Sr Associate - Economic Offences

Metalegal Advocates; Bengaluru; Vor Ort; INR 1.500.000 - 2.800.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Metalegal Advocates, Bengaluru, seeks a capable Senior Associate - Economic Offences to independently handle drafting, provide strategic legal support, and manage client engagements. Experience in investigations, white-collar and financial crimes is preferred.

The role requires strong judgment, execution capability, and the ability to mentor junior professionals across advisory, investigations, regulatory, commercial, and dispute-related work.

Qualifikationen

• Must have LL.B. degree from a university recognised by BCI.
• Enrolment with the Bar Council of India is required.

Aufgaben

• Independently handle Economic Offences, regulatory, investigations, advisory and dispute matters.
• Develop matter strategy, identify legal and commercial risks, and plan execution.
• Conduct complex legal research and provide inputs on offences, regulatory matters and disputes.
• Prepare, review and supervise legal opinions, pleadings, notices, and related documents.
• Exercise professional judgment, identify risks, and escalate sensitive matters.
• Interact with clients, support engagements, coordinate deliverables and maintain relationships.
• Coordinate with regulators, external counsel, forensic experts, and other stakeholders.
• Guide associates and junior professionals, provide direction and feedback.
• Work with Partners on strategy, client requirements, risk, and resolution of issues.
• Ensure deliverables and communications meet standards and timelines.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, research, and training within the Firm.
• Support institutional capabilities through mentoring, recruitment, and capability development.

Kenntnisse

Legal research

Drafting

Advisory

Matter management

Mentoring

Supervision

Accounting principles

Financial analysis

Data analytics

Ausbildung

LL.B. degree

Bar Council of India enrolment

Jobbeschreibung

Job Summary

Metalegal Advocates is seeking a capable and commercially astute legal professional to join the Firm as a Senior Associate - Economic Offences. This role is designed for a lawyer capable of independently handling substantial drafting, providing strategic legal support and advice, managing assigned client engagements, and mentoring junior professionals across advisory, investigations, regulatory, commercial, and dispute-related engagements. Relevant experience in Economic Offences will be preferred, particularly experience involving investigations, enforcement proceedings, regulatory matters, white-collar crime, financial crimes, and related litigation.

Responsibilities

• Independently handle and execute assigned Economic Offences, regulatory, investigation, advisory, and dispute-related matters, including matters involving investigations, enforcement proceedings, white-collar crime, financial crimes, and related litigation.
• Assist in developing matter strategy, identifying legal and commercial risks, structuring execution plans, and ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of assigned matters and workstreams.
• Conduct complex legal research and analysis and provide well-reasoned legal inputs on matters involving economic offences, regulatory frameworks, investigations, enforcement proceedings, and related disputes.
• Prepare, review, and supervise the preparation of legal opinions, pleadings, submissions, notices, replies, applications, correspondence, reports, and other client and matter-related documentation.
• Exercise sound professional judgment in addressing legal and commercial issues, identifying potential risks, and escalating complex or sensitive matters appropriately.
• Interact with clients when required and support client engagements by understanding requirements, providing timely legal inputs, coordinating deliverables, and maintaining professional relationships.
• Coordinate with regulators, external counsel, forensic experts, consultants, auditors, and other stakeholders as required for the effective execution of assigned matters.
• Guide Associates and junior professionals, providing direction, feedback, quality review, and support in relation to their assigned work.
• Work closely with Partners/ Principal Associates on matter strategy, client requirements, execution, risk assessment, and resolution of complex issues.
• Ensure that assigned matters, deliverables, documentation, and client communications meet the Firms professional standards, quality expectations, and timelines.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, training, research, publications, seminars, and other practice development initiatives of the Firm.
• Support the Firms institutional capabilities by contributing to mentoring, recruitment, knowledge management, capability development, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

• Must have an LL.B. degree from a from a university recognized by the Bar Council of India (BCI).
• Must have enrolment with the Bar Council of India.
• Must have approximately 3 to 6 years of relevant post-qualification experience.

Preferred Candidate

The ideal candidate is a technically strong and commercially aware legal professional who combines sound legal judgment with strong execution capability, professional maturity, and a willingness to take increasing ownership of complex matters and client engagements.

The role requires intellectual curiosity, analytical ability, strong accountability, professional communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across complex legal and commercial issues while maintaining high standards of integrity, quality, discretion, and client service.

Skills & Attributes

• legal research
• drafting
• advisory
• matter-management
• mentoring
• supervision
• accounting principles
• financial analysis
• data analytics

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