Senior Strategic Counsel (India)

Senior Strategic Counsel (India)

24 Oct
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Prentis
|
India

24 Oct

Prentis

India

About PrentisPrentis is an AI research lab building computer-use models that perceive screens and operate software across browsers, desktops, and mobile devices. We deploy these models into enterprise operations to help businesses work faster, more efficiently, and at greater scale. We’re a small, ambitious team working at the frontier of AI, with a bias toward building, experimentation, and execution.

About the Role
We’re looking for a sharp, entrepreneurial legal professional to work directly with leadership on legal and operational business matters. This is not a traditional in-house legal role. You’ll work across corporate legal matters, transaction structuring and agreements, entity structuring, tax planning. You will help us solve business problems that don’t come with a playbook. We want someone with strong legal fundamentals who is hungry to learn, a prodigious user of AI, and capable of finding creative, practical solutions to unfamiliar problems. You should be willing to take ownership beyond a narrow legal

job description
and thrive in a fast-moving environment where speed, judgment, and resourcefulness matter. What You’ll Do
• Corporate & Commercial: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, corporate documents, investment-related agreements, and other legal materials.
• Structuring & Transactions: Support entity formation, corporate reorganizations, governance, and transactions across companies and jurisdictions.
• Research & Problem-Solving: Tackle unfamiliar legal and business questions, identify options, and translate complex issues into actionable recommendations.
• Disputes & Risk: Assess contractual disputes, coordinate outside counsel, and help develop commercially sensible resolution strategies.
• Business Operations: Partner with leadership on projects spanning legal, finance, operations, and strategic initiatives.
• AI-Enabled Execution: Use AI tools in every workflow to accelerate research, drafting, due diligence, and workflows while maintaining accuracy and sound judgment.




• Build & Execute: Take on projects from start to finish, work through ambiguity, and develop solutions without waiting for a predefined process. What We’re Looking For
• Legal

Experience:
Approximately 2-3 years of experience at an Am Law 200 firm or other well-regarded law firm.
• Corporate Foundation: Robust legal fundamentals, ideally in corporate or transactional law, with exposure to startups or high-growth businesses.
• Commercial Judgment & Resourcefulness: Practical, business-first mindset. Able to navigate complex, ambiguous problems, think creatively, and find solutions that minimize roadblocks. Goes beyond identifying risks and obstacles to figure out practical ways to get things done.
• AI Fluency: Excited to use AI tools to work faster and better, with the judgment to verify outputs and recognize their limitations.
• High Ownership: Proactive, independent, and comfortable taking responsibility for projects from start to finish.
• Adaptability: Willing to take on work outside a narrow legal

job description
, learn unfamiliar areas quickly, and operate in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
• Strong Execution: Comfortable with shifting priorities, tight deadlines, and high expectations.
• Bonus Points
• At least 1-2 years of experience as an in house lawyer at a start up.
• Experience advising startups, founders, or high-growth companies.
• Experience in litigation, tax, investment structures, or cross-border matters.
• Experience working across multiple entities and jurisdictions.  Why Join Us?
• Work Directly with Leadership: Contribute to consequential legal and business decisions.
• Broad Exposure: Gain experience across corporate law, investing, finance, and company-building.
• AI-Native Workflows: Use AI tools to rethink how legal work gets done.
• Meaningful Ownership: Take on significant responsibility early and grow based on performance.
• Entrepreneurial Environment: Help solve difficult problems in a team that values initiative, sound judgment, and creative execution.

📌 Senior Strategic Counsel (India)
🏢 Prentis
📍 India

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