Legal Associate

Jupiter; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jupiter is seeking an in-house legal counsel in Bengaluru to manage end-to-end drafting, review and closing of commercial contracts on standard templates, while ensuring compliance with Indian laws and regulations.

The role requires 2–3 years in a financial services or tech-focused legal team, strong English communication, and ability to work independently with business stakeholders. Familiarity with MCA filings and RBI/NPCI frameworks is advantageous.

Qualifications

• LL.B. or LL.M. from a recognized university.
• 2–3 years of experience in an in-house legal team of a bank, NBFC, fintech, or payments company, or a law firm with financial services/tech practice.
• Hands-on drafting and redlining ability in commercial contracts with clear risk reasoning.
• Working knowledge of Indian Contract Act, 1872; Companies Act, 2013; IT Act, 2000; Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
• Strong written English, structured thinking, attention to detail, ability to work under deadlines.
• Ability to work independently with business stakeholders and escalate issues timely.
• Good to have: Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI) or CS Professional.
• Exposure to MCA filings on V2/V3 portals, board meetings and statutory registers.
• Familiarity with regulated financial services frameworks (e.g., RBI, KYC, NBFC regulation).
• Exposure to payments, cards, UPI, NPCI circulars, or insurance/regulatory advisory areas.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management or a legal repository system.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and close commercial contracts using standard templates (vendor/service, NDA, SaaS, technology, alliance, DSA, addenda, statements of work).
• Close high-volume, low-complexity documentation with committed turnaround.
• Maintain contract repository, tracker and version control; drive renewals and expiries.
• Track RBI/SEBI/IRDAI/NPCI/IFSCA circulars and prepare impact notes.
• Assist with regulatory filings, audits, and internal compliance trackers.
• Coordinate legal notices and grievances with external counsel; prepare case briefs.
• Support corporate secretarial work: board/committee logistics, notices, minutes, MCA and annual filings.

Skills

Contract drafting

Regulatory knowledge

English writing

Stakeholder management

Company law

Education

LL.B. or LL.M.

Tools

MCA filings portals

Contract lifecycle management

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 escalation 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.