Job Summary

You will serve as Legal Counsel for the entire Anchanto group, working directly with the CFO and the leadership team. As the company sole in-house lawyer, you will independently handle most legal matters and work closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Product / Engineering, Security, and country teams. The quality, practicality, and speed of your advice will have a direct impact on the business.

We are looking for someone who understands how a larger company legal function operates and is comfortable bringing that experience into a hands-on role without a legal team behind them.

Location: Pune, India - full-time, work from office

Experience: 7+ years, with at least 4 in-house

Qualification: LLB (LLM a plus), enrolled to practice in India

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer (co-founder)

What You Will Do

- Own and maintain contract templates across every region in which Anchanto operates, including APAC, the EU, the UK, the US, India, and the Middle East. Templates include customer agreements, statements of work (SOWs), partner agreements, reseller contracts, and supplier contracts.
- Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise contracts, and participate as part of the deal team for the company largest customers. Help shape legal terms for evolving commercial models, including multi-year agreements, usage-based pricing, and service levels for work performed by agents.
- Maintain a central repository of signed agreements that is organised, searchable, and up to date, with key dates and contractual obligations tracked.

What You Bring

- 7+ years of legal experience,



including at least 4 years in-house at a software, SaaS, or technology company, ideally with 500+ employees or equivalent scale. Previous law-firm experience is a plus.
- Solid command of commercial and technology contracts, including SaaS, licensing, data processing, liability, and intellectual property, with experience negotiating directly with enterprise customers legal counsel.
- Working knowledge of data protection laws such as GDPR, PDPA, and India DPDP Act, as well as security and compliance audits. Exposure to Singapore, EU, and US law is an advantage.
- Practical fluency with AI tools: already using Claude or a similar tool in daily legal work, able to explain where it performs well and where its output needs to be checked, and motivated to build workflows rather than wait for a tool.
- Comfortable working as a sole contributor drafting documents, managing filings, and handling both strategic and administrative legal work independently.
- Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to explain what is risky, what is acceptable, and what the company can sign, while providing timely advice when a deal is moving.
- Clear, concise written and spoken English, with the confidence to work directly with the CFO, CEO, and senior customers.
- Based in Pune and comfortable working from the office.

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📌 Legal Counsel (Pune)
🏢 ANCHANTO SERVICES
📍 Pune