AM - Legal -

Listing expiry: 23 October 2026

About the role

Role Overview

Support the corporate finance legal advisory function by assisting with debt, equity, and project finance transactions through financial closure. The role also involves legal and regulatory compliance advisory, security documentation, and legal support for general corporate and business functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Legal Head and team in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal documentation for debt, equity, and project finance transactions through financial closure.
• Draft and review security documentation, including security creation instruments.
• Ensure pre-commitment and pre-disbursement compliance requirements are met within transaction timelines.
• Research sector-specific regulatory frameworks relevant to infrastructure finance and security creation and provide legal advisory support.
• Support ongoing compliance with applicable laws and regulations at sectoral and project levels.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and commercial agreements, including vendor agreements, sale and purchase contracts, and leave and licence agreements.
• Prepare and finalise non-disclosure agreements for investor and advisory engagements.
• Coordinate with transaction counsel, counterparty banks, financial institutions, investors, and internal finance teams.
• Maintain document-finalisation turnaround times and support the corporate legal department in meeting its approved operating-plan expenditure objectives.
• Assist legal leadership with the group's financing transactions and day-to-day legal advisory requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB).
• A master's degree is preferred.
• Six years of post-qualification experience in a corporate legal function at a reputed law firm or as in-house legal counsel in a corporate organisation.
• Experience with fundraising transactions involving debt and equity, mergers, divestments, demergers, and acquisitions.
• Good knowledge of the Companies Act, SEBI regulations, FEMA regulations, and RBI circulars and notifications.
• Good presentation, negotiation, and communication skills.

Additional Details

• The role supports corporate financing transactions across the group, with stated annual transaction activity aggregating to INR 10,000 crore.
• Relevant competencies include legal research and analysis, contract drafting and negotiation, banking and finance management, regulatory compliance and governance, and corporate and regulatory affairs.
• Other competencies include problem-solving, analytical thinking, planning, decision-making, strategic orientation, stakeholder focus, teamwork, and execution.