Leighton AsiaMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaOn-siteFull-time3+ years
Listing expiry: 21 October 2026
About the role
Role Overview
The role combines legal, contracts, commercial, and company secretarial responsibilities for construction, infrastructure, and EPC projects. It involves drafting and negotiating agreements, managing contractual risks and disputes, supporting project teams, coordinating with external counsel, and overseeing statutory compliance and corporate governance matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, draft, negotiate, and administer EPC, construction, subcontractor, supplier, consultancy, NDA, MOU, and related agreements.
- Support tendering, bid reviews, pre-contract assessments, and contract negotiations.
- Identify and mitigate contractual and commercial risks, including payment terms, liquidated damages, variations, claims, extensions of time, and termination provisions.
- Provide legal and contractual support to project, commercial, and engineering teams.
- Attend client meetings, project review meetings, commercial discussions, and contract negotiations.
- Ensure downstream contracts align with upstream contractual obligations.
- Handle contractual correspondence, notices, claims, disputes, and risk registers.
- Coordinate with external law firms and counsel on arbitration, litigation, and specialised legal matters.
- Ensure compliance with the Companies Act, FEMA, and other applicable regulations.
- Coordinate ROC filings, resolutions, approvals, and statutory records.
- Support governance and compliance requirements for special-purpose vehicles, joint ventures, and subsidiaries, where applicable.
Qualifications & Experience
- LLB/ LLM
- 3+ years of experience in construction, infrastructure or EPC projects
- Strong expertise in contract drafting, negotiation, vetting and interpretation.