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About:
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) is a leading full-service Indian law firm established in the year 2001 by eminent lawyers from diverse fields. ELP brings to the table a rare combination of professionals including lawyers, chartered accountants, cost accountants, economists and company secretaries enabling them to offer services with a seamless cross-practice experience and top-of-the-line expertise to their clients.
ELP has the unique advantage as compared to other law firms in India in offering significant skill sets across the entire spectrum of transactional, advisory, litigation, regulatory, and tax matters. Their areas of expertise include Banking & Finance; Competition Law & Policy; Corporate & Commercial; Data Protection; Defence & Aerospace; Hospitality; International Trade & Customs Policy; Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution; Policy & Regulation; Private Equity & Venture Capital; Projects, Infrastructure & Energy; Real Estate; Securities Law and Capital Markets; Tax; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code; Corporate Governance amongst others.
With offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Chennai, they have a team of over 200+ qualified professionals and 50 partners having professional acumen in diverse practice areas. ELP is a member of the Taxand global organization, the world’s largest independent tax organization. They work closely with leading global law firms in the UK, USA, Middle East and Asia Pacific region. This gives them the ability to provide a pan India and global service offering to our clients.
ELP’s commitment is to develop and nurture long-term relationships with their clients by providing the most optimal solutions in a practical, qualitative and cost-efficient manner. Their in-depth expertise, immediate availability, geographic reach, transparent approach and the involvement of their partners in all assignments has made them the firm of choice for their clients.
Role:
Lawyer
Area:
𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻)
Location:
Mumbai
Qualifications:
- 𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
- The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Indian Evidence Act, 1872; and the Limitation Act, 1963
- The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, including the amendments thereto
- Understanding of the Companies Act, 2013
- Laws of Contract including the Indian Contract Act, 1872; and Specific Relief Act, of 1963
- Court procedures and filings
- Excellent oratory skills.
- Experienced drafting and vetting skills.
- Ability to advise and act diligently and in time sensitive manner.
- Preparing for arbitration hearings, evidentiary hearings and court appearances, and other processes.
- Time management, data management, and organization skills.
- Experience in representing clients before forums (for adjudication, arbitration, and litigation).
- 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Leads and guides a team of two to three individuals and also meets senior management expectations.
- 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆: Identifies new ways of delivering and enhancing value to clients.
- 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Leverages own network to acquire knowledge, expertise, and best practice, and shares the same with the team.
- 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: Ability to impress on peers, superiors and clients that the team can deliver high value for a variety of matters/sectors.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to advise and comment on practice-specific client issues independently.
- Supervises resource planning, team deliverables, etc. in delivering client expectations to the extent possible.
- Acts as a communication channel between senior management and the team members.
- Manages client relationships to ensure client retention (delivery, fee expectations, post-delivery application of advice, invoicing, and collections).
- Appears before courts and forums including arbitral tribunals.
- Drafting and vetting pleadings for arbitration proceedings and arbitration-related litigation proceedings.
- Independently brief outside counsel and senior counsel.
- Represents ELP in seminars and conferences in relation to the practice area. Assists in knowledge sharing and staying abreast with legal developments in the practice area.
- Assists in business development for the practice either through engaging clients or nurturing existing client relationships.
- Travel within the city and outstation to perform assignments.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their applications to careers@elp-in.com
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