Assistant Manager - Legal

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara is seeking an experienced in-house legal professional with a robust background in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts for enterprise SaaS businesses and a deep understanding of regulatory compliance. Space law familiarity is a plus.

The role focuses on shaping our legal frameworks, drafting specialized sector-specific agreements, and ensuring compliance across jurisdictions, including India.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) or equivalent.
• 5-7 years of in-house legal experience, with some law firm experience within this period also acceptable.
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of sectoral regulations, commercial contracts, and intellectual property laws.
• Experience managing cross-border contracts, regulatory approvals, and international expansion strategies.
• Prior experience working on fundraising transactions.
• Ability to navigate complex legal challenges in a fast-evolving industry and regulatory environment.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong strategic and creative thinking with a problem-solving mindset, along with adaptability, leadership skills, team management, attention to detail, cross-functional collaboration, ethical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain standard-form contract templates (including industry-specific agreements) to ensure legal protection, intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, and alignment with business objectives.
• Oversee and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including data protection laws and mission-related compliance frameworks in India and other relevant jurisdictions, while proactively addressing emerging legal challenges.
• Provide strategic legal guidance and active due diligence support for fundraising activities, including negotiation and drafting of transaction documentation.
• Collaborate with external consultants to develop, protect, and implement strategies for managing and enforcing the company’s intellectual property rights.
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts for company products and services, ensuring legal compliance, business alignment, and effective risk management.
• Develop and execute structuring strategies to support the company’s expansion into foreign markets, ensuring compliance with trade regulations and jurisdiction-specific legal requirements.
• Evaluate legal risks related to company operations, provide strategic guidance to stakeholders, and implement proactive risk mitigation strategies to ensure regulatory and contractual compliance.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical

Communication

Cross-border contracts

Fundraising due diligence

Regulatory compliance

Intellectual property awareness

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) or equivalent

LL.M in Business Law (preferred)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced legal professional with a robust background in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, particularly within enterprise SaaS businesses, and a comprehensive understanding of regulatory compliance requirements. Familiarity with space law is an added advantage.

The ideal candidate will be instrumental in shaping, refining, and evolving our legal frameworks; drafting and negotiating specialized contracts tailored to address sector-specific challenges; and ensuring compliance with space industry regulations across jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain standard-form contract templates (including industry-specific agreements) to ensure legal protection, intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, and alignment with business objectives.
• Oversee and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including data protection laws and mission-related compliance frameworks in India and other relevant jurisdictions, while proactively addressing emerging legal challenges.
• Provide strategic legal guidance and active due diligence support for fundraising activities, including negotiation and drafting of transaction documentation.
• Collaborate with external consultants to develop, protect, and implement strategies for managing and enforcing the company’s intellectual property rights.
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts for company products and services, ensuring legal compliance, business alignment, and effective risk management.
• Develop and execute structuring strategies to support the company’s expansion into foreign markets, ensuring compliance with trade regulations and jurisdiction-specific legal requirements.
• Evaluate legal risks related to company operations, provide strategic guidance to stakeholders, and implement proactive risk mitigation strategies to ensure regulatory and contractual compliance.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B) or equivalent.
• 5-7 years of in-house legal experience, with some law firm experience within this period also acceptable.
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of sectoral regulations, commercial contracts, and intellectual property laws.
• Experience managing cross-border contracts, regulatory approvals, and international expansion strategies.
• Prior experience working on fundraising transactions.
• Ability to navigate complex legal challenges in a fast-evolving industry and regulatory environment.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong strategic and creative thinking with a problem-solving mindset, along with adaptability, leadership skills, team management, attention to detail, cross-functional collaboration, ethical judgment.

Preferred Skills

• LL.M in Business Law or a related fields is a plus.
• Knowledge of international treaties and frameworks governing space activities will be an added advantage.
• Prior experience working in the technology sector; aerospace and defence sector is a plus.