Legal Jobs – 8th December 2021

Consultant,Boutique law firm, London (PQE-7+)

A boutique law firm based out of London is looking for an India based lawyer to join them as a consultant. Following are the requirements: 
1. Must have 7+ years of experience in tax, trust and corporate law;
2. Must be academically inclined;
3. Must be willing to do marketing via Linkedin, email campaigns, etc;
4. Exposure to the UK tax and trust regime is an added advantage;
5. Qualification in the UK is an added advantage. 

Please write to kraviprakash@mycareerbots.com with resume, if interested and qualified.

Legal Counsel – Contracts,Freshworks, India Remote (PQE- 6-9 Years)

Freshworks is seeking a highly motivated and enterprising counsel to join the Freshworks Legal Team. You will advise and support internal business teams on legal issues and risks related to direct transactional and commercial matters. You will mentor juniors in the team to make them adapt and make them more efficient in the work they do, while also being mentored by senior counsels. Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, customer agreements, data processing agreements, professional services agreements, intellectual property licenses, and statements of work.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, customer agreements, data processing agreements, professional services agreements, intellectual property licenses, and statements of work.
• Work closely with Sales, Finance, Deals Desk, and Professional Services Teams to gather information and approvals necessary for contract-related matters.
• Negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs), business associate agreements (BAAs), and other similar agreements directly with customers, partners, and vendors to support compliance obligations.
• Continuously improve and maintain product release checklists, playbooks, and legal processes to help scale globally.
• Assist with standardization of documentation and agreements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Remain current on applicable laws and regulations surrounding IP, Open Source, privacy, and security.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in law with demonstrated excellent academic performance.
• 6-9 years of experience as a transactional attorney in a reputable business law firm, or in-house experience with the legal department preferably in a multi-national company.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of basic principles of contract drafting, review, and negotiation with an ability to provide practical and well-reasoned solutions.
• Solid knowledge of business processes relating to commercial, contract, intellectual property, and data privacy law.
• Strong work ethic and sense of professionalism and discretion, demonstrating accountability, integrity, good judgment, and respect for confidentiality.
• Be able to operate autonomously while being a team player who works collaboratively with internal and external clients.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English (both written and oral).
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be fluent in MS office and comfortable with new technology.
• Responsive and follows through on commitments.
• Good to have: Experience working with remote/ global teams

APPLY HERE

Lawyer,Hemant Sahai Associates,Mumbai (PQE 3+ Years)

hiring for my team (mid/senior levels). Interested candidates with 3+ year experience in corporate and/or infrastructure assignments may please send their CVs to anubha.reddi@hsalegal.com and copy me on ravi.jain@hsalegal.com

Associates,Panag & Babu,New Delhi (PQE 1-3 Years)

We are looking to hire 2 senior associates (with 4-7 years of PQE) and 3 associates (with 1-3 years of PQE) for our corporate and regulatory advisory team.

This team specializes in technology transactions, but routinely advises on regulatory queries arising from the intersection of law and technology that span fintech, privacy and telecom.

Candidates interested in these roles may send in their resume to gurbani.kaur@pblawoffices.com

Associate, Anubhav Sinha Law Chambers (ALC),Kolkata (PQE N/A Years)

hiring a junior interested in litigation for Kolkata. people can apply through mail @ anubhavsinha90@gmail.com. please attach a writing sample on any aspect of law

 Associate Legal Advisor , Signdesk (PQE 1-3 Years)

Signdesk is looking for a full-time Associate Legal Advisor with 1 to 3 years of experience in drafting, negotiating and vetting contracts. If you are interested or know anyone who might be interested please apply here or write to recruitment@signdesk.com/ anandhu.k@signdesk.com

Designation: Associate Legal Advisor
Experience: 1-3 Years
Joining: Immediate Joiner
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Roles & Responsibilities:
? An advocate with 1-3 years of experience in the field of Commercial contract drafting and negotiations, commercial and IT laws
? The candidate shall directly report to the Senior Legal Advisor
? Experience in Drafting Agreements
? In-depth knowledge of contract law
? Highly skilled in communicating (orally and in writing) and engaging with internal and
external stakeholders.
? Experience in computer and office automation tools, internet, etc
? Excellent Communication Skills – English
Educational Requirements
? LLB/LLM from a recognized University in India.
Job Profile
? Draft/Vet contracts/agreements/MoUs/ tender documents.
? Commercial and Contract Management
? To conduct legal research by utilizing various resources and selecting the relevant material to analyze the legal information.

Advocate,Chambers of Mr. Vipul Ganda, New Delhi (PQE 0-1 Years)

Job Opportunity at Chambers of Mr. Vipul Ganda, Advocate

Practice Area: Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Civil Litigation, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws

Location: South Extension, Delhi

Law graduates from 2020 and 2021 batches may preferably apply for the post.  

Interested candidates may send their CVs along with their cover letter at: contact@vipulganda.com

Associate Advocate,Chambers of Jasmeet Singh, New Delhi (PQE 6 months – 1 Year)

1 Vacancy for an associate advocate at Chambers of Jasmeet Singh, AOR, Supreme Court.

PQE: 6months – 1 year.

Requirements:

1. Good with drafting and communication skills.

2. With previous experience in handling the SC work.

3. Good hold on law subjects.

Interested candidates can send their CV to – office@cjslegal.in

Associate,ZEUS Law Associates, Delhi  (PQE 3-4 Years)

ZEUS Law Associates is looking to hire an Associate with 3-4 years of relevant work experience in Litigation (civil, real estate and banking) for the firm’s New Delhi Office.
Interested candidates can send their resumes to hr@zeus.firm.in

Associate ,Sim And San, Faridabad (PQE 1+ Years)

Here’s inviting applications for the post of associates in our disputeresolution team. A PQE of 1+ and 2+ is preferred. Candidates with a command over drafting and passion towards litigation are preferred. Sim And San strongly believes in a transparent retainer fee structure which is consistent with industry standards. Interested candidates can apply at deepti@simandsan.com

Legal Associate ,Humill,  Mumbai (PQE 0-5 Years)

Humill is building a marketplace for trading Human Talent. We are looking for a legal associate who has specialised in Indian financial laws.

Requirements:

1) A sound understanding of SEBI and related laws

2) 0-5 years of internship / work experience in Financial laws

3) Fluency in spoken English

4) A quick learner

Responsibilities:

1) Drafting legal opinions

2) Conducting legal research

3) Ensuring compliance with concerned laws

Remuneration and Perks:

1) Rs. 15,00,000 – 20,00,000 per annum

2) Stock options

3) Corporate perks as we grow

APPLY HERE

Law – Contracts Drafting – Associate ,EY, Bengaluru (PQE 0-2 Years)

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Associate – Contract Drafting

The CLM team provides end-to-end assistance on all types of commercial contracting to the legal and business teams of large MNCs and law firms. The Pre-execution arm (or Drafting team) is set up to function as an extension of the in-house legal team and assist the contracting process from the point business requests a contract, to when the contract is approved and signed. We review and negotiate transactional contracts based on our client’s organizational policies and guidelines, get the necessary approval and get the contracts signed. Complexity or deal value are not a bar in any sense for us – we provide these services for contracts ranging from bespoke and complex to more standardized or even related administrative work. Our Post-execution arm (or Abstraction team) support the due diligence of transactions contract through abstraction, summarization and risk analysis. This is critical to clients in M&A situations or to get an insight into their risk profile or just to ensure better day-to-day business operations. We also work in collaboration with various client stakeholders and key decision makers to operationalize legal functions for large MNCs through automation and process engineering.

The opportunity

We work with clients across industries and business lines that cover direct procurement, indirect procurement, sales and other ancillary functions

Your Key Responsibilities
Perform First Line Review of contracts, e.g. Patent License Agreements, IT Procurement Agreements, Web Hosting Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Software and Data License Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Vendor Services Agreements, Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Purchase and License Agreements, Sponsor Research Agreements, Inter Institutional Agreements, Supply and Distribution Agreements, Staffing, Consulting and Teaming Agreements, Lease Agreements, Estoppels and SNDAA and other commercial contracts.
Assist senior team members in negotiating contracts for our clients from various sectors such as Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Aerospace, Heavy Industries, Manufacturing Companies, Finance Company, Human Resource Solutions and IT Services Industry, Universities, Film Production House, Global Web hosting Company, Power Management Company etc.
Contribute towards the creation of project playbooks and other knowledge tools to successfully meet client expectations.
Draft responses to parties’ stand to ensure conformity to client specifications to ensure best representation of client requirements in agreements to be reviewed by senior.
Accompany Senior for client/customer negotiation calls and prepare call notes.
Act as a team player while working with a team of lawyers within the organization as well as the clients’ legal representatives and business team on projects involving the agreements described above.
Provide professional, timely, and prompt service and responses to the Delivery Managers so that they can support the client contact and the sales team
Attend and participate actively in mandatory and non- mandatory training and certification courses.
Confirm to deadlines on client deliverables without delays and renegotiate deadlines (when necessary) well in advance of the originally scheduled deadline; escalate client issues promptly and appropriately; consistently complete real time client call notes.
Associates are lawyers who understand the basic contractual and legal concepts, and are able to interpret, and review the contracts. They are also expected to have good verbal and written communication skills. Associates typically comprise the first stage of the contract review process.

Skills And Attributes For Success
Good analytical & logical skills.
Knowledge of English/Grammar enabling efficient comprehension of clients’ documents, codes, abstracts and other deliverables
Good written and verbal communication skills
Attention to detail
Must be computer savvy and able to learn and adapt to different client respective processes in order to be able to function smoothly and integrate with the client’s system.
Responsiveness – Sensitive to client deadlines
Team Player – Ability to co-operate and work as a team member and encourage colleagues, maintains positive attitude, contributing to team morale

To qualify for the role, you must have
Bachelors/Master’s degree and Law degree (LLB or LLM) from accredited, reputable institutions
Attorney with 0-2 years of relevant contract review, redlining and negotiation experience (preferably in a multinational corporation, in-house legal team or law firm handling similar work)

Ideally, you’ll also have
Contract Lifecycle Management technology is attractive, but not essential.

What We Look For
We look for candidates with proven capabilities in driving multiple projects, with exception client management and project management experience

APPLY HERE

Associate-Disputes & Investigations ,Elevate, Gurgaon (PQE 0-2 Years)

Elevate is recruiting a Associate in our Disputes & Investigations team. As a Associate you will analyze and interpret documents, classify them based on their potential relevance to particular legal or factual issues, cases, investigations, or other proceedings.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Specifically, you will

• Review documents for relevance to the case, privileged and special concepts as per client instructions.
• Good knowledge of managing individual assignment and have in-dept understanding of the subject matter.
• Attends all mandatory training and certification courses and should proactively undertake non-mandatory trainings.
• Manage Volume count and accuracy with project/engagement.
• Review, QC and QA huge volumes of complex litigation documents with highest productivity and accuracy.
• Identify and assess the impact of application of review guidelines on documents.
• Ensure adherence to Elevate’s standard operating procedures on projects.
• Make timely escalations.
  

Experience

• 0-2 years of experience in document review.
  

Skills For Success

• Thorough and meticulous.
• Organized and efficient – handles particular responsibility assigned to him/her particularly quickly and accurately.
• Prompt to spot/address/escalate issues that aren’t substantive issues (e.g. a workflow problem or suggestion).
• Acts as a team player and abstains from team dysfunctional activity.
• Internal – Teamwork skills are critical.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in LLB or LLM.

APPLY HERE

Legal Associate,AAA Legal , New Delhi (PQE 0 – 3 Years)

About the job

Litigation, ADR and legal advisory works.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 0 – 3 years professional working experience

APPLY HERE

Associate,Credgenics, New Delhi (PQE 1-3 Years)

We are looking to hire law graduates for associate roles in the legal team at Credgenics, a Fintech startup backed by top tier VCs.  

Requirement (Experience and Qualification)
a. Law graduate with min 1-3 years of PQE
b. Available to join immediately

please forward your cv to hr@credgenics.com, harsha.sharma@credgenics.com

Legal Hub Incharge, PNB Housing Finance Ltd, Jaipur (PQE 5-7 Years)

PNB Housing Finance Ltd. is looking out for an experienced Legal Hub Incharge.

Location – Rajasthan (Base location- Jaipur)

Qualification – LLB/LLM

PQE – 5-7 years experience in mortgage industry.

Please share resume on khemender.rathore@pnbhfl.com

Litigation Associate,BERUAR & BERUAR LLP, Delhi (PQE 2+ Years)

About the job

1. Drafting of suits and related pleadings;
2. Legal Research and analysis; drafting cases briefs;
3. Attending hearings.

Qualification:

1. LLB/LLM;
2. Minimum Two years PQE;
3. Candidates to be familiar with Delhi High Court Rules and practice;
4. Candidates with prior experience of IP Litigation before Delhi High Court & District Courts will be preferred.

APPLY HERE

Associate Director – Legal (Contracts and Operations),MX Player, Mumbai (PQE 10 Years)

Job Description

• Structure effectively, draft, vet and negotiate the wide spectrum of media and technology agreements including API/SDK integration/platform partnership deals with third party platforms (like Telcos/OTT platforms/internet enabled devices etc.), ad-server partnerships, content production/acquisition/distribution deals etc.
• Support the Legal and Business affairs teams with ongoing work streams.
• Due Diligence for acquisition of content, production of content, highlighting risks involved, and close all documentation and agreements towards this purpose.
• Educating, implementing and enforcing the best practices and compliance requirements as part of the Legal and Business affairs.
• Ensuring the company’s interest is well secured while handling the documentation and advisories.
• Regular communication with respective business teams, identify and address legal issues associated with copyright protection and enforcement.
• Assist the litigation team as and when required for alignment of the agreement and business understanding in the disputed matters.

Skills & Competencies

• Thorough knowledge of intellectual property, entertainment and technology laws.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• The ability to analyze complex legal problems quickly and concisely.
• Exceptionally strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to tailor communication styles to diverse audiences.
• Understanding the changing nature of the media and digital industry and the copyright law regime.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced, start-up environment

Required Qualifications

• LLB / LLM degree with a reputed institute with minimum 10 years of work experience preferably in the OTT /Media/Technology/Fintech industry.

APPLY HERE