Lead – Legal Contracts

Adani Airport Holdings Ltd; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. seeks an experienced in-house counsel to provide proactive legal support for the Airport business, advise on regulatory issues, and mitigate risks in vendor and third-party agreements.

The role involves drafting and vetting contracts, monitoring evolving laws, and guiding due diligence for deals, with coordination across business units and external counsel as needed.

Qualifications

• LLB required
• 14+ years of experience in legal roles, preferably in corporate or aviation sectors.

Responsibilities

• 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 when entering into agreements with vendors and third parties.
• Monitor regulatory and statutory trends and suggest action plans for Airport BU.
• Provide legal advice on customer contracts and assist in drafting/vetting contracts and related documents.

Education

LLB

14+ years experience

Job description

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

(degree, training, or certification required)

• LLB

Relevant Experience

• 14+ years of experience