Senior Legal Counsel

Company Description

We are Accor. We are a worldwide Augmented Hospitality leader. We are more than 230,000 hospitality experts placing people at the heart of what we do, creating new connections & emotions for our guests, nurturing real passion for service and achievement beyond limits.

We’re so much more than hotels — we’re creating innovative lifestyle experiences , whether you live, work or play. Blaze your own trail from 40+ hotel brands, restaurants, nightclubs, spas, co-working spaces, and tech start-ups . 

Building on the strength of our teams and our strong holistic ecosystem of brands & solutions, we are breaking new ground to shape the hospitality of tomorrow and inspire new ways to experience the world.

Job Description

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel, for India & South Asia region to play a critical role working alongside the development, commercial, operational, and financial teams across the region to achieve strategic objectives and manage risk. The successful candidate will play a critical role advising on legal matters for the region, with a focus on the negotiation and drafting of Hotel Management Agreements and Hotel Franchise Agreements. The lawyer for this position will exemplify professionalism in the delivery of legal services to all of the stakeholders in the region.

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating hotel management agreements and residential management agreements with key partners in region.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating confidentiality agreements, MOUs/LOls, non-disturbance agreements, and ancillary documents relating to hotel management.
• Supporting franchise development, drafting, reviewing and negotiating hotel franchise agreements with key partners in region. Ensuring compliance with franchise regulations in the region, including registration processes, annual reporting, and liaising with local counsel.
• Managing and assisting on legal disputes, including debt recovery and breach of contract, through dispute resolution, negotiation, arbitration, and litigation
• (including selecting and supervising external legal counsel).
• Reviewing and drafting of operational contracts, and advising on commercial contract matters, for legal compliance and risk.
• Training and assisting business units to manage commercial matters and mitigate risk.
• Preparation of precedents and templates.
• Research on legal issues and new laws affecting the region.
• Champion the adoption of a contract management tool within the organization.
• Liaise with colleagues in the broader internal legal community, participate in working groups and teams on special legal projects for the worldwide organization.

Qualifications

• LLB degree, or equivalent, and qualified to practice law .
• Have practiced corporate commercial or real estate law in a law firm or in-house for from 10 to 12 years.
• Significant experience and in-depth knowledge of the tourism and hospitality industry, hotel operations and industry trends and ability to understand the key commercial issues in the negotiation of hotel management and franchise agreements.
• Good perspective, business-focused, sound commercial judgment and of the highest integrity.
• Highly collaborative attitude to work with a diverse and multicultural working environment.
• Highest standard in analytical ability, negotiation, and drafting skills.
• Able to set priorities, manage work processes to meet deadlines.
• Effective communicator (oral and written).
• Able to handle multi-task and able to handle last minute requests.
• Experience in and passion for the hospitality sector.