Corporate Counsel

KeyValue; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

KeyValue is hiring an in-house corporate lawyer to own commercial contracting and intercompany legal structure across our five operating jurisdictions. You will draft and negotiate client deals end to end, keep IP ownership clean, and build the templates and playbooks that let the business close faster with less risk.

You will work closely with leadership, Finance/Tax and external counsel worldwide. You will collaborate across India, Singapore, Dubai, Australia and the US to ensure compliant,

Qualifications

• LLB from a reputed law school and enrolled with a State Bar Council in India.
• 1–3 years of commercial/corporate experience at a law firm or in-house.
• Strong drafting/negotiation of MSAs, SOWs, SaaS and IP agreements.
• Working knowledge of Indian contract, IP and employment law and DPDP Act obligations.
• Experience managing external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Commercial judgement: frame risk in business terms and know when to concede.
• Clear written communication and ability to work independently with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate software services agreements (MSAs, SOWs, SaaS & licensing) for India and abroad.
• Negotiate redlines directly with client legal and procurement teams.
• Draft NDAs, vendor agreements, and partnership/reseller agreements.
• Draft IP assignment and IP licensing agreements.
• Ensure clean IP ownership and transfer across employees, contractors and work-for-hire.
• Draft confidentiality and IP clauses in employment contracts.
• Structure and draft intragroup service agreements across India, Singapore, Dubai, Australia and the US.
• Coordinate with Finance/Tax and external advisors for intercompany agreements.
• Coordinate with local law firms for jurisdiction-specific validation.
• Advise on data protection and cross-border transfer clauses under DPDP and GDPR-adjacent terms.
• Identify legal/commercial risks and present clear recommendations.
• Build contract templates library and negotiation playbook.
• Track contract renewals, obligations and compliance calendars.

Skills

LLB

Bar Council India

Commercial drafting

Contract negotiation

External counsel management

Risk framing in business terms

Independent work with leadership

Education

LLB from a reputed law school

Tools

Contract Lifecycle Management

Job description

About the role

KeyValue is hiring an in-house corporate lawyer to own commercial contracting and intercompany legal structure across our five operating jurisdictions. You will draft and negotiate client deals end to end, keep IP ownership clean, and build the templates and playbooks that let the business close faster with less risk. You will work closely with leadership, Finance/Tax and external counsel worldwide.

Key responsibilities

Commercial contracts

• Draft, review and negotiate software services agreements (MSAs, SOWs, SaaS and licensing agreements) for clients in India and abroad.
• Negotiate redlines directly with client legal and procurement teams.
• Draft NDAs, vendor agreements, and partnership/reseller agreements.

Intellectual property

• Draft IP assignment and IP licensing agreements.
• Ensure clean IP ownership and transfer across employees, contractors and client work-for-hire arrangements.
• Draft confidentiality and IP clauses in employment contracts.

Intercompany and cross-border structure

• Structure and draft intra-group service agreements between parent and subsidiaries in India, Singapore, Dubai, Australia and the US.
• Incorporate commercial and pricing inputs provided by Finance and external advisors into intercompany agreements.
• Coordinate with local law firms in each jurisdiction for jurisdiction-specific validation and compliance.

Data privacy

• Advise on data protection and cross-border transfer clauses under Indias DPDP Act, Singapores PDPA and GDPR-adjacent terms where relevant.

Risk, process and governance

• Identify and flag legal and commercial risk to leadership, with clear recommendations.
• Build and continuously improve a contract templates library and negotiation playbook for common deal types.
• Track contract renewals, obligations and compliance calendars across all entities.

What were looking for

Must-haves

• LLB from a reputed law school; enrolled with a State Bar Council in India.
• 1 - 3 years of commercial/corporate experience at a law firm, in-house at a tech or IT services company, or both.
• Strong drafting and negotiation of MSAs, SOWs, SaaS/licensing and IP agreements with international counterparties.
• Working knowledge of Indian contract, IP and employment law, and of DPDP Act obligations.
• Experience managing external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Commercial judgement: you frame risk in business terms and know when to hold and when to concede.
• Clear written communication and the ability to work independently with senior leadership.

Highly desirable

• Exposure to Singapore, UAE(including DIFC/ADGM), Australian or US commercial law and data protection regimes (PDPA, GDPR).
• Experience setting up contract templates, playbooks or a contract lifecycle management (CLM) tool.

Why join KeyValue

• Build the legal functions foundations in a growing global tech services company.
• Direct access to leadership and real ownership of deals across five jurisdictions.
• Broad, high-variety work: commercial, IP, privacy, intercompany and tax-adjacent structuring.

Requirements: