Consultant - Legal

Gloplax; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloplax is seeking a legal professional to draft, structure and review a broad range of commercial contracts including MSAs, NDAs, and SOWs. You will lead negotiations with internal teams and clients across multiple jurisdictions, and advise on data privacy and IP matters while assessing risk and proposing mitigations.

You will collaborate with various stakeholders to standardize processes, support regulatory compliance initiatives, and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications

• Excellent drafting and research skills.
• Strong communication and negotiation abilities.
• Experience with commercial contracts and data privacy.
• Ability to assess risk and propose mitigations.
• Familiarity with cross-border regulatory matters.

Responsibilities

• Draft, structure and review commercial contracts (MSA, SOW, NDAs, etc.).
• Lead contract negotiations with internal teams and clients across jurisdictions.
• Advise on data privacy and IP matters; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on contractual requirements and templates.
• Support dispute resolution related to commercial contracts.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Data privacy

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Cross-border legal issues

Stakeholder management

Negotiations

Legal research

Team mentoring

Education

LLB / LLM or equivalent

Job description

Drafting, structuring and reviewing a broad range of commercial contracts (such as Master Services Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Business Alliance Partner Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Letter of Engagements, Statement of Work, Data Transfer Agreement etc.)

Contract negotiations with both internal business teams and clients (across multiple jurisdictions) - Assisting with RFI/RFP responses and opportunities for the company – leading the commercial contracting – commercial licensing

Providing advice to internal stakeholders on various contractual positions and corporate policies by assessing the risk and proposing appropriate mitigations

Collaborate with various internal stakeholders for addressing contractual requirements/queries

Support with standardizing processes and templates for efficient and effective delivery of legal support

Assist with dispute resolution relating to commercial contracts.

Support advisory requirement on data privacy and intellectual property matters.

Cross functional tool implementation support - real estate negotiations and contract

Assist various regulatory compliance initiatives – licenses/certifications/registrations with various authorities

Conducting relevant knowledge sharing sessions for the team and internal stakeholders.

Advising on various risk management strategies, cross-border legal issues and coordinating with external counsels.

Ring of new joiners and junior members of the legal team.

Good communication, drafting and research skills.

Good domain knowledge (including understanding of Commercial and Data Privacy laws, regulatory matters/compliance, usage of compliance tools, reporting.

High cognitive ability and ability to conduct effective negotiations.

Analytical ability to tap and integrate all relevant data and to quantify all risk elements.

Ability to represent (internally and externally) the best interests of the organization.

Ability to identify customer/stakeholder needs and provide inputs for solutions, whilst adhering to company policies.