Assistant Manager- Legal

42 Gears Mobility Systems; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

42 Gears Mobility Systems is seeking a seasoned Legal professional to draft, review and negotiate IT/ITES & SaaS contracts, with strong privacy regulation exposure. You will maintain a global compliance database and provide day-to-day legal support across the company.

The role requires 5+ years post-qualification experience, a law degree, and familiarity with CLM tools. You will work with the Privacy team and collaborate with multinational teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Law Degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating IT/ITES contracts, preferably SaaS.
• Currently working with the Privacy team and handling some aspects of it.
• Diploma in latest privacy regulations preferred.
• Experience in a multinational company or reputed law firm with corporate/commercial exposure.
• Ability to identify and articulate areas for improvement and use resources to fill gaps.
• Experience operating across technology platforms; proficiency with Microsoft Applications; CLM tool experience is a plus; privacy domain exposure is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Understand and interpret complex legal contracts and compile a global compliance database.
• Track and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Prepare research memos using online resources and current laws.
• Draft NDAs, MSAs, software licensing, and EULA related to SaaS/cloud computing.
• Advise the Manager, Legal on day-to-day activities from drafting to regulatory research.
• Support complex legal arrangements across business affairs as needed.
• Prioritize workload with brief turnaround requirements.
• Work independently with mentorship from Legal and Finance teams.

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Privacy regulations

Research skills

MS Office

Education

Law degree

Tools

CLM tool (Reports)

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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Full Time

Location

Relevant Experience: 6- 8 years

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for understanding the nuances, interpret, simplify and assist in preparation of a legal contracts and Compliance Database on a global scale including understanding, tracking and ensuring compliance with all federal, state and local, code compliance rules, ordinances, regulations
• Proactively involved in Global Privacy Regulations such as GDPR, CCPA etc. Proactively tracking regulatory changes across the geographies & building the compliance database and contract repository
• You will demonstrate effective research skills and the ability to prepare research memos using the latest online resources available
• Assist in drafting various agreements, contracts and documents such as NDA, MSA, software licensing agreements, EULA especially related to SaaS/ cloud computing
• You will be advising and assisting Manager, Legal for all the day to day legal activities from contract drafting to research on privacy regulations applicable to Company
• The successful candidate will also, from time to time, provide support in relation to more complex legal arrangements relating to other business affairs of the company.
• Prioritize and manage workload effectively, recognizing frequent quick turn-around requirements.
• Work independently with minimal supervision and take responsibility, while being mentored by experienced Legal and Finance teams.

Qualifications

• Law Degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience specifically in drafting, reviewing and negotiating IT/ITES contracts, on an end to end basis, preferably SaaS contracts.
• Currently working with the Privacy team of an organization and handling some aspects of it.
• Additional diploma in latest privacy regulations will be preferred.
• Experience should be gained in a multi-national company or reputed law firm with significant exposure to corporate and commercial work consistent with the responsibilities described above.
• Ability to identify and articulate own areas of improvement in terms of knowledge competency and use other team members or external resources to fill these gaps
• .Experience operating in multiple technology platforms, proficiency with Microsoft Applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint required, experience in CLM tool Reports or similar CLM application is a plus. Experience in Privacy domain will be a plus

Attributes

• Strong analytical and organizational skills, ability to multitask
• Accurate and detail-oriented with sound judgment and integrity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; the ability to clearly articulate ideas.
• Ability to apply legal principles and product knowledge in a commercial transaction to achieve closure.