Advocate
Independent Practitioner
Total years of experience :24 years, 4 Months
o Handling arbitration and conciliation act cases under section-9 & execution petitions; actively providing legal opinions and addressing issues by providing effective solutions to collections & recovery agencies of credit cards in the matters of intentional & stringent accounts.
o Overseeing the process of police issues and filing 138 NI act cases, private complaints & recovery suits.
o Managing multiple case management responsibilities through entire litigation cycle for busy practice group.
o Coordinating, preparing and interpreting complex legal documents including pleadings, motions, briefs, interrogatories, responses, agreements and legal memoranda. Carrying out legal research in databases and libraries.
o Reviewed and edited legal documents; presented data and research findings orally and in writing.
Jan’08-Apr’15 with India Bulls Financial Services Ltd., Secundrabad
Growth Path
Jan’08-Feb’10 Assistant Manager
Mar’10-Sep’14 Manager - Legal
Oct’14-Apr’15 Sr. Manager - Legal
Key Deliverables
o Handled a wide gamut of activities encompassing;
- Looked after all legal matters related to NPA management & debt collection; participated in the management of other credit files.
- Responsible for developing legal areas effecting banks & implementing changes in legislations including Company Law, SARFAESI & Debt Recovery Tribunal Proceedings, Labour Law & Consumer Cases (Cases against Company) Insolvency Matters, Negotiable Instrument Act and Arbitration & Conciliation Act Cases.
- Involved in recruiting empanelled advocates (Legal Vendors) for filing cases various courts of Andhra Pradesh.
- Administered the process of filing arbitration petitions under section-9, filing execution petitions for the attachments; managed recoveries of high vintage delinquent customers of write off of 120 +DPD and 360 + to infinity DPD from both secured and unsecured products.
- Directed the process of coordinating with local police for execution of bailable & non-bailable warrants including serving of summons and filing reports under section 138 negotiable instrument act cases.
- Involved in sending served reports of summons and execution reports of warrants to the central legal team; observing the process of updating Legal MIS on daily basis to the management.
- Maintained tracking logs and always maintained up-to-minute status of all confidential documents.
- Coordinated and facilitated calendar of assigned active cases. Tracked filing, hearing and trial dates and scheduled conferences and interviews.
- Developed and maintained suspense system for ongoing cases, freeing other professionals to manage their caseloads and to grow organization’s workload.
Key Deliverables
o Responsible for handling various police issues in the local police stations, Lok Adalat cases for settlement of matters; handled arbitration and conciliation act cases under section-9.
o Planned, scheduled and summarized depositions and expert reports; involved in building, maintaining and managing relevant databases and files.