Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across various regimes, allowing end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

About the Role:
This is a highly strategic Head of Legal role for a quick-growing space, defence, and deep-tech organization operating across multiple geographies. The person will serve as the company's legal leader, responsible for managing global contracts, M&A;, international expansion, government affairs, compliance, fundraising documentation,



and corporate legal risk.

Ideal Candidate:
12+ years of legal experience, with solid in-house experience as GC, Deputy GC, Head of Legal or Senior Legal Counsel.
Background in defence, aerospace, space, technology, hardware or deep-tech preferred.
Proven experience in 2–3+ cross-border M&A; transactions and multi-jurisdiction entity management.
Solid experience in defence/government contracts and export controls such as SCOMET, ITAR/EAR or Wassenaar.
Demonstrated direct government/regulator engagement and policy advocacy experience.
Experience building/scaling a legal function and working across multiple jurisdictions.
LLB/LLM from a recognised institution.

Key Responsibilities
Lead commercial, defence and government contracts across India, US, UK, Singapore and Australia, including technology, SaaS, data, procurement, JV and strategic partnership agreements.
Drive M&A;, in

📌 Head Of Legal Bengaluru
🏢 Digantara
📍 Bengaluru