Associate Legal Counsel

Revantage · Bengaluru

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ROLE SUMMARY

As part of the APAC Legal & Compliance team, this role assists the Legal & Compliance Team to provide legal advice, services and support across the business to ensure that Revantage and its clients meet all legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented with good organisational skills, and will partner with Gurugram, Singapore and Australia-based team members to support service delivery to Blackstone’s APAC real estate business.

Primary Role

• Legal Advice:
  • Providing high quality advice, services and support to Revantage and our clients on a wide variety of legal matters across APAC 
  • Providing advice to the business on relevant/applicable laws including retail leasing, residential tenancies, FIRB, construction, privacy, WHS and other areas of property and commercial law  
  • Developing and maintaining legal precedents, driving consistency and continuous improvement  
  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating works and consultancy contracts, product supply agreements, service agreements and other general commercial contracts 
  • Managing disputes, drafting letters of demand, and providing recommendations for resolution and settlement 
  • Assisting with the negotiation of lease and licence documentation across multiple assets classes 
  • Assisting on asset disposals and settlement requirements 

• Document Execution: Attend to document execution requests, including:
  • Day-to-day management of document approval and execution procedures
  • Arrange document electronic execution via DocuSign
  • Maintain document register and provide reports
  • Conduct ASIC and DDIQ searches and enquiries
  • Verify execution of documents by external parties
  • Document management including legal file management
  • Maintain contract security register, and undertake regular audit of security held for assets
  • Draft and arrange execution and registration of powers of attorney
  • Ensure relevant and up-to-date content on the internal intranet
  • Managing relationships and accounts with legal support services providers including Dye & Durham and DDIQ (or their equivalents)
  • Communicate effectively across all levels of the business and with portfolio companies

• Legal Operations:
  • Assist in assessing work procedures, providing feedback/suggestions for improvements and implementing improvement processes, where necessary
  • Create and/or update standard operating procedures (SOP) and legal precedents
  • As needed, support Revantage APAC on special projects and other legal operations matters

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• At least 4+ years of hands-on experience in the legal field, with a minimum of 2+ years PQE gained in a law firm or private practice. Real Estate and/or Hospitality sector experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in law or a related field from a reputed institute
• Experience working with Australian entities
• Knowledge of general legal and property terminology and principles
• Familiarity with powers of attorney and section 126s and 127 of the Corporations Act Cth
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Meticulous and high attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office, Docusign, AI legal tools and the ability to work with technology solutions
• Able to collaborate effectively with stakeholders to gather input and documents
• Well organized, able to prioritize tasks and meet tight timelines
• Able to act autonomously when appropriate and know when to escalate matters
• Comfortable to work both independently and as part of a team
• Motivated and driven to take responsibility for delivering an excellent quality of service
• Strong analytical skills, commercial acumen and ethical mindset

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email TalentAcquisitionIndia@revantage.com

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