Lead - Legal (Contracts)

Adani Group; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group's Airport BU seeks a senior legal counsel with 11+ years experience to advise on regulatory issues, draft and vet contracts, and manage risk across binding agreements. You will work closely with business teams to interpret laws, ensure compliance, and protect commercial interests.

The role also covers due diligence, negotiations with vendors, and governance oversight, while providing practical legal support to subsidiaries across the group.

Qualifications

• LLB degree from a recognised university.
• 11+ years of legal experience in corporate or aviation sector.
• Experience in providing legal advice on customer contracts.
• Experience in due diligence and risk mitigation.
• Ability to draft and vet complex contracts.

Responsibilities

• Advise on legal issues for Airport BU across applicable laws.
• Identify risks in vendor/third-party agreements.
• Monitor regulatory trends and advise action plans.
• Draft and vet contracts and other documents.
• Oversee litigation coordination and coordinate with Advocates.
• Ensure governance and compliance across relevant regulations.
• Conduct due diligence and assist negotiations.

Skills

Legal risk assessment

Contract drafting

Negotiation skills

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

LLB

Job description

• Advise on specific legal issues that may be encountered by Airport BU with respect to various laws.
• Identify areas of potential risk that may be faced by Airport BU while entering into agreements with vendors and specific third parties.
• Monitor key trends in the regulatory and statutory environment for the 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 through appropriate correspondence and communiqués.
• Maintaining 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.

Legalsupport in litigation cases:

• Interface with advocates and solicitors on behalf of Airport BU to handle litigation, obtain legal advice and legal services.
• External interface with customers and business partners in 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:

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

• 11+ years of experience

Job Info

• Job Identification 60366
• Posting Date 10/30/2026, 11:03 AM
• Locations Commerce House 6, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380051, IN

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