Role & responsibilities

Responsibilities:

- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, software on-premise licence, professional services, consulting, reseller, confidentiality, procurement, partnership, and customer agreements.
- Support sales, business, finance, and operational teams on complex commercial transactions and strategic business initiatives.
- Provide practical and risk-based legal advice on contractual, regulatory, compliance, corporate, employment, and business matters affecting the organisation's operations in India.
- Lead negotiations with customers, partners, vendors, and external counsel to achieve commercially balanced outcomes while protecting the organisations interests.
- Review and assess legal, financial, operational, and reputational risks associated with proposed transactions, initiatives, and business activities.
- Support dispute resolution, claim management, regulatory inquiries, and pre-litigation matters where required.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance contract templates, legal playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and internal policies.
- Deliver legal training and guidance to business stakeholders on contracting, compliance, ethics, privacy, and regulatory matters.
- Collaborate closely with regional and global legal teams to ensure consistency in legal positions, risk management, and business support.
- Provide legal support on privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection matters in India, including the review and negotiation of data processing agreements, privacy provisions, security obligations, and cross-border data transfer requirements.

Preferred candidate profile

Skills:

- Commercial Contracting Expertise: Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating sophisticated commercial agreements.
- Legal Risk Management: Solid ability to identify, evaluate, and mitigate egal and commercial risks while supporting business objectives.




- Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge: Solid understanding of applicable laws relating to technology, data privacy, anti-corruption, and corporate compliance.
- Strategic Business Partnering: Ability to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice to senior stakeholders.
- Negotiation Excellence: Proven capability to lead complex negotiations with customers, partners, vendors, and external counsel.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly and effectively.
- Attention to Detail: Strong analytical and drafting skills with a high level of accuracy and precision.
- Independent Working Style: Self-driven, proactive, and capable of operating effectively with minimal supervision in a fast-paced international environment.
- Technology Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with SaaS, cloud services, software licensing, professional services, and technology-related contracting.

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