Associate - Corporate Law

Metalegal-Advocates; Uttar Pradesh; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Metalegal Advocates in Bengaluru seeks an analytically driven associate to support corporate, startup, and regulatory matters across commercial transactions, governance, and technology law.

The role offers hands-on exposure to incorporation, due diligence, contract drafting, regulatory compliance, and advisory work under senior professionals, with mentorship and high learning opportunities in a dynamic law firm.

Qualifications

• LL.B. degree from a recognised university in India.
• Candidate must be registered with BCI.
• Candidates with 0 to 3 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) in corporate law, startup advisory, commercial transactions, secretarial practice, regulatory advisory, or related areas are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the team in corporate, commercial, technology, and regulatory laws.
• Supporting startup and business clients on incorporation, governance, commercial arrangements, regulatory compliance, and allied matters.
• Assisting in Companies Act, FEMA, and allied corporate and commercial laws.
• Conducting legal research on statutes, regulations, notifications, circulars, and judicial precedents relevant to business and commercial laws.
• Assisting in drafting, review, and preparation of contracts, opinions, corporate records, governance documents, and other documentation.
• Supporting due diligence exercises, transaction support assignments, and document review.
• Assisting in compliance reviews, regulatory filings, and corporate secretarial matters.
• Supporting investigations, regulatory proceedings, and interactions with authorities.
• Assisting in dispute strategy, pre-litigation advisory, and drafting support for commercial disputes.
• Preparing legal updates, articles, white papers, notes, and internal resources.

Skills

Analytical skills

Legal writing

Education

LL.B. degree

BCI registration

Job description

Metalegal Advocates is a litigation and advisory law firm with offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The firm provides comprehensive services across economic laws, financial crimes, tax disputes (income tax, GST, black money, VAT, and other taxes), securities laws, FEMA, commercial laws, and related business and mercantile laws. Its clientele includes both businesses and individuals across a wide range of industry verticals.

Job Description

About the Role

We are looking to engageanalytically driven professionals to join the Firm's Corporate and Startup Advisory practice at our Bengaluru office.

This role isdesigned for professionals with up to three (3)years of relevant experience seeking to build expertise in corporate advisory,startup advisory, commercial transactions, technology law, regulatorycompliance, and business law matters.

The role offerssignificant learning opportunities across complex corporate and regulatoryassignments, with close mentorship from senior professionals handlingcorporate, commercial, technology, and transactional matters.

Engagement Profile

The selectedprofessional shall ordinarily be involved in:

• Assisting the team in matters relating to corporate, commercial, technology, and regulatory laws;
• Supporting startup and business clients on matters relating to incorporation, business structuring, governance, commercial arrangements, regulatory compliance, and allied corporate matters;
• Assisting in matters relating to the Companies Act, 2013, FEMA, and allied corporate and commercial laws;
• Conducting legal research on statutes, regulations, notifications, circulars, and judicial precedents relevant to business and commercial laws;
• Assisting in the drafting, review, and preparation of contracts, legal opinions, corporate records, governance documents, and other corporate, commercial, transactional, and regulatory documentation;
• Supporting due diligence exercises, transaction support assignments, and document review exercises;
• Assisting in compliance reviews, regulatory filings, and corporate secretarial matters;
• Supporting investigations, regulatory proceedings, and interactions involving authorities and agencies, where required;
• Assisting the team in dispute strategy, pre-litigation advisory, and drafting support for commercial disputes, where required;
• Preparing legal updates, articles, white papers, research notes, and internal knowledge resources;
• Coordinating internally with team members and supporting information gathering, documentation management, and execution requirements for assigned matters;
• Adapting quickly to digital tools and internal systems such as Zoho, Microsoft Teams, and other technology platforms used by the Firm; and
• Maintaining confidentiality, documentation discipline, and professional accuracy across assignments.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must possess:

• LL.B. degree from a recogniseduniversity in India; and
• Candidate must be registered withBCI
• Candidates with 0 to 3 years ofpost-qualification experience (PQE) in corporate law, startup advisory,commercial transactions, secretarial practice, regulatory advisory, orrelated areas are encouraged to apply.

Preference may begiven to candidates demonstrating:

• A strong interest in startup advisoryand emerging businesses;
• Exposure to corporate advisory,commercial transactions, compliance, or transactional documentationthrough internships, law firm experience, in-house roles, or assignments;
• Candidates should possess a basicunderstanding of the Companies Act, 2013, FEMA, principles of corporategovernance, commercial contracts, startup fundraising transactions, regulatory compliance requirements, and technology and digital businesslaws relevant to corporate and startup advisory practice.

The idealcandidate should demonstrate:

• Strong analytical, research, andproblem-solving abilities;
• High attention to detail and strongdocumentation discipline;
• Excellent written and verbalcommunication skills;
• Effective drafting and legal writingcapabilities;
• Professional maturity and the abilityto handle confidential information responsibly;
• Ability to work in dynamic anddeadline-driven environments;
• Strong ownership and responsiveness;
• A learning-oriented mindset andwillingness to build expertise across multiple areas of business law; and
• Ability to work collaborativelywithin multidisciplinary teams and adapt to evolving business andregulatory requirements.

Remuneration

• Competitiveremuneration shall be offered commensurate with qualifications, relevant experience, professional merit, and overall suitability for the role.

Theresponsibilities outlined above are indicative of the broad scope of the roleand are not intended to be exhaustive. The Associate may be required toundertake such additional responsibilities and assignments as may be reasonablyassigned by the Firm from time to time, having regard to the Firm's businessrequirements, client engagements, operational needs, and the Associate'sexperience, capability, and professional development.