Assistant Manager, Dispute Resolution

Job Purpose

• Manages and handles litigation cases, Tribunal and arbitration proceedings involving Group companies
• Advice on issues relating to the Housing Development Act, including handling over of vacant possession andLADs, defects issues, sales brochures and other related documentation
• Advice on issues arising from the Group's ownership of land, including land evictions (ex-workers/templates)and other stakeholder issues
• Provide updates on laws / regulatory matters that may aff ected the Group
• Provision of legal advice including opinions, drafting and vetting of commercial/operational contracts

Job Responsibilities

Disputes Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration, Tribunal)

• Partnering and working together with external lawyers and internal stakeholders on continuous matterswhere for example, discussions are carried out to analyse/strategize on how to best defend/commence a suitand pertaining to the suit and reviewing those legal opinions
• Perusing, revising the contents and giving out views on causes papers like Defence, Affi davits etc, witnessesstatements for arbitration and court hearings and correspondence prepared by external lawyers pertaining tothe suits
• Drafting defence in reply to the claims fi eld by purchasers to the Housing Tribunals and conducting Tribunalhearings
• Attending meetings, tribunal, arbitration and court hearings

Intellectual Property

• Managing the registration of intellectual property rights of the Group and monitoring their progress

Drafting/reviewing commercial/operational contracts

• Drafting, revising and perusing commercial/operational contracts
• Partnering and working together with internal stakeholders on drafting and revising clauses of the contracts
• Negotiating with counter parties on the terms and conditions of the contracts
• Perusing, revising the terms and conditions of the contracts and giving our views to internal stakeholders onclauses drafted/proposed by the counter parties/their lawyers
• Advising internal stakeholders on issues pertaining to the contracts and interpretation of clauses therein

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Including TCS) matters

• Partnering and working together with internal stakeholders to resolve purchasers complaints wheremeetings, discussions are held with internal stakeholders and documents are perused in this regard
• Drafting and/or revising letters in response to the purchases written complaints

Hospitality matters and disputes

• Attending to disputes and litigious matters in the hospitality business eg. Debt recovery matters, operationalcontracts etc
• Prepare and provide accurate and updated Board/GMC/GMD legal reports relating to the Group'slitigations/alternatives dispute resolution matters on a timely basis

Education/Professional Qualification

LL.B Hons

Professional Experience

Advocate & Solicitor