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Job Description

Job Description

As part of IIHS detailed legal work, we are looking for a candidate to fill the full-time position
of Associate - Legal & Regulation in our Delhi office.

Activities and Tasks

Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:
• Legal Support (primary):
o Assisting with legal and regulatory matters;
o Contract drafting and contract management;
o Transactional advisory and drafting, preferably with experience of:
o matters pertaining to the not for profit’ sector;
o procurement and tendering;
o construction contracts (Works, Design-Build, PPP models);
o transactional elements of IPR related matters;
o Providing documentation support;
o Institutional process drafting;
o Assisting with legal advisory, memos and opinion writing, litigation proceedings and
related support as applicable;
o Undertaking legal and regulatory due diligence;
• Research (secondary):
o Assisting with research and academic work on aspects of urban law and policy, as
relevant to IIHS;
• Providing support to other IIHS activities including academics, research, training,
practice, operations and others;
• Participating in all activities of Institution-Building at IIHS; carrying out tasks as
assigned.

Other qualifications required for this role, include:

• 
  Excellent analytical skills and a high degree of proficiency in Microsoft Word and
  Excel;
  • Excellent communication skills in written English;
  • Good communication skills and fluency in Hindi/Kannada (written and spoken);
  • Ability to undertake rigorous research on contracts, labour law, taxation law,
  privacy/date protection legislation, case law, institutional structures and relevant
  legislative matters, with pronounced evidence of strong drafting and transactional
  skills;
  • Ability to understand law in contexts and propose iterative solutions;
  • Ability to assist with litigation related matters;
  • Ability to work in a highly inter-disciplinary team and under strict and frequent
  deadlines;
  • Professional experience in dealing with Government agencies/entities.

Skills Required