About the job
1. Role/ Title: Principal Associate (Commercial Litigation & Arbitration)
2. Position type: full time retainership.
3. Number of positions: 1 (one).
4. Primary location: New Delhi Office of the Firm located at Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi.
5. Remuneration: Paid, retainer as per industry standard.
6. Qualifications:
· Graduate of law holding an LL.B or LL.M degree from any reputed Indian or foreign university.
· Qualified to practice as an advocate before courts of law and tribunals across India, holding valid and active enrolment with their respective State Bar Council and having passed the ‘AIBE’, if applicable.
· Work experience/ PQE:above 7 years in active litigation.
· Applicants must demonstrate active involvement in commercial litigation, thus, it is MANDATORY for the candidate to share Orders/ Judgement (public documents) showing active contribution in litigation proceedings through at least (a) 10 Orders passed by the High Courts including the High Court of Delhi, and (b) 20 Orders passed by the Districts Courts/ Tribunals/ Arbitral tribunals etc., in the absence of which, no Application shall qualify for any consideration or response from the Firm.
7. Key expectations:
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical working experience in various areas of law like commercial law, civil procedural laws, arbitration law, corporate/ company/ securities law, banking & finance law, financial frauds, insolvency law, etc.
• Sufficient experience in litigation before various fora and specifically have experience in drafting pleadings/ applications for the original commercial jurisdiction, writ petitions, SLPs, etc., more particularly in the field of commercial and corporate laws.
• Excellent research, analytical, drafting skills, and command over the english language whilst having keen attention to detail.
• The candidate should be ambitious, committed, dynamic, solution-oriented and demonstrate an ability to excel and take initiative. Good interpersonal and team leader skills are a must.
• The candidate should have competency in all manner of digital processes involved in litigation including e-filing, e-file management, virtual hearings, cause list management, etc. Technological proficiency with computer operating systems and applications including adobe acrobat, word, excel, liquidtext and other virtual platform etc. are mandatory.
• Able to be able to give presentations to the client or their legal team.
• to be able to ensure research work on the assigned matter with the active involvement of assigned associates.
• Able to independently draft, vet and settle the pleadings/ applications in the matters assigned in association with the assigned associates of the firm, able to effectively ensure filing and listing of matters, to ensure briefing of matters, where senior advocates are involved.
• Able to independently argue the miscll. applications, interim applications, cross-examine the witnesses, address final arguments etc. in association with the assigned associates of the firm.
8. Application process:
· Applications to be sent at: office[at]iijllp[dot]com;
· The subject line to the Application should read as: “Application – Principal Associate – *Applicant Name* – *PQE (in years)* – *Date of Application (DD.MM.YYYY)*” [For example: ‘Application – Principal Associate – Ajay Verma – 8 years – 01.03.2024’];
· Candidates must attach their updated Resume/ CV/ Profile;
· Candidates may also attach/ link verifiable articles/write-ups/ blogs etc. published in the area of law in reputed journals/ websites/ publications;
· It is ESSENTIAL & MANDATORY for the candidates applying to share the Court/ Arbitration Orders reflecting their name and participation in matters as set out in the ‘Qualifications’ Section (S. No. 6) above, in the absence of which, no Application shall be considered at all.
Please Note:
· Applicants are requested to communicate their application to us by way of E-mail as set out above along with applying directly on the LinkedIn portal.
· As the hiring process under this JD will be actively pursued by our team, applicants are requested to refrain from engaging in other forms of communications in furtherance of their application. All communications will be taken up through the designated E-mail ID, i.e., ‘office[at]iijllp[dot]com’.
· Applicants are also requested to actively monitor their ‘Spam Folder’ as e-mails being labelled being labelled as spam is an unavoidable limitation of the Email medium.
