In-House Counsel

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 6-8 Years

Role Overview

We seek a proactive, highly skilled, and detail-oriented In-House Counsel to join our team. The candidate will play a critical role in supporting company growth and managing the legal framework of our business operations, including contract management, ensuring compliance, and mitigating risks.

The ideal candidate has worked with one or more companies engaged in complex distribution and supply chain networks, and is familiar with ecommerce marketplace business models and associated legal frameworks. Candidates with experience in large enterprise companies or marketplaces are preferred.

Moreover, the candidate should have had exposure or experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts international commercial contracts, which includes the area of export, import, shipping, and warehousing. Finally, as it is an in-house role, candidates are expected to ensure compliance with employment laws and data privacy regulations and processing.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Operations Management
• Manage and organize legal filing systems, archiving, and records to ensure accessibility and compliance.
• Leverage legal technology to improve contract management, compliance monitoring, and operational efficiency.
• Oversee day-to-day legal operations and serve as the main point of contact for internal and external legal matters.

Contract Management
• Draft, review, and negotiate international commercial contracts, including vendor agreements, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), service-level agreements (SLAs), and partnership contracts.
• Develop and maintain standard contract templates tailored to the company’s operations.
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation.

Legal Compliance Internal Policies
• Ensure the company complies with international trade laws, import/export regulations, data protection requirements, etc.
• Oversee adherence to consumer protection regulations, product labeling, safety standards, and advertising laws.
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal legal policies, procedures, and frameworks, and conduct periodic reviews to ensure policies remain relevant and effective.

Qualifications and Skills

Educational Background
• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution; an LLM and/or active bar membership in at least one jurisdiction is a plus.

Experience
• 6-8 years of experience as a legal counsel, preferably in corporate or in-house roles.
• Exposure to legal operations within large enterprise companies or marketplaces is highly desirable.
• Competencies Skills
• Highly efficient.
• Strong in drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Very detail-oriented.
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Highly proficient communication and excellent negotiation skills with a business-first mindset.

Why Assiduus ?

● Assiduus: Your Cross-Border E-Commerce Groove!

● Rocking the scene since 2018, accelerating global sales with tech finesse.

● Ranked #8 in the Deloitte Fast 50 and recognised by In 5000 and Forbes

● 60+ team members worldwide, the 3rd largest E-commerce Accelerator.

● Join our team for equal opportunities, diversity, and innovation.

● Let's make waves together at Assiduus!

What's off the table? Here's our list of non-negotiables:

● No Blame games.

● We are not spoon-feeders, All we have are the crazy ones who carve their own paths.

● Yes Mam - No Mam! No Boss culture!
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Show us:

● You are a hustler

● You have the ability to work creatively under pressure.

● You are results-oriented and can be confident while staying humble, persuasive and

relentless.

Send us a personalized email at careers@assiduus.in.

A Glimpse of Us:

● ???? Visit our website at https://www.assiduusglobal.com

● https://www.linkedin.com/company/assiduus-global-inc/

If you find the above details interesting; we encourage you to apply. We are building a

diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another.

Assiduus is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not

discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation,

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