Legal Manager

Tata Projects Limited; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 1 500 000 - 2 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Tata Projects Limited is seeking an experienced legal professional to support EPC projects by providing strategic legal advice to execution and operations teams, assisting bidding activities, and managing disputes and contract risk.

The role involves drafting and negotiating EPC contracts, coordinating with external counsel, and implementing risk management frameworks across projects to ensure compliance and successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in legal roles.
• Experience supporting EPC projects and bidding teams.
• Knowledge of dispute resolution, litigation, arbitration, and contract interpretation.

Responsabilités

• Provide legal advice to execution/operations/project teams for ongoing EPC projects
• Support project team during execution of projects and during bidding stage
• Handle pre-dispute situations, claims management, and arbitration proceedings
• Coordinate with external counsel for litigation/arbitration matters
• Drafting, reviewing and finalizing EPC contracts, consortium agreements, JV agreements, subcontractor/vendor agreements and NDAs
• Standardize contract templates aligned with business requirements
• Provide legal input to business development during bid evaluation and submissions
• Advise on contract interpretation, variations, EOT, and change orders
• Identify legal risks in project execution and recommend mitigation strategies
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and liaise with clients, consultants, contractors and regulators
• Develop and maintain legal risk management frameworks and conduct legal audits of contracts and practices

Connaissances

Legal advisory

Contract management

Arbitration

Stakeholder management

Formation

LL.B / LLM

Description du poste

Role & responsibilities

1. Legal Advisory

• Provide legal advice to the execution/operations/ project teams for ongoing EPC projects
• Support project team during the execution of the projects.
• Support bidding team during bidding stage of the projects

2. Claims & Dispute Resolution

• Handle pre-dispute situations, claims management, and arbitration proceedings
• Handle Litigation in Courts and pursue claims in arbitration.
• Handle MSME notices, conciliation and arbitration
• Handle IBC notices and NCLT proceedings
• Coordinate with external counsel for litigation and arbitration matters
• Develop strategies for dispute avoidance and resolution
• Represent the company in negotiations, mediations, and dispute forums

3. Contract Management

• Drafting, reviewing, part of negotiation and finalizing EPC contracts, consortium agreements, unincorporated & Incorporated JV agreements, subcontractor/vendor agreements, and consultancy contracts, NDA(s) , Pre- Bid Agreements and
• Standardize contract templates aligned with business requirement and to the benefit of the company
• Provide legal input to business development/sales team of the business group during bid evaluation and submissions and also if required, be part of contract & commercial negotiations
• Knowledge and practical experience in FIDIC and other international/industry-standard contract frameworks to handle the contractual issues and the disputes.
• Advice on contract interpretation, variations, claims, extensions of time (EOT), and change orders
• Identify legal risks in project execution and recommend mitigation strategies

4. Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders: Contracts Team, Business and Projects, Commercial, Procurement, Finance
• Liaise with external stakeholders: clients, consultants, contractors, legal advisors, regulatory authorities
• Support senior leadership with legal risk insights for strategic decisions

5. Governance & Risk Management

• Develop and maintain legal risk management frameworks
• Conduct legal audits of project contracts and practices
• Maintain MIS reports on legal cases, contract risks, and compliance status
• Drafting of Legal Notices and Replies to the notices received from the Vendors.

Preferred candidate profile:

Candidate with 8-10 years experience in legal roles.

Behavioral Attributes:

• High integrity and ethical standards
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Leadership and team management capabilities