About the Role

We're hiring a Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team, handling commercial contracts, IP, regulatory compliance, and corporate/secretarial matters for a fast-growing consumer tech platform.

Responsibilities

Corporate & Secretarial (CS) Compliance

- Manage company secretarial compliance including ROC filings, board and shareholder resolutions, statutory registers, and annual compliance under the Companies Act, 2013
- Support incorporation, corporate restructuring, ESOP administration, and shareholder agreements
- Liaise with the company secretary and external counsel on governance and secretarial matters

Regulatory & Policy Compliance

- Advise on compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, IT Rules, and other applicable tech/platform regulations
- Draft responses to regulatory and grievance notices, and prepare periodic compliance/transparency reports
- Draft and update platform policies and user-facing legal documentation
- Create and implement ad publishing guidelines for current digital products, while partnering with marketing teams to review campaigns and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.

Contract Drafting & Management

- Draft, review,



and negotiate commercial agreements including MSAs, data processing agreements, licensing and revenue-share agreements, NDAs, vendor and advertising agreements, and IP-centric contracts
- Build and maintain contract templates and manage contract workflows (e.g., SpotDraft or similar CLM tools)

Intellectual Property

- Manage trademark and copyright filings, oppositions, and infringement/takedown notices
- Support IP compliance review for marketing and product content

Litigation & Risk

- Coordinate with external counsel on litigation matters and prepare case summaries
- Conduct legal risk assessments for new products and features

Requirements

- LLB/LLM with 3–6 years of post-qualification experience, including in-house counsel experience at a tech platform company
- Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013 and corporate/secretarial compliance
- Hands-on experience with commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Familiarity with data protection and IT regulatory frameworks (DPDP Act, IT Rules)
- Strong drafting, communication, and stakeholder management skills

📌 Legal Counsel (Bengaluru)
🏢 Lokal App
📍 Bengaluru