Legal & Compliance Manager

Legal & Compliance Manager

Location: Bangalore (5 days on-site)
Experience: 3–5 years
Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal & Compliance Manager to lead our legal, regulatory, and secretarial efforts. This role is critical to enabling smooth operations and sustainable growth across geographies. You will collaborate closely with leadership and external legal experts, ensuring the company is fully compliant while supporting strategic business decisions, global expansions, and cross-border transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including vendor, employment, IP, partnership, SaaS, and global service contracts.
• Global Legal Advisory: Provide guidance on international contracts and compliance frameworks, ensuring alignment with global data protection laws (e.g., GDPR), cross-border employment practices, and IP rights.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure company-wide compliance with applicable Indian and international laws (Companies Act, IT Act, labor laws, foreign commercial law implications, etc.).
• Secretarial Compliance: Manage all company secretarial duties, board meetings, statutory filings, minutes, ROC compliance , in collaboration with external CS advisors.
• Risk Management: Maintain a structured legal risk framework including legal repository, regulatory trackers, and audit preparedness.
• Stakeholder Management: Liaise with external counsel, company secretaries, and advisors across jurisdictions; track and ensure timely deliverables.
• Strategic Legal Support: Assist in fundraising, due diligence, investor relations, and corporate restructuring.
• Proactive Mitigation: Identify potential legal and regulatory risks; develop and implement mitigation strategies to protect business interests.

Requirements

• LLB from a recognized institution (Company Secretary certification is a strong plus)
• 3–5 years of experience in corporate legal roles, preferably in high-growth startups or law firms
• Proven expertise in commercial contract negotiation, global contract law, and regulatory compliance
• Familiarity with cross-border transactions and international legal frameworks is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of corporate governance practices
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and coordination skills
• Self-starter with the ability to manage projects end-to-end with minimal supervision

Why Join Us

• Make a Difference: Be part of a mission-driven team creating scalable impact
• Build from the Ground Up: Opportunity to architect the legal & compliance function and build robust systems
• Growth & Ownership: Join a fast-growing, founder-led startup with real autonomy and leadership potential

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