Analyst – Legal/Attorney

UPL; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

UPL in Pune (Kharadi) is seeking an Analyst – Legal/Attorney to support contract review and corporate governance. The role involves drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements, ensuring compliance, and guiding internal teams on legal risks.

You will handle entity management, regulatory filings, and collaborate on M&A due diligence across jurisdictions, leveraging CLM tools and legal databases.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in contract management or corporate law.
• Experience with multi-jurisdictional governance is preferred.
• Strong drafting and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in legal research databases (Westlaw, LexisNexis).
• Experience with CLM platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, redline, negotiate, and manage contracts.
• End‑to‑end contract lifecycle including execution and renewal.
• Provide legal advice on obligations, risks, and compliance to internal teams.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and contractual risks.

Skills

Contract management

Legal drafting

Regulatory compliance

M&A due diligence

Cross-border projects

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

SimpliContract

Adobe Sign

Job description

We are currently hiring for the position of Analyst – Legal/Attorney at our Kharadi, Pune location.

If you have relevant experience in legal operations, litigation management, contract review, compliance, or corporate legal affairs, we'd love to hear from you..

Key Responsibilities :

Contract Review (buy-sell side both):

• Draft, review, redline, negotiate, and manage a wide range of contracts, ensuring clarity, legal compliance, favourable terms, and timely execution.
• Be responsible for the end‑to‑end contract lifecycle, including execution, storage, tracking, renewal, and termination through structured repositories and systems.
• Provide legal advice to internal stakeholders/cross-functional teams on contract interpretation, obligations, risks, and liabilities, while ensuring alignment with business requirements.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and contractual risks through legal research, compliance checks, and risk‑management strategies.

Entity Management:

• Advise on the corporate entity lifecycle, restructuring, and ongoing compliance with local laws, coordinating across jurisdictions.
• Manage corporate governance and secretarial documentation (shareholder agreements, board resolutions, meeting minutes, filings) ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
• Ensure statutory, fiduciary, and regulatory compliance of legal entities, including timely filings and risk identification.
• Maintain centralized, accurate entity data (structure, ownership, governance) and support governance changes and compliance projects.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across business operations, transactions, and strategic initiatives, including M&A activities.
• Manage transactions, litigation, and dispute resolution, including preparation of transaction documentation and multi‑jurisdictional coordination.
• Develop, implement, and update legal policies, procedures, and contractual documentation to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.
• Oversee intellectual property matters and ensure adherence to corporate governance requirements and best practices.

Experience:

• At least 3 to 5 years of relevant global and domain expertise in a Contract Management environment;
• Experience in contract law, corporate advisory, M&A including transaction exposure and due diligence;
• Experience with legal research databases (Westlaw, LexisNexis, etc.), CLM platform such as SimpliContract, Adobe e-Sign;
• Excellent writing skills and commercial approach
• Experience working on multi-jurisdictional projects as a company secretary or part of compliance and governance teams is an advantage;
• Process-driven, with an understanding of the importance of procedures and corporate record keeping.