Recruiting organisation: HSA Advocates
Hemant Sahai Associates (HSA) Advocates, a leading full service law firms in India, is slated for rapid growth in its next phase - HSA 2021 – aiming to grow into a 250 strong fee earners Firm. In its next phase, apart from further bolstering its image as the GO-TO Firm for the clients (both domestic and international), HSA has set in motion several institutional initiatives to further revamp and modernize its systems and processes to enable it to become a truly professional law firm providing top-of-the-line legal services matching international standards.
HSA has a strong focus on Corporate-Commercial, M&A, Private Equity, Projects, Energy, Infrastructure and Resources, Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Disputes Resolution. With a pan-India presence (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata), as a full service, Go-To Firm for quality delivery, HSA is considered a firm of first choice by the clients, offering legal services to a wide spectrum of industry verticals across diverse areas of practices.
With a strong focus on building people capabilities and as a result robust competency in the organization, HSA as part of its next growth phase, is now looking to strengthen its legal team and has multiple roles at different levels of seniority within the firm.
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Designation: Corporate Commercial Associate
Job location: Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi
Candidates’ required post-qualification experience (PQE) level in years: Minimum 3-5 Years PQE
Practice area specialisation required: Corporate-Commercial
Salary: As per industry standards
Job description:
The work is fast moving, technical, bespoke, real world and practical. The Corporate Commercial practice advises companies on various aspects of corporate matters (which include advise on contractual, labour, corporate and commercial laws) and also provides end-to-end assistance (both in the listed and unlisted space), private equity houses, venture capital funds, from both buy and sell side, in complex local and cross-border transactions across various sectors. The role also requires getting involved in new business development and marketing initiatives. The candidate will work on a broad array of assignments which will include non-transactional and well as transactional work. On the trasactional side the candidate shall work on mergers & acquisitions (in-bound and out-bound), private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, corporate restructurings. All roles will report to the senior management team of HSA Advocates.
This is a unique opportunity and unmatched opportunity for those interested in leadership roles in the future and to build a long-term career with one of the best legal law firms in the country. Candidates will be offered extensive training and development based on your seniority through hands-on roles with diverse portfolio of domestic and international clienteles.
Candidate requirements:
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Candidates should have a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in law.
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Minimum 3 – 5 years of experience in a law firm.
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Strong knowledge and in-depth understanding of contractual, corporate and commercial laws.
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Excellent drafting skills along with in-depth grasp on documentation.
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They have a commercial perspective and can provide solution oriented pragmatic legal advice to clients.
- Good and effective communication skills.
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They are service oriented and are driven to deliver to clients with the ability to work under pressure.
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Not afraid of taking up challenging tasks and are resilient to achieve them
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They have an experience with leading teams and mentoring and coaching juniors
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Determined to personal, team and firm development and success.
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Candidates should have experience in the following areas:
- Advising on a variety of M&A, PE/VC transactions, across various disciplines and sectors
- Managing transactions from engagement to completion
- Developing and demonstrating resilience and autonomy whilst maintaining the highest levels of client care and standards
- Drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, shareholders' agreements, other commercial agreements, demonstrating a strong familiarity and an ability to draft and work with bespoke documents and structures
- Substantial experience working on cross-border transactions
- Developing familiarity with likely issues and challenges and demonstrating an ability to manage all aspects of the transaction to "get the deal done"