Senior Legal Counsel

Job Title: SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL

Location: Bengaluru

Experience:8 to 10 years exposure in contracting for outsourcing services preferably in IT & Engineering sectors.

Job Description

• Lead and mentor the legal team, ensuring effective collaboration and professional development.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts across jurisdictions (US, India, Germany), ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide legal advice and support to internal teams, managing stakeholder communication and compliance with laws and policies.
• Identify and mitigate legal risks in business operations, contracts, and new initiatives.
• Oversee compliance programs, including data privacy, anti-corruption, and trade regulations.
• Conduct legal research and deliver timely, practical guidance to support business decisions.

Education & Experience

• LLB (duly admitted to the Bar Council)

• Approx 5 years of working experience in-house a global company

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Exposure to compliance including data privacy, anti-corruption, export control and trade sanction would be preferred.

• Some exposure to IP rights would be preferred

• Some expertise in defence contract will be appreciated.

• Some expertise on US or German laws will be appreciated

• Exposure using AI tools for legal management

• Excellent legal acumen and analytical skills.

• Strong networking skills and is exposed to interacting with internal stakeholders

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and fluent in English and a regional language

• Business and service minded with excellent problem-solving skill and is used to explain legal risk to internal and external stakeholder

• Strongly understands business ethics integrity

Interested candidates can share their profiles to leela.reddy@alten-india.com