Legal Associate

Jupiter; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jupiter Bengaluru is seeking a qualified in‑house lawyer to support banking/fintech regulatory and commercial contracts. You will draft, review and redline commercial agreements, monitor regulatory updates, and coordinate with external counsel where needed.

The role requires 2–3 years of experience in financial services or technology practice, strong English writing, and the ability to work independently with business stakeholders under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• LL.B. or LL.M. from a recognized university.
• 2–3 years in in‑house legal team of a bank, NBFC, fintech, or payments company, or in a law firm with a financial services or technology practice.
• Hands‑on drafting and redlining ability in commercial contracts, with clear reasoning on risk and fallback positions.
• Working knowledge of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Companies Act, 2013, the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
• Strong written English, structured thinking, attention to detail and comfort with high volume work under deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with business stakeholders and to ***escalate the right issues*** at the right time.
• Good to have
• Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI), or CS Professional cleared.
• Practical exposure to MCA filings on the V2 and V3 portals, board and general meeting processes and statutory registers.
• Familiarity with at least one regulated financial services framework, e.g. RBI frameworks on prepaid instruments, digital lending, KYC or NBFC regulation.
• Exposure to payments, cards, UPI or NPCI circulars, or to insurance broking or investment advisory regulations.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management or a legal repository system.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and close commercial contracts on standard templates, including vendor and service agreements, NDAs, SaaS and technology agreements, alliance, affiliate and DSA agreements, addenda and statements of work, escalating non standard positions.
• Run high-volume, low complexity documentation with committed turnaround, including payout and commercial addenda, renewals and campaign documentation.
• Maintain the contract repository, tracker and version control, and drive renewals, expiries and closure of open points.
• Track RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, NPCI and IFSCA circulars and amendments relevant to the group and prepare summaries and impact notes.
• Assist with regulatory filings, audit and inspection observations, policy updates and internal compliance trackers.
• Coordinate legal notices, consumer forum matters and grievance escalations with external counsel, including preparing case briefs and collating records.
• Support corporate secretarial work for group entities: board and committee meeting logistics, notices, agendas, minutes, resolutions, statutory registers, MCA filings and annual filings.

Skills

Contract drafting

Regulatory knowledge

English proficiency

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

LL.B./LL.M.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and close commercial contracts on standard templates, including vendor and service agreements, NDAs, SaaS and technology agreements, alliance, affiliate and DSA agreements, addenda and statements of work, escalating non standard positions.
• Run high-volume, low complexity documentation with committed turnaround, including payout and commercial addenda, renewals and campaign documentation.
• Maintain the contract repository, tracker and version control, and drive renewals, expiries and closure of open points.
• Track RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, NPCI and IFSCA circulars and amendments relevant to the group and prepare summaries and impact notes.
• Assist with regulatory filings, audit and inspection observations, policy updates and internal compliance trackers.
• Coordinate legal notices, consumer forum matters and grievance escalations with external counsel, including preparing case briefs and collating records.
• Support corporate secretarial work for group entities: board and committee meeting logistics, notices, agendas, minutes, resolutions, statutory registers, MCA filings and annual filings.

Qualification & Experience

• LL.B. or LL.M. from a recognized university.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in an in‑house legal team of a bank, NBFC, fintech, or payments company, or in a law firm with a financial services or technology practice.
• Hands‑on drafting and redlining ability in commercial contracts, with clear reasoning on risk and fallback positions.
• Working knowledge of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Companies Act, 2013, the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
• Strong written English, structured thinking, attention to detail and comfort with high volume work under deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with business stakeholders and to ***escalate the right issues*** at the right time.
• Good to have
• Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI), or CS Professional cleared.
• Practical exposure to MCA filings on the V2 and V3 portals, board and general meeting processes and statutory registers.
• Familiarity with at least one regulated financial services framework, for example the RBI frameworks on prepaid payment instruments, digital lending, KYC or NBFC scale based regulation.
• Exposure to payments, cards, UPI or NPCI circulars, or to insurance broking or investment advisory regulations.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management or a legal repository system.