Adani

Diversified infrastructure and energy conglomerate

Lead Legal Contracts

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAhmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A law degree (LLB) is required.
11–15 years of relevant technical, functional, and/or leadership experience or specific exposure is required.

Responsibilities

Provide proactive legal advice and support to the Airport business.
Advise on specific legal issues the Airport business unit may encounter with respect to various laws.
Identify potential risks to the Airport business unit when entering agreements with vendors and third parties.
Monitor regulatory and statutory trends affecting the Airport business unit and suggest action plans to address them.
Provide legal advice on customer contracts the Airport business unit may enter into.
Structure, draft, and vet contracts and other business documents and assist with related negotiations.
Evaluate deals and transactions through thorough due diligence, highlight concerns, and recommend risk-mitigation strategies.
Manage customer contracts and protect the Airport business unit’s interests through appropriate correspondence and communications.
Maintain corporate governance standards, including compliance with applicable laws, consents, regulations, Adani Group policies, and stock exchange rules.
Provide general legal support to Airport business unit subsidiaries as required.
Identify statutory and other disclosures required of the Airport business unit from a legal perspective.
Stay informed about legal developments.
Draft and vet contracts, applications, and other documents required by retail, commercial, and other teams.
Assess legal risks in transactions, contracting, business operations, and customer-, union-, and workforce-related matters.
Monitor and enforce contracts from a legal perspective and lead litigation when required, coordinating with the relevant function.
Assist with third-party negotiations and provide legal support to internal customers in drafting agreements and contracts.
Evaluate the impact of evolving legal and statutory regulations on current and proposed company investments, highlight impacts promptly, and contribute to business planning.
Manage the Airport business unit’s litigation and disputes and brief external counsel.
Liaise with advocates and solicitors on behalf of the Airport business unit to handle litigation and obtain legal advice and services.
Interface with customers and business partners on disputes and policy interpretation.
Resolve long-standing pending cases and negotiate out-of-court settlements for identified cases.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

(degree, training, or certification required)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

(no. of years of technical, functional, and/or leadership experience or specific exposure required)

11 - 15 years of experience

*Key Responsibilities of Role

Legal Advice and contracts:

Provide proactive legal advice and support to Airport’s business.
Advise on specific legal issues that may be encountered by Airport BU with respect to various laws.
Identify areas of potential risk that maybe faced by Airport BU while entering into agreements with vendors and specific third parties.
Monitor key trends in the regulatory and statutory environment for their impact on Airport BU and suggest an action plan for addressing them.
Provide legal advice on various customer contracts that Airport BU may enter into.
Provide legal advice in structuring and drafting/vetting of all contracts and other documents relating to Airport BU’s business and assist in associated negotiations.
Assist in evaluations and conducting thorough due diligence for all deals and transactions, highlight concern areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies / options.
Provide legal advice in structuring and drafting/vetting of all contracts and other documents relating to Airport BU’s business and assist in associated negotiations.
Manage customer contracts and the interests of Airport BU s’ business though appropriate correspondence and communiqués.
Maintain good standards of corporate governance, including ensuring compliance with applicable laws, consents, regulations, Adani Group policies and Stock Exchange rules
Provide general legal support to Airport BU’s subsidiaries as and when required.
Highlight any statutory and other disclosures that need to be made for Airport BU from a legal perspective.
Keep abreast with latest legal developments.
Responsible for drafting / vetting all contracts, applications and other documents required by Airport BU’s retail, commercial and other teams.
Assist in assessing legal risks in transactions, contracting and operations of business, customer, union and workforce related matters.
Provide support to effectively monitor and enforce the contracts from a legal perspective and lead the litigation process if required in close coordination with the concerned function.
Assist in negotiations with the third party and provide legal support in drafting agreements & contracts to the internal customers.
Evaluate the impact of evolving legal and statutory regulations on the company’s current and proposed investments and highlight the same in time and contribute to the business planning process.
Legal support in litigation cases:

Manage Airport BU’s litigation and disputes and brief external counsel.
Interface with advocates and solicitors on the behalf of Airport BU to handle litigation, obtain legal advice and legal services.
External interface with customers and business partners on all issues of disputes and policy interpretation.
Resolve long standing pending cases and negotiate out-of-court settlements for the identified cases.

About the Company

Adani

Diversified infrastructure and energy conglomerate

Adani operates as a diversified Indian conglomerate spanning infrastructure, energy, transport, logistics, materials, and real estate. Its businesses include ports, airports, power generation, green energy, city gas distribution, cement, mining, and Adani Realty developments, largely organized under 11 publicly listed group companies. What sets Adani apart is its integrated model linking resource extraction, transport, and energy across its portfolio. The goal is to build core infrastructure supporting India's long-term economic growth.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $67.2M
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 1988

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