Legal Analyst

Novistra Capital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Novistra Capital is a boutique cross-border M&A and private equity advisory firm with offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Dubai, London, and New York.

The Legal Analyst supports the firm's legal, compliance, and contract lifecycle functions across its four operating entities across multiple jurisdictions, and support every mandate, from engagement terms and counterparty screening through to regulatory filings and fee recovery.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years post-qualification or relevant legal experience.
• Proven ability to read, mark-up, and summarise commercial contracts with accuracy.
• Excellent written English with precision in terms, cross-references, and numbering.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word (tracked changes, styles, comparison) and Excel.
• Exposure to cross-border transactions, M&A, advisory, or fee-based engagement structures.
• Familiarity with CLM or contract management tools and CRM platforms.
• Working knowledge of Indian company law, FEMA, and tax withholding, or of English law commercial contracting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contract lifecycle dashboard and tracker with status, dates, renewals, and fee triggers.
• Prepare first-draft agreements from templates including NDAs, engagement letters, MoUs, and advisory agreements.
• Review counterparty drafts and flag deviations for escalation.
• Prepare clean comparison tables and redline summaries for the team.
• Maintain entity-level compliance calendar across jurisdictions for filings, renewals, licences, and deadlines.
• Support KYC, conflicts checks, and counterparty screening.
• Track receivables and fee-recovery matters from a legal standpoint for escalation.

Skills

Contract drafting

Reading and summarising contracts

MS Word

Excel

Cross-border transactions exposure

CLM tools & CRM platforms

Education

LLB (3 or 5 year) from a recognised institution

Tools

CRM platforms

Job description

Function: Legal, Compliance and Contract Lifecycle Management

Experience: 2 to 3 years' post-qualification or relevant experience

Qualification: LLB (3 or 5 year) from a recognised institution

Employment Type: Full-Time

Novistra Capital is a boutique cross-border M&A and private equity advisory firm with offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Dubai, London, and New York. The firm advises founders, promoters, and institutional investors on sell-side and buy-side transactions, capital raises, and strategic partnerships across six sector verticals: Technology and Services, Financial Institutions, Education, Healthcare, Media and Events, and Hospitality.

THE ROLE

The Legal Analyst supports the firm's legal, compliance, and contract lifecycle functions across its four operating entities across multiple jurisdictions, and support every mandate, from engagement terms and counterparty screening through to regulatory filings and fee recovery.

The role spans contract drafting and review, compliance and governance tracking, structured legal research, and coordination with external counsel.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Contract Lifecycle Management

• Maintain the dashboard and contract tracker: new agreements, status, key dates, renewals, termination windows, and fee triggers
• Prepare first-draft agreements from approved templates, including NDAs, engagement and mandate letters, MoUs, and advisory agreements
• Run first-pass reviews of counterparty drafts, classifying each deviation by position and flagging items for escalation
• Prepare clean comparison tables and redline summaries for the team

Compliance and Governance

• Maintain the entity-level compliance calendar covering filings, renewals, licences, and regulatory deadlines across jurisdictions
• Support KYC, conflicts, and counterparty screening checks
• Track receivables and fee-recovery matters from a legal standpoint, and prepare the factual chronology for escalation

Research and Policy Support

• Conduct structured legal research across UK, US, UAE, and Indian law on defined questions, delivering short memos for team consumption
• Monitor regulatory and legislative developments relevant to cross-border advisory and education transactions, and summarise implications for the team
• Contribute to policy development, playbook updates, template harmonisation, and internal guidance notes

External Counsel Interface

• Prepare instruction packs and track deliverables from external counsel
• Maintain a log of external counsel advice, costs, and open items

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• LLB (3 or 5 year) from a recognised institution
• 2 to 3 years in a law firm or in-house legal team
• Demonstrated ability to read, mark-up, and summarise commercial contracts accurately
• Excellent written English, with attention to precision and consistency in defined terms, cross-references, and numbering
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word (tracked changes, styles, comparison) and Excel
• Exposure to cross-border transactions, M&A, advisory, or fee-based engagement structures
• Familiarity with CLM or contract management tools and CRM platforms
• Working knowledge of Indian company law, FEMA, and tax withholding, or of English law commercial contracting

WHY THIS ROLE

You will work across four entities and four jurisdictions on live engagement, mandate, and fee matters, building hands-on exposure to cross-border contracting, compliance, and regulatory work within a lean advisory firm.