Loading open roles
UpMan Placements Private Limited
Legal and Compliance
UpMan Placements Private Limited · posted 5 months ago
Mumbailegal
About the role
Job Description
Position:
Manager – Legal
Department:
Legal
Reports to:
GM Finance and CEO
Location:
Mumbai, BKC
About the Company
An infrastructure-focused financial services firm offering Private Equity, Debt, and M&A advisory, along with EPC and project management services. The organization also operates a renewable energy IPP platform with a growing portfolio of C&I and utility-scale assets. The legal function supports a high volume of transactions across multiple business lines.
Role Overview
We are seeking a transactional lawyer to anchor documentation, negotiation, and compliance across project finance transactions, renewable energy C&I deals, corporate contracts, and statutory compliance. The role works closely with deal teams, project management teams, and leadership.
Key Responsibilities
1. Project Finance Documentation
- Draft, review, and negotiate project finance documents including Common Loan Agreements, Facility Agreements, Security Trustee and Inter-Creditor Agreements
- Handle Hypothecation/Mortgage documents, Sponsor Support and Undertaking documents, DSRA arrangements, and hedging documentation
- Ensure compliance with conditions precedent and subsequent
2. Renewable Energy C&I Transactions
- Lead documentation for Power Purchase Agreements (open access, group captive, third-party structures)
- Draft and negotiate Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders' Agreements, Framework Agreements, and Deeds of Accession
- Review EPC and O&M contracts
- Coordinate with external counsel on regulatory matters including electricity laws and open-access frameworks
3. Land & Lease Documentation
- Conduct title due diligence for project land parcels
- Draft and negotiate lease deeds, sub-lease agreements, leave & licence agreements, and right-of-way documentation
- Manage end-to-end registration of lease deeds, including stamp duty, e-stamping, and coordination with authorities
- Oversee mutation entries and post-registration compliance
4. Confidentiality & Pre-Deal Documentation
- Draft and negotiate NDAs, term sheets, MOUs, and exclusivity agreements
5. Corporate & Secretarial Compliance
- Ensure compliance under the Companies Act, 2013 across entities and SPVs
- Manage Board and shareholder resolutions, ROC filings, statutory registers, and related-party disclosures
- Coordinate with Company Secretary for annual and periodic filings
6. Engagement Letters & Advisory Contracts
- Draft and negotiate engagement letters for PE, debt, and M&A mandates
- Structure clauses related to success fees, retainers, exclusivity, and indemnity
7. General Legal Advisory
- Provide legal input on transaction structuring, risk mitigation, and dispute avoidance
- Manage external counsel and maintain contracts repository
Qualifications & Experience
- LLB from a reputed law school; LLM preferred (not mandatory)
- 2–5 years of post-qualification experience in project finance, banking & finance, or energy practice
- Prior experience in law firms and/or in-house roles within infrastructure, renewable energy, or financial services preferred
- Proven experience in drafting and negotiating PPAs and project finance documentation
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume transactional environment