We are looking for a hands-on Legal Counsel with strong experience in reviewing, negotiating, and managing commercial contracts in the IT Services, Cloud, SaaS, or Technology industry.
The ideal candidate should understand that legal is a business enabler. The role requires balancing commercial objectives with legal risk rather than taking an overly conservative approach to contract negotiations.
The successful candidate will own the complete contract lifecycle—from drafting and review through negotiation, execution, renewals, and contract management.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial Contracts
- Review, draft and negotiate customer and vendor agreements.
- Review and negotiate:
- Master Service Agreements (MSA)
- Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA)
- Statements of Work (SOW)
- Data Processing Agreements (DPA)
- Service Agreements
- Vendor Agreements
- Consulting Agreements
- Partner Agreements
- Purchase Orders and Contract Amendments
- Identify legal and commercial risks and recommend practical solutions.
- Negotiate directly with customer legal and procurement teams.
Contract Lifecycle Management
- Own the complete contract lifecycle from initiation to execution.
- Coordinate internal approvals.
- Maintain contract repository and version control.
- Track renewals, expiries and notice periods.
- Ensure timely execution of agreements.
Legal Advisory
- Advise internal stakeholders on contractual obligations and legal risks.
- Work closely with Sales and Delivery teams to support timely deal closures.
- Provide commercially practical legal advice without unnecessarily delaying business.
Compliance Support
- Support legal compliance activities related to commercial contracts.
- Coordinate with external legal counsel whenever required.
- Maintain standard agreement templates and legal playbooks.
Required Skills & Experience
Mandatory
- 3–5 years of experience in commercial legal roles.
- Experience in an IT Services, SaaS, Software, Cloud or Technology company.
- Robust experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts.
- Experience handling customer-facing agreements.
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
- Strong understanding of:
- Limitation of Liability
- Indemnity
- Intellectual Property
- Confidentiality
- Data Privacy
- Payment Terms
- Warranties
- Termination Clauses
- Service Levels (SLA)
- Ability to independently manage contract negotiations.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Experience
- Microsoft ecosystem experience.
- Cloud services agreements.
- SaaS agreements.
- Data privacy and security clauses.
- Experience with international customers.
- Exposure to contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools.
Education
- LL.B. (Mandatory)
What We Are Looking For We are looking for someone who:
- Thinks commercially, not just legally.
- Understands that business needs to move fast.
- Knows when to negotiate and when to accept reasonable commercial positions.
- Protects the company's interests without becoming a bottleneck.
- Can confidently engage with customer legal and procurement teams.
- Is proactive, responsive and detail-oriented.
- Enjoys working closely with business teams rather than functioning only as a legal reviewer.
Success Measures Within the first six months, the successful candidate should be able to:
- Independently review and negotiate customer contracts.
- Reduce contract turnaround time.
- Support Sales in closing customer deals efficiently.
- Maintain an organized contract repository.
- Develop standardized contract templates and negotiation playbooks.
- Become the primary legal partner for commercial contracting.