Job Title: Advocate Associate

Job Description:

We are looking to hire an experienced, capable, and motivated Advocate Associate to join our Real-Estate team at I.V. Merchant & Company as an Advocate Associate, wherein the Associate shall be responsible for supporting our non-litigation & Real-Estate department in providing title opinions, compliance, due diligence, drafting, reviewing negotiating and settling various contracts, agreements, redevelopment projects, society matters, real estate/revenue related matters documents for our esteemed clients.

Key Responsibilities:

1.  Legal Research: Conduct legal research and analysis to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

2.  Document Review/Drafting: Review and analyse legal documents in order to identify potential risks and issues associated with the documents.

3.  Compliance: Ensure that all contracts and agreements adhere to all prevailing legal and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & other requirements:

*  Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) – 3 years / 5 years.

*  Minimum of 3-4 years of post-qualification experience in Real Estate. 

*  Strong understanding of Real Estate laws and legal principles.

*  Ability to work hard and respond within tight deadlines, strong emphasis on good quality, timely, and well-presented documents, strong ability to plan, multi-task, and organize routine work.

*  Ability to research case laws/judgments and find relevant references/citations relating to the documents.

*  Ability to handle a client interfacing role.

*  Structuring of transactions as per clientele brief.

*  Advising the clients on the transaction on a legal forefront.

*  Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

*  Proficiency in using all Microsoft Office tools.

*  Attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

*  Strong organizational and time management skills.

*  Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.