Deputy Manager, Land Legal

Overview

Responsible to provide legal advice and solution as well as execution of legal-related documents from the search, evaluation, submission for approval, transaction to finalization of new project under Land Acquisition Division.

Responsibility

1. Research and Legal Advice

- Providing legal advice to the board of directors and other departments in the organization on issues related to laws, legal corridors, processes and regulations related to land acquisition activities.

 Explain legal documents and implementation guidelines to relevant departments.

- Monitor, update new legal information, changes in the law and disseminate it to all departments in the organization.

- Participate in the process of negotiating and drafting contracts

- Research and analyze emerging legal issues.

- Participate in legal training courses and seminars.

2. Legal appraisal of land/project/equity acquisition

- Make implementation plan and ensure quality and progress of legal appraisal for land/project purchase.

- Coordinate and contact relevant agencies to obtain necessary documents and information for the legal assessment of land purchase

- Risk assessment, proposing appropriate solutions in the legal appraisal of land purchase covering respective laws of planning & architecture, business, investment, real estate business, housing, and land.

+ M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions): Processes, strategies, and legal and financial aspects of M&A transactions, particularly in real estate.

+ Real Estate Project Transfer: Processes and legal aspects related to project transfer and asset valuation.

+ Negotiation and Contract Drafting: Skills in negotiating and drafting M&A and project transfer contracts.

3. Calculation of land use fee

- Inspect, urge and complete the calculation of land use levy to ensure quality and progress as required.

- Contact relevant agencies to provide necessary documents and parameters to carry out the calculation of land use levy.

- Coordinate with stakeholders to implement other assessment reports, come up with appropriate solutions to optimize land use levy.

- Other related jobs to calculate land use levy as required.

4. Land, Housing & Real Estate Business Law for land acquisition

- Propose a legal roadmap for land acquisition.

- Coordinate with relevant departments in organizing the implementation of legal procedures for land acquisition.

- Other work related to legal land acquisition as required.

5. Manage stakeholders

- Develop relationships with authorities.

- Support and coordinate with external legal, financial, tax, brokerage agent/advisors as well as intracompany departments including urban planning, Design Management, Construction and Project Management and Sales & Marketing divisions to ensure completion of new project evaluation, investment approval, negotiation, transaction conclusion in a timely manner while retaining company targets.

Required skills and behaviors

Background / Experience

- Bachelor’s Degree in Law specialized in real estate business law, business and investment law.

- At least 5-year experience in real estate companies or real estate practice in legal advisory firms.

- At least 5-year experience in similar position in the company with the same scale.

- Having broad relationship with government entities.

Specific job skills

- Comprehensive understanding of current legal procedures, compensation, site clearance, project investment process, asset/equity deal structure.

- Possess knowledge of respective laws of planning & architecture, business, investment, real estate business, housing, land and construction; ability to give solution to adapt with any change of the law.

- Ability to ordinate with legal-related stakeholders to deliver comprehensive result/advice to the evaluation of the project and transaction process.

- Basic knowledge of geography, master plan and other relevant aspects.

- Strategic view of the investment policies and business development of the company.

- Basic understanding of HR management (HR, relation development); leadership and allocation of works/resources.

- Good relationship with internal and external stakeholders.

Competencies

- Logical/analytical thinking.

- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.

- Achievement drive.

- Ability to adapt to changing environment.

- Influential, inspirational.

- Strive to live with company core values.