Legal Associate

Resollect; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Resollect in Mumbai is seeking a Legal Operations professional to own quality and execution across the recovery lifecycle, from reviewing notices to coordinating with empanelled advocates for filing and hearings.

You will validate petitions drafted by lawyers, track timelines, manage external counsel, verify invoices, and help build SOPs with the product team to improve automation for national scale filings.

Qualifications

• LLB from a recognized university; 1–4 years in litigation management, bank/NBFC/ARC legal teams, recovery-focused law firms, or legal-tech.

Responsibilities

• Review and verify data in legal notices (SARFAESI 13(2), Sec 138 NI Act, loan recall, demand notices) against source documents — borrower details, outstanding amounts, security descriptions, statutory language and timelines.
• Vet draft petitions and applications (Sec 14 SARFAESI, Sec 138 complaints, DRT OAs, execution petitions) prepared by empanelled advocates before filing — completeness, annexures, affidavits, jurisdiction, limitation.
• Ensure filings meet court/DM/DRT-specific formats and e-filing requirements.
• Coordinate with empanelled advocates across jurisdictions: assign matters, track drafting and filing timelines, follow up on hearing outcomes and orders.
• Escalate delays and quality issues; maintain lawyer performance trackers.
• Verify lawyer invoices against milestones and deliverables.
• Maintain case trackers, MIS, and QC logs; report status to clients and internal teams.
• Build SOPs, checklists, and validation rules with our product team to improve automation

Skills

Detail-oriented

Process-driven

Excel

Web-based tools

Education

LLB degree

Tools

SARFAESI

NI Act Sec 138

DRT/CPC procedure

Job description

Location: Mumbai · Experience: 1–4 years · Qualification: LLB (mandatory)

About Resollect

Resollect is a B2B SaaS and execution platform for banks, NBFCs, HFCs, and ARCs, powering legal recovery end-to-end — demand notices, SARFAESI actions, Section 138 proceedings, and DRT matters — through software plus a pan-India network of empanelled advocates.

The Role

You will own legal quality and execution across the recovery lifecycle: from verifying the data that goes into notices, to validating petitions drafted by our empanelled lawyers, to managing those lawyers through filing and hearings. You are the bridge between our platform, our clients, and our advocate network.

Responsibilities

Notice & Data Review

• Review and verify data in legal notices (SARFAESI 13(2), Sec 138 NI Act, loan recall, demand notices) against source documents — borrower details, outstanding amounts, security descriptions, statutory language and timelines

Petition & Filing Validation

• Vet draft petitions and applications (Sec 14 SARFAESI, Sec 138 complaints, DRT OAs, execution petitions) prepared by empanelled advocates before filing — completeness, annexures, affidavits, jurisdiction, limitation
• Ensure filings meet court/DM/DRT-specific formats and e-filing requirements
• Coordinate with empanelled advocates across jurisdictions: assign matters, track drafting and filing timelines, follow up on hearing outcomes and orders
• Escalate delays and quality issues; maintain lawyer performance trackers
• Verify lawyer invoices against milestones and deliverables

Process & Reporting

• Maintain case trackers, MIS, and QC logs; report status to clients and internal teams
• Build SOPs, checklists, and validation rules with our product team to improve automation

What we're looking for

• LLB from a recognized university; 1–4 years in litigation management, bank/NBFC/ARC legal teams, recovery-focused law firms, or legal-tech
• Working knowledge of SARFAESI, NI Act Sec 138, and DRT/CPC procedure
• Comfortable managing multiple external counsel and high case volumes with strong follow-through
• Detail-oriented, process-driven; comfortable with Excel and web-based tools
• Willingness to travel occasionally to courts/DM offices if needed
• Own a core function at a fast-scaling legal-tech company serving leading lenders
• Exposure to legal operations at national scale — thousands of filings across states
• Work directly with the founding team; clear growth path to Legal Operations Lead