Senior Manager/Assistant Vice President - Legal - BPO/IT

Experience : 8 to 10 years

About the Role:

Are you a Lawyer with an expert in transaction documentation, corporate laws? Having an interest in legal research and can lead the team? Then this may be a good fit for you.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Work closely with team across BUs to draft and/or review various agreements including,

- Agreements/ documentation with partner organisations like Grant Agreements/Contribution Agreements, NDAs, MoUs, resolving queries of partners, helping with due diligence, etc.

- agreements with startups like Prototyping support agreement, incubation cum mentoring agreement, space allocation agreement, etc.

- general business agreements to engage with advisors, consultants, program partners and government bodies, etc.

- Agreement with employees like employment agreements, relieving letters, etc.

2. Leading and managing end to end investment process including conducting/ supporting legal due diligence of target company (the investee) prior to investment, drafting and reviewing share subscription agreement(s) and shareholders agreement(s), reviewing and drafting CP/CS documents, MCA forms, Share certificate, and stamping and executing agreements/documents, etc.

3. Conduct Legal and regulatory research for:

- projects or funding deals lead by company, the research may required analysis involving various Indian laws, including the Companies Act, SEBI regulations, FEMA, etc

- Advise portfolio companies/ incubatee on extant regulation, this can range from companies law to Indian labour law

4. Publish articles on legal aspects affecting the startup ecosystem to further aim to be a thought leader and share the knowledge and experience it has gained over the years in the startup ecosystem

5. Responsible for managing and leading the legal & compliance team across all things - performance of the team, team discipline and development, ensuring the team is updated on all the necessary legislations and any alterations in the same.

Key Skills/Abilities:

- Qualification: Lawyer with 8 to 10 years of relevant work experience

- Excellent spoken and written communication skills

- Excellent ability to analyse laws and regulations

- Excellent team leading and management skills

- In-depth knowledge of companies law, Contract Act, Stamp Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act and SEBI regulations dealing with venture funds

- Intellectual curiosity and ability to - get smart quick- on a wide variety of topics

- Proficiency in MS Office