Associate Legal Counsel - FinTech - LLB/LLM

Associate Legal Counsel

Why This Role Matters:

With legal requirements evolving rapidly in the tech, AI, and identity space, this is a unique opportunity to take end-to-end ownership of high-impact legal work across the board-from client negotiations and IP protection to risk management and data privacy compliance.

Who You Are:

You're a curious, self-driven legal professional with 2-4 years of relevant experience. You're excited to work in a lean, fast-paced environment where you'll own legal processes and get end-to-end exposure to product, data, commercial, and corporate legal matters. Outcomes Expected

Month 1: Learn the Ropes:

- Get up to speed on business, products, and legal operations.

- Understand our contract types, compliance approach, and negotiation process. Begin shadowing reviews and assisting with basic documentation.

Months 1-3: Start Owning Work:

- Take ownership of standard contracts (NDAs, MSAs, vendor agreements).

- Support negotiations with clients alongside senior counsel. Deliver accurate legal work and maintain internal trackers and documentation.

Month 4 Onwards: Build Legal Muscle:

- Lead end-to-end negotiations for routine contracts. Support product, ops, and finance teams with legal needs.

- Contribute to process improvements (templates, clause banks) and assist in IP, compliance, and data privacy efforts.

Responsibilities:

- Review, draft, negotiate, and vet commercial agreements (including SaaS, licensing, data sharing, MSAs, NDAs, etc.)

- Support in ensuring compliance with data protection laws (DPDP, GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

- Contribute to internal compliance, IP protection, and risk management frameworks

- Liaise with external counsels, partners, and regulators when needed

- Stay updated on evolving legal and regulatory landscapes and proactively inform internal stakeholders

- Assist in developing and maintaining internal legal processes and templates

- Provide strategic legal inputs during product development and client onboarding

Requirements:

- 2-4 years of experience in a law firm or as in-house counsel (TMT, Fintech, or General Corporate)

- LL.B. required (LL.M. or certifications in data privacy/fintech are a plus)

- Strong skills in legal drafting and negotiation

- Understanding of software licensing, technology transfers, and data privacy

- Clear, confident communication-able to simplify legal concepts for non-legal teams

- Ability to manage multiple legal matters autonomously