Hired candidates will have the following opportunities:

• Competitive salary based on relevant skills and work experience
• Learning and development opportunities
• Career development opportunities for high potential and top performing employees 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of BS Legal Management, Political Science, Business Administration, or any related field. 
• With at least one (1) year of experience as Paralegal/Legal Assistant in a legal, real estate, or construction-related role.
• With strong knowledge of Philippine real estate, land, and construction laws.
• With experience in contract review, legal research, and government agency coordination.
• Familiar with property title processing, tax declarations, and compliance procedures.
• With Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Filipino.
• With strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• With ability to work independently and handle sensitive information with confidentiality.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Land Acquisition Management

• Reviews documents, such as tax declaration, title, lot plan, clearances from various government agencies, special power of authorities, submitted by sellers 
• Endorses the reviewed documents to the Senior Legal Manager and to the external law office for due diligence 
• Prepares the needed contracts (contracts to sell, deeds of absolute sale, agreement to sell and purchase, etc.) 
• Submits the drafted contracts to the Senior Legal Manager for review 
• Coordinates with the sellers the schedule of the meeting 
• Guide the sellers on the contents of the contracts 
• Releases the first tranche of payment, after the signing of the contract 
• Discusses the remaining requirement needed for the second tranche of payment 
• Monitors contract milestones (signing and completion of needed documents) to be able to release the whole payment to the seller 
• Verifies land acquired reports or Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HRULB) cases of Legal Assistant

Litigation

• Reviews complaints and cases (internal, government agencies, and court) received by the company (whether for filing of complaint by DMCI-PDI or in-defense of DMCI-PDI) 
• Identifies and gathers information and needed documents from concerned departments to prepare answer/pleadings 
• Communicates with the legal department about the account history of the plaintiff
• Drafts the answer/pleadings based on the gathered information and necessary documents
• Submits drafted answer/pleadings for review of Senior Legal Manager and/or VP Legal 
• Endorses the reviewed answer/pleadings to the proper agency (government agency, judicial or Quasi-Judicial body) 
• Coordinates with the external law office the status of the answer/pleadings to the endorsed cases (Civil cases) 
• Represents the company in negotiation during meditation, conciliation, or hearing in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Body 
• Prepares the action sheet based on the result of the negotiation during meditation, conciliation, or hearing request or resolution

Case Management

• Monitors the status of the ongoing cases endorsed to legal and the external law office
• Coordinates with the external law office about the endorsed cases without pleadings 
• Prepares monthly case status update reports 
• Provides feedback to the inquiry of other concerned departments

Legal Research

• Researches and creates database on the latest jurisprudence related to business and active case endorsed
• Provides legal advice, such a checking of contracts, legal implications and issues in the survey plans, etc., to other departments

Administrative

• Files and organizes pertinent documents 
• Regularly updates all essential records e.g. ongoing cases, external law office endorsed cases status reports etc.

Please refer to job description.