Jobgether
Legal & Commercial Contracts Executive
legalfull-timeIndia
SALARY
Not listed
WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
full-time
INDUSTRY
general
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About the role
Accountabilities:
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, service agreements, vendor agreements, amendments, and other commercial contracts.
- Review key commercial and legal provisions, including pricing, payment terms, liability, indemnity, warranties, termination, intellectual property, confidentiality, and data protection.
- Coordinate contract negotiations and approvals between Sales, Delivery, Finance, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Manage a centralized contract repository and track renewals, contractual obligations, notices, milestones, and key dates.
- Ensure appropriate internal approvals, documentation, and execution of contracts.
- Coordinate day-to-day legal matters across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
- Work with external legal counsel, law firms, company secretaries, PROs, and professional advisors as required.
- Prepare briefs, background materials, documentation, and instructions for external counsel.
- Track legal cases, notices, disputes, claims, and other ongoing legal matters through to resolution.
- Support corporate legal documentation, including KYC, licenses, registrations, powers of attorney, and board or shareholder documentation.
- Coordinate legal support for directors, founders, and management on personal or director-related matters when required, including engaging appropriate external counsel.
- Maintain secure and confidential records relating to sensitive corporate, director, and personal legal matters.
- Partner with Finance, Sales, Delivery, HR, and Operations to identify and manage contractual, commercial, and legal risks.
- Support customer and vendor onboarding, disputes, payment-related contractual matters, claims, and termination processes.
- Develop and maintain standard contract templates, approval workflows, legal trackers, SOPs, and other operational processes.
- Maintain a calendar of important legal, corporate, contractual, compliance, and renewal deadlines.
- Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Commerce, or a related discipline.
- 3–6 years of experience in commercial contracts, legal operations, contract management, corporate legal, or a related field.
- Strong practical understanding of commercial contracts and the full contract lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to review agreements, identify contractual risks, support negotiations, and coordinate approvals.
- Strong contract drafting, documentation, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working with external lawyers, law firms, company secretaries, and other professional advisors.
- Good understanding of commercial practices across multiple geographies; international exposure is an advantage.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to independently manage multiple contracts, legal matters, deadlines, and stakeholders.
- High level of discretion and professionalism when handling confidential corporate, director, and personal legal matters.
- An LLB, LLM, or equivalent legal qualification is preferred.
- Experience in technology, consulting, SaaS, professional services, or a similar environment is an advantage.
- Experience managing contracts across multiple jurisdictions is preferred.
- Familiarity with technology contracts, intellectual property, data protection, confidentiality, and professional services agreements is an advantage.
- Competitive salary package based on experience and qualifications.
- Remote working opportunity from India.
- Broad exposure to commercial contracts, legal operations, corporate matters, and multi-jurisdictional activities.
- Opportunity to work closely with senior management and cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to technology, consulting, professional services, and commercial agreements.
- Opportunity to build and improve legal workflows, templates, SOPs, and contract-management processes.
- Professional development through interaction with external legal counsel and professional advisors.
- High level of ownership and autonomy in a hands-on Individual Contributor role.
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