Assistant Manager - Legal & Litigation

Role & responsibilities

Administrative

• Handling inward and outward of legal documents, notices, summons, and communication.
• Tracking litigations and pleadings, ensuring timely follow-ups and submissions.
• Coordination with External Legal Counsel.
• Issuing instructions, reviewing inputs, and maintaining updates on ongoing matters.

Core legal activities

• Reviewing the investigation reports prepared by RCU team and ensure online/offline filing of criminal complaints.
• Drafting and issuing replies, notices, and other legal correspondences.
• Support RCU team in validating the Court orders received from LEA/Customers for reversal of funds as per judicial directions.
• Verifying orders received from the Co-operative Court/DRT/Arbitral Tribunals for attachment/marking lien on the account/s and co-ordinating with Operations team for compliance of the directions and replying with confirmation/s.
• Visiting police stations with RCU/S&D teams within Mumbai and other cities as may be required.
• Drafting responses to customer complaints, LEA queries, consumer complaints, and other legal notices.
• Advising and reviewing RCUs investigation reports in fraud or high-risk matters.
• Arrangement of legal support & representation PAN India and to arrange legal counsel where Fino staff is summoned as witnesses.
• Attend court hearing in pending cases both by/against the Bank as and when required.

Stake holder management

• Inter-Department Coordination for LEA Requirements.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to gather documentation and case information related to BC business.
• Responding to queries from business, operations, RCU, external counsel, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Support business team during internal and external audits (Internal/RBI).
• Collating and submitting data/information related to legal function during audits.
• Co-ordinate with central operations team to mark lien based on orders from cooperative courts/arbitrators.

Education and Experience:

• The role requires 2–5 years of post-qualification experience within the BFSI sector or a law firm handling high-volume banking litigation, along with LL.B. from a reputed law college.

Position

• Assistant Manager – Legal