Manager - TDD & Documentation

Job Description: Manager, Title Due Diligence
Company: Arvind
SmartSpaces Ltd (Real Estate, Lalbhai Group)
Function: Legal
Location: Ahmedabad
Reports to: AGM, Title Due Diligence / Head Legal
Experience: 8-12 years
Role Purpose
To manage
title due diligence for land and project acquisitions, ensuring that each
parcel has a clean, marketable and developable title. The role provides
practical risk assessments and mitigation plans to Business Development,
Projects, Liaison and Finance, and supports the closure of acquisition
transactions.
Key Responsibilities
1. Title Due
Diligence
Conduct and manage legal due diligence on land
parcels and project acquisitions, covering the chain of title, revenue and
property records (7/12, 8A, property cards, mutation entries),
encumbrances, ownership, and possession.
Review land use, zoning, NA/conversion status,
land ceiling, tenancy, agricultural land and farmer-status issues, and
other statutory restrictions, as applicable to each state.
Review litigation search outcomes and assess
their impact on title and deal viability, in coordination with the
litigation team.
Prepare due diligence reports with risk
ratings, mitigation steps, and conditions precedent, and present findings
to senior management.
Escalate critical title risks and give
recommendations on proceeding, price adjustment or deal conditions.
2.
Transaction Support & Documentation
Draft, review and negotiate title-related
provisions in MoUs, agreements to sell, sale deeds, JDAs and conveyance
deeds, including covenants, indemnities, warranties and conditions
precedent.
Support deal structuring for land
acquisitions, joint development, joint ventures and redevelopment from a
title perspective.
Manage closing checklists, stamp duty,
registration and post-closing title perfection, including mutation and
record updates.
3. External
Counsel & Vendor Management
Coordinate with external law firms, title
search agencies and local counsel, and review their reports and opinions.
Ensure quality, consistency and timely delivery
of external work, and track fees against budgets.
4.
Compliance, Process & Reporting
Ensure compliance with RERA, the Transfer of
Property Act, the Registration Act, stamp laws, and state land and revenue
laws.
Support lender, investor and audit requirements
relating to title.
Maintain the title status tracker, MIS and
document repository for the land bank.
Contribute to due diligence checklists,
templates, SOPs and the title risk matrix.
5.
Stakeholder Management
Partner with Business Development, Liaison,
Projects and Finance to provide timely and practical legal inputs.
Build working relationships with revenue and
registration authorities and local counsel.
Mentor junior team members, where applicable.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
LL.B. (mandatory); LL.M. preferred.
Enrolled advocate or an in-house/law firm real
estate background is an advantage.
Experience
8-12 years of relevant experience in real
estate legal work, with a developer, a law firm, or a bank/NBFC legal
team.
Hands-on experience in title due diligence and
land acquisition, with Gujarat exposure strongly preferred and exposure to
other markets such as Maharashtra or Karnataka an advantage.
Exposure to JDA/JV, redevelopment and land
aggregation transactions is desirable.

Experience
8 - 12 Years

Employment type
Full Time

Work arrangement
No