Advocate

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent (On Firm's Payroll)

Working Hours: 10:00 AM - 06:30 PM 6 days/week

Experience Required: 1 - 3 Years

Remuneration: Rs 60,000 – Rs 70,000 per month

Reporting To: Senior Counsel

Job Purpose

The Advocate will be a full-time employee, dedicated entirely to managing the end-to-end legal operations, retail recoveries, and legal compliances for our NBFC. The role requires day-to-day legal execution, drafting, and meticulous tracking of recovery and litigation data under the supervision of the Senior Counsel.

Key Responsibility Areas

1. Legal Drafting & Communication

• Draft precise replies to legal notices, consumer complaints, or counter-claims received by the company.
• Prepare comprehensive case files, petitions, and application drafts specifically for Lok Adalat matters.
• Manage the dispatch of notices physically via post offices/courier services and electronically via email within strict deadlines.

2. Legal Operations & Data Management

• Maintain an end-to-end, error-free database/tracker of all legal notices dispatched, received, and pending actions.
• Document and archive acknowledgment receipts, tracking IDs, and delivery statuses of all postal and email dispatches.
• Track the status of active cases, upcoming hearing dates, and Lok Adalat schedules, ensuring no deadlines are missed.

3. Court Assistance & Appearance

• Assist the Senior Counsel in the drafting, formatting, and structural preparation of court petitions, written statements, and affidavits.
• Handle the physical and electronic filing of cases/matters before relevant courts, tribunals, or dispute resolution forums.
• Represent the firm by appearing before local courts, consumer forums, or Lok Adalats as and when directed by the Senior Counsel.

4. Client Compliance & Follow-ups

• Execute daily follow-ups on dispatched legal notices and coordinate with the client's in-house recovery teams.
• Assist in maintaining daily legal compliances required for an NBFC setup.
• Conduct legal research on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, digital lending regulations, and debt recovery laws to support the senior legal team.

Mandatory Qualifications & Skills:

• Bar Enrollment: Must be actively enrolled with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (MUST HAVE).
• Experience: 1-3 years of core legal experience (handling debt recovery, consumer disputes, or NBFC/Banking litigation is highly preferred).
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and email management tools for data tracking
• Knowledge of Cyber Laws, digital fraud investigations, cybercrime procedures and applicable IT Act provisions.
• Experience in handling bank account freeze/unfreeze matters, including liaison with cyber cells and banks for release of frozen accounts, will be an added advantage.