Legal Associate

About EdgeVerve Systems

EdgeVerve Systems Limited is a global enterprise software company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys , established in 2014 to consolidate Infosys’ product and platforms business. It is headquartered in Electronic City, Bangalore , and focuses on building AI‑driven, automation‑led, cloud‑agnostic digital platforms that enable large enterprises to drive digital transformation at scale.

Job Description

Role Details :

• Employment: Full-time
• Industry: IT and ITeS industry
• Location: Bangalore
• Company: EdgeVerve

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting, structuring, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts (such as Master Services Agreements, Software Licensing Agreement, SaaS Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Business Alliance Partner Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Letter of Engagements etc.)
• Contract negotiations with both internal business teams and clients (across multiple jurisdictions).
• Assisting with RFI/RFP responses and opportunities for the company.
• Providing advice to internal stakeholders on various contractual positions and corporate policies by assessing the risk and proposing appropriate mitigations.
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders for addressing contractual requirements/queries.
• Support with standardizing processes and templates for efficient and effective delivery of legal support.
• Assist with dispute resolution relating to commercial contracts.

Additional Responsibilities

• Managing complex contractual matters and independently front-ending client negotiations.
• Conducting relevant knowledge sharing sessions for the team and internal stakeholders.
• Creating and managing legal processes, standard templates and knowledge repositories.
• Advising on various risk management strategies, cross-border legal issues and coordinating with external counsels.
• Training and mentoring of new joiners and junior members of the legal team.
• Ability to provide timely legal advice to the business stakeholders and support with pressing matters and deliverables

Required skills/competencies

• Good communication, drafting and research skills.
• Good domain knowledge (including understanding of Commercial, IPR and Data Privacy laws).
• Analytical ability to tap and integrate all relevant data and to quantify all risk elements.
• Ability to represent (internally and externally) the best interests of the organization.

Minimum Qualification:

• A Law Degree from a reputed university or law school.
• Work Experience: 2-6 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience as an in-house counsel will be an added advantage.