AVP_Legal

EMBARKGCC SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED; Bangalore Rural; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Embark Services Private Limited in Bengaluru invites an AVP-Legal to lead contract negotiations, governance, and regulatory compliance across US and Indian matters. Requires a JD/LL.B and 8+ years of experience, with strong drafting, negotiation, and cross-border capabilities.

You will partner with business functions such as Real Estate, Risk, Finance, HR, and IT; oversee junior attorneys, manage vendor and landlord-tenant issues, and drive process improvements including AI-enabled workflows;

Qualifications

• JD/LL.B or equivalent law degree is required.
• Eight or more years of relevant legal experience, including US-related matters.
• Strong commercial contracting experience and drafting abilities.
• Ability to apply legal judgment to operational matters and mitigate risks.
• Strong researching and regulatory analysis across US jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate vendor, service, consulting and other agreements.
• Advise on contract interpretation, renewals and terminations.
• Develop standard contract forms and templates; improve contracting standards.
• Provide legal guidance on landlord-tenant and leasing matters.
• Monitor and interpret laws affecting business; communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Maintain corporate entity records and governance materials.
• Support privacy, litigation, and risk matters; coordinate with outside counsel.
• Collaborate with GC and US legal team; manage significant matters and deadlines.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and other service providers; ensure efficient use of resources.
• Work with Finance, HR, Risk, IT and operations to deliver practical legal support; ensure confidentiality and records control.
• Oversee junior attorneys; drive legal process improvements and AI-enabled workflows.
• Hybrid work from Bengaluru office with overlap to US hours; handle peak periods.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract review

Negotiation

Regulatory analysis

Legal research

Stakeholder management

Cross-border experience

Education

JD/LL.B

Tools

Legal research databases

Contract management systems

Document management tools

AI legal tooling

Job description

Embark Services Private Limited | Full time

AVP_Legal

Bangalore North, India | Posted on 10/08/2026

• Draft, review and negotiate vendoragreements, service agreements, consulting agreements, confidentialityagreements, access agreements and other commercial contracts, independentlyresolving routine terms within established playbooks and escalating materiallegal or business issues as appropriate.
• Advise on contract interpretation,amendments, extensions, renewals, termination provisions and contractualmatters, supporting business teams in resolving routine contract-relatedissues.
• Develop, draft and maintain standardcontract forms, templates and playbooks, identify recurring negotiation issuesand recommend improvements to contracting standards and processes.
• Provide legal guidance onlandlord-tenant requirements, leasing practices, eviction requirements andother legal matters routinely affecting property operations
• Provide and/or oversee the research,monitoring, applicability and interpretation of federal, state and local lawsand regulations affecting key areas of the Company’s business; analyzepotential implications of changes in laws and regulatory requirements andpropose necessary changes to the Company’s policies and operations, asapplicable; communicate relevant developments and recommended actions to Legaland business stakeholders.
• Recommend, draft and support updatesto agreements, forms, policies, procedures and operating practices in responseto changes in applicable law or identified legal risks.
• Maintain oversight of the Company’scorporate entity files and organizational records, including formationdocuments, operating agreements, amendments, registrations and otherentity-related documentation, ensuring records are current, complete and appropriatelycontrolled.
• Support the maintenance, developmentand documentation of corporate governance matters.
• Provide substantive legal supportfor privacy, litigation, insurance claims and risk matters as needed, includinglegal research, document review, issue analysis, case or claim summaries andcoordination with outside counsel and internal stakeholders.
• Support the GC and US-based Legalteam in evaluating and managing significant legal matters, identifying keyfacts, legal issues, risks, deadlines and recommended paths forward.
• Coordinate with outside counsel andother legal service providers on assigned matters, monitor progress anddeliverables, and help ensure efficient use of external legal resources.
• Partner directly with propertyoperations, Asset Management, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Risk,Information Security and other business functions to provide practical legalsupport and facilitate resolution of assigned matters.
• Maintain high-quality legaldocumentation, matter files and supporting records, ensuring appropriateconfidentiality, privilege, version control and follow-through from initialassignment through completion.
• Exercise independent judgment withinestablished areas of responsibility, proactively identify legal and businessrisks, and elevate significant, novel or high-risk matters to the GeneralCounsel or other US-based Legal leadership.
• Identify and drive improvements tolegal processes, contracting workflows, knowledge management and technologyutilization, including opportunities to standardize work and leverage AI andother legal tools.
• Work from the Bengaluru office underthe hybrid working model, with working hours aligned to provide meaningfuldaily overlap with US business hours; flexibility is expected fortime-sensitive legal matters and other peak periods.
• Oversee the work and performance ofjunior attorney(s) on the Bengaluru legal team
• Perform other legal, regulatory andstrategic projects and responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• JD,LL.B. or equivalent law degree is required; admission to practice law in thecandidate’s home jurisdiction is preferred.
• Eightor more years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful experiencesupporting US corporate, commercial, real estate or operating-company matters.
• Strongcommercial contracting experience, including demonstrated ability toindependently draft, review and negotiate vendor, service, consulting,confidentiality and other business agreements.
• Demonstratedability to apply legal judgment to operational matters, identify material legaland business risks and develop practical solutions within established areas ofauthority.
• Strongknowledge of legal research and regulatory analysis, with the ability tointerpret statutes, regulations and other requirements across multiple USjurisdictions and translate them into practical business guidance.
• Stronglegal drafting and writing skills, with the ability to prepare agreements,legal analyses, executive summaries and other work product requiring limitedrevision.
• Experiencesupporting landlord-tenant, real estate operations or other multi-jurisdictionoperating matters is preferred.
• Experiencemaintaining corporate entity records, organizational documents andgovernance-related materials is preferred.
• Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex orincomplete fact patterns, identify key legal issues and determine whenescalation is appropriate.
• Demonstratedability to independently manage multiple substantive matters from intakethrough resolution while maintaining appropriate communication with seniorLegal leadership.
• Strongstakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to workeffectively with senior business leaders, attorneys, outside counsel and otherparties across functions and time zones.
• Highdegree of professional judgment, discretion and confidentiality when handlingsensitive, privileged or business-critical matters.
• Experiencewith legal research databases, contract or matter-management systems,document-management tools and technology-assisted legal workflows is preferred.
• Experiencesupporting a US real estate company, property management company, corporatelegal department or law firm is strongly preferred.
• Experiencein one or more of commercial contracts, landlord-tenant law, regulatorycompliance, corporate governance, privacy, litigation or insurance and riskmanagement is preferred.