Career
Senior Associate – Regulatory
Location : Noida (UP)
Number of Openings
1
Key Responsibilities
- Conducting and Preparing Due diligence reports.
- Drafting and vetting Agreements and contracts
- Assignments related to urban and industrial development authorities
Experience
About 3 – 5 years of experience in Land & Revenue matters, having good knowledge of land and development related laws and regulations.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Law
Senior Associate – Litigation (Commercial, Company, IPR, IBC, Civil)
Location : Noida (UP)
Number of Openings
1
Key Responsibilities
- Drafting of Petition, Suit, Appeal, SLP, Writ etc
- Court Appearances
- Team Management
Experience
About 8 – 10 years of experience in litigation.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Law.
Land and Regulatory Lawyer – Headway Partners (Delhi-NCR)
New Delhi / Delhi-NCR (work covering Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana)
Number of Openings
1
Role Type
Full-time, non-litigation, techno-legal advisory (real estate, land, and regulatory)
Role Summary
Headway Partners is a regulatory and investment advisory practice focused on land, development authorities, and real-estate projects in the Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh region. The firm seeks a mid-level lawyer who will lead land and title due diligence, regulatory due diligence (DD) reporting, and authority-side liaison work across Delhi, UP, and Haryana.
The role combines:
(i) deep title and land-legal analysis;
(ii) structured techno-legal DD report writing; and
(iii) practical coordination with revenue and development authorities, sub-registrar offices, and other statutory bodies.
Key Responsibilities
A. Title Due Diligence and Land-Legal Work
- Conduct full chain-of-title verification for freehold, leasehold, and authority-allotted properties in Delhi, UP, and Haryana.
- Review and analyse land and property documents, including sale deeds, lease deeds, allotment and possession letters, authority communications, mutation records, jamabandis/khasra-khatauni/ khasra girdawari, fard, and other revenue extracts.
- Examine encumbrance certificates, registered charges, and litigation records; identify defects in title, breaks in chain, and adverse interests.
- Lead title searches at sub-registrar and revenue offices, and coordinate with local counsel where necessary.
- Prepare clear, accurate Title Notes and Title Search Reports (TSR) with identification of issues, risk grading, and mitigation recommendations.
B. Regulatory Due Diligence and Compliance Advisory
- Conduct regulatory due diligence on projects and land parcels, covering planning, zoning, environmental, authority-specific, and statutory conditions.
- Track and interpret applicable laws, rules, regulations, schemes and notifications relating to:
- Delhi development authorities, municipal corporations, and revenue departments.
- Uttar Pradesh development authorities (including NOIDA, GNIDA, YEIDA, and other local authorities), municipal bodies and revenue departments.
- Haryana land and development regimes (e.g., HSVP/HUDA, DTCP, municipal and revenue authorities).
- Review statutory approvals, permits, clearances and NOCs relevant to land and development (layout sanctions, building plan approvals, CLU / NA orders, conversion orders, environmental clearances where applicable, and completion/occupancy certificates).
- Ensure compliance mapping for key statutes and regulations including, as applicable, the Registration Act, Transfer of Property Act, Stamp Acts, RERA statutes and rules, local planning laws, and authority-specific regulations.
- Integrate regulatory findings into transaction and project DD reports, with clear articulation of conditions precedent, ongoing obligations, and risk implications.
C. Liaison and Authority Coordination
- Coordinate with revenue authorities, sub-registrar offices, development authorities, and municipal bodies for:
– Collection and verification of land and revenue records.
– Registration-related searches and certified copies.
– Mutation, conversion, CLU/NA orders, and other land status changes.
– Approval/permission and NOC processes for specific assignments. - Work closely with external local counsel, surveyors, project consultants and internal project teams to obtain documents and close compliance steps.
- Maintain trackers for authority interactions, pending applications, and statutory timelines; provide concise status updates to the Managing Partner and project leads.
D. Techno-Legal Reporting and Documentation
- Prepare structured techno-legal DD reports on land and projects, including:
– Executive summary of land and regulatory position.
– Detailed title chains with document references and diagrams where required.
– Risk matrices and issue lists (title, regulatory, procedural, documentation).
– Recommendations on risk mitigation, documentation corrections, and next steps. - Draft legal opinions, internal notes and client-facing memoranda on title and regulatory issues.
- Assist in drafting and vetting transaction and project documents (MoUs, sale/assignment deeds, lease and license documents, development / collaboration agreements, authority documentation) where needed.
- Maintain organised DD files, document indexes, and knowledge notes for future reference.
E. Internal Collaboration and Knowledge Development
- Work closely with the Managing Partner and project teams on live engagements and proposals.
- Contribute to internal knowledge-building by preparing short notes / trackers on key regimes (Delhi, UP, Haryana land and development laws, RERA, authority-specific policies).
- Provide guidance and on-the-job training to interns and junior team members involved in DD and documentation.
Desired Profile
Qualifications
- LL.B. from a recognised university.
- Enrolment with the Bar Council is preferred (not mandatory if currently in a non-litigation advisory role).
Experience
- 4–7 years post-qualification experience in real estate, land and property law.
- Substantive experience in:
– Land due diligence and title verification.
– Property documentation and compliance.
– Real-estate transactions and advisory. - Demonstrable exposure to **Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana land and development authority regimes**, including work on projects or transactions in these jurisdictions.
Skills and Competencies
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail in reviewing land and revenue documents.
- Ability to read and interpret jamabandis, khasra-khatauni, girdawari, fard and similar records for North Indian states.
- Good understanding of property laws, registration and stamp requirements, and key planning / development frameworks relevant to Delhi-NCR, UP and Haryana.
- Excellent drafting ability for title notes, DD reports, legal opinions and regulatory memoranda.
- Comfort with techno-legal, management-facing writing and working with structured formats (matrices, checklists, process charts).
- Ability to coordinate with authorities and external counsel in a professional and organised manner.
- High integrity, responsiveness and ownership mindset.
Indicative Compensation
- Mid-level band commensurate with experience and market benchmarks for Delhi-NCR real-estate / land-legal roles.
- Exact structure (fixed + performance-linked) to be discussed at interview stage.