Job Purpose
An effective leader, who leads from the front, to provide comprehensive legal advice, evolve effective strategies for resolving legal and regulatory issues, handle all litigations and business transactions, project financing and day to day contracts as well as provide necessary legal support for its joint ventures and concessionaires in airport business, so as to achieve business goals of the organization.
ORGANISATION CHART
The Head Legal will have functional reporting to the Chief Legal Officer – North & West Sectors of Airport Business and also the dotted line reporting to the CEO of DIAL.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Accountabilities
Key Performance Indicators
Litigation
- Strategize and handle all the litigation pertaining to DIAL including labour matters
- Handling of critical issues having higher strategic importance
- Success Rate
- Quality of Performance
Regulatory and Project Contracts
Evolve effective strategies from time to time for handling legal and regulatory issues having high financial impact and policy issues BusinessSupport CEO and business heads on the issues involving Government & Regulatory Stake holders like MoCA, AERA, BCAS, DGCA, Customs, State Govt. etc.Disposal of pending casesSuccess Rate in government and regulatory issuesHandle Commercial Contracts and Financing Documents
Support Commercial Heads in devising tender strategies.Handle drafting of Concessions and commercial ContractsHandle Contractual compliance andHandle all financing documentationsage of adherence to TATRisk minimization and mitigationNill or minimal disputes from contractsSmooth fund raisingDigital Initiatives in Legal function
Develop and implement e-Litigation Management SystemSupport Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) initiativesDesign, compile and execute the legal compliance system during key project transactions.age of application and adherence to e-tools and CLMCompliance %ageSpecial Projects / Initiatives
Contribute to Business Excellence – band changeDepartment AOPProviding complete legal support to all the internal departmentsBE ScoreBudget adherence %ageNo. of issues closed effectivelyTeam Development and Management
Engage with the team to motivate and foster teamwork, understand and address their concerns and provide a collaborative environment for them to develop.Coach and train young legal professionals and ensure their competency development in associated areas.Attrition RatesEmployee Engagement ScoresKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details
EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS
Regulatory Authority (AERA) ; Various Statutory Authorities (both Central & State)Ministry of Civil AviationJudicial and Quasi-judicial authorities, Law Firms and Senior Counsels (High Court and Supreme Court)Industry Associations, like APAOINTERNAL INTERACTIONS
PromotersGroup General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer – Airports, North & West SectorCEO and all HODsOther Sectors’ Legal Heads and other HODs FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS
Protecting the interests of the organization in the potential financial litigation matters like UDF, PSF etc.Support in recovery of receivable / debtsSupport in availing the legitimate entitThe amount involved in arbitrations range between Ten – Hundreds of croresThe transactions and project financing are generally high valueThe Dimensions of role of Head Legal will broadly cover the following areas : -
The Litigations :
Writ petitions by and against DIALMatters before NGTStrategic and high sake litigations against government on key policy and contractual issues,Arbitrations involving claims and counter claimsRegulatory litigations before TDSAT, Delhi High Court and Supreme CourtMatters in labour courtsMatters before District Court and Consumer ForumsCriminal Complaints, by and against DIALThe Total listed Cases are around 225
The Transactions :Concession agreements for aero and non aeronautical businessesLicense agreements for land and spaceLicense agreements for non-aeronautical businesses within airports terminalsDevelopment Agreements for permitted commercial activities on airport landJoint Ventures for airport business of DIALBudget Management within AOPTeam ManagementHandling Digital initiativesOTHER DIMENSIONS
DIAL Legal Team below the Legal Head comprises of about 12 members carrying experience ranging from 3-20 years with two senior legal leads and the members below each of them.
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
Degree in Law from a law college of repute is a must and LLM is preferredPG Diploma / Diploma in IRPM is desirablePG Diploma / Diploma in Business Management would be an added advantage since business acumen will enhance the skills.RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
More than 20 yrs. post qualification experienceThe person bears academically strong background with very good understanding of law and practice.The person should have been the legal head of at least medium size business conglomerate for at least the last 4-5 years with diverse experience of handling various types of litigations in all courts and tribunals.The person should have handled the varied type of transactions in his careerThe person should have handled fairly sized legal team of varied experienceThe person should have dealt with promoters and business heads in the course of his functionsThe person should have good networking with lawyers, tier 1 and tier 2 law firms and senior advocates in Delhi and Mumbai.COMPETENCIES
Execution & ResultsPlanning & Decision MakingStakeholder FocusTeamwork & Interpersonal influencePersonal EffectivenessNetworkingSocial AwarenessEntrepreneurshipCapability BuildingStrategic OrientationProblem Solving & Analytical Thinking