Role Overview:
The Legal Manager will handle legal notices, litigation, court matters, and maintain Legal MIS/Dashboards for the bank. The role involves coordinating with internal teams, external counsel, and ensuring legal compliance across business activities.
Key Responsibilities
Drafting, review and Reply to various Letters and Notices received at Branch level from customers, lawyers, courts and authorities in close co-ordination with HO Legal Team.Manage litigation matters including civil, consumer, criminal, recovery, arbitration, DRT/DRAT, High Court, NCLT cases.Coordinate with external advocates, review pleadings, and track court hearings/orders.Provide legal advice on banking operations, lending, recovery, and regulatory issues.Review contracts, loan documents, and agreements.Maintain Legal MIS, dashboards, and case repositories; prepare periodic reports for management.Support internal teams by providing timely legal inputs and risk mitigation guidance.Co-ordinate filing of Police Complaints and coordinate with Fraud Control Unit.Coordinate between Branch and HO Legal Team in Empanelment of lawyers.Coordinate between Branch and HO Legal Team in obtaining PoA in name of concerned officers at Branch level to act as an Authorized Officer under SARFAESI and/or to represent the Bank in Courts and before various authorities.Monitoring Vendor Management by coordinating between Branch and HO Legal /MIS Team for obtaining Bills from Lawyers from Branch and provide to HO Legal Team.To Monitor end to end SARFAESI process and do Symbolic and Physical Possession, Auction and Sale and co-ordinate with outsourced Agencies and the Collection Team wherever applicable to comply all steps in SARFAESI issues.Follow-up with lawyers for getting NoC of bill payment and Review performance of Lawyers.Attend all Court matters and co-ordinate with lawyers under instructions from HO Legal team in Civil cases, DRT, Consumer cases, Lok Adalat and Conciliation matters, Criminal matters and any litigation matters and update status and next date to Reporting Manager.Do proper Record- keeping and maintain files of Notices and Litigation documents for the Legal Department.Attend monthly meetings with HO Legal Team and highlight any critical or important issues to the Reporting (Functional/Operational) Manager.Do Legal Research and keep Team members updated of landmark Judgements and RBI Circulars related to above mentioned work.Do all work within the ambit of SoP and legal policies.Qualifications & Experience
LL.B. (mandatory); LL.M. preferred.7-10 years of legal experience, with exposure to banking/financial services.Strong experience and having analytical minds in litigation and notice management, legal drafting, and court coordination.Good understanding of banking laws, SARFAESI, NI Act, Contract Act, and RBI guidelines.Skills
Strong drafting, analytical, and communication skills. Must be proficient in Hindi and Regional Language for Southern states.Ability to manage high-volume legal cases and deadlines.Proficiency in Excel/Power BI for Legal MIS (preferred).High integrity, attention to detail, and stakeholder management. Read Less