to critically analyze and consider issues including legal/ commercial risk involved.
• Ability to independently handle assigned work
• Willing to travel to locations across the country to attend to matters assigned.
• Able to work under constrained timelines.
• An articulate, self-starter, team player.