Senior Associate -Legal Counsel - Property

Location: Bengaluru

About the role
Tesco is looking for a commercial contracts lawyer who can support, under guidance, the Group Legal and UK Property teams by undertaking certain aspects of its UK-related non-contentious real estate work.
You will be responsible for
Having undergone our internal induction and training programme covering key UK property legal skills, your role will include:
-Negotiating, drafting and reviewing a broad range of non-contentious UK property contracts (from the UK legal perspective) including:
Leases;
Tenancy at Will;
License to Assign;
License for Alterations;
License to Occupy;
Rent Deposit Deed;
Deed of Variation;
Deed of surrender;
Non-disclosure Agreement.
- Title due diligence and reporting.
- Co-ordination with relevant stakeholders within the Tesco Property and Legal teams to ensure that real estate matters are delivered in a timely and appropriately risk-balanced manner, meeting the business need.
-  Working collaboratively with our external law firms to share knowledge and best practice, and ensure the efficient delivery of real estate legal services to the business.
- Managing and updating Tesco templates and playbooks.
- Downloading Land Registry documents and making Land Registry applications.
- Ensuring compliance with Tesco Business Code of Conduct, our Governance framework and other policies as applicable from time to time.
-Represent Talent Acquisition in all forums/ seminars pertaining to process, compliance and audit
-Perform other miscellaneous duties as required by management
-Driving CI culture, implementing CI projects and innovation for withing the team
You will need
- Qualified commercial contracts or real estate lawyer with at least 2 years of post qualification experience.

- Experience of working in an International (UK preferred but not essential) environment, whether in a law firm or in-house legal team.
- Documentation relates to properties in UK region so proficiency and knowledge in UK laws will be preferred
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to work independently and cross functionally, MS Office Excel, Word and Power Point Extensive  knowledge of contract law (UK Property Law preferred, but not essential), including strong experience of drafting a variety of complex commercial contracts.
- Ability to review and negotiate contracts and provide pragmatic and commercial advice.
- Ability to work independently and autonomously, cross functionally and to tight deadlines.
- Good communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to identify and appropriately mitigate commercial contractual risk.
Whats in it for you
At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.

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Salary  - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.

Performance Bonus  - Opportunity to earn additional compensation bonus based on performance, paid annually

Leave & Time-off  - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company's policy.

Making Retirement Tension-Free Salary  - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.

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Mental Wellbeing  - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.

Financial Wellbeing  - Through our financial literacy…