Legal Associate

Zoho; Delhi; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Swaniti Initiative is seeking a detail-oriented Legal Associate to support its legal, corporate, and compliance functions. The role involves drafting and reviewing contracts, ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining corporate records, and advising on governance matters.

The ideal candidate has 2–3 years of experience in corporate law, strong drafting and research skills, and the ability to manage multiple assignments with tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• LL.B. from a recognized university is required.
• LL.M. or CS qualification will be an added advantage.
• 2–3 years of experience in corporate legal, commercial contracts, compliance, or company secretarial functions.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents including contracts, NDAs, MOUs, service agreements, and partnership agreements.
• Provide governance, compliance, and risk-management support.
• Maintain corporate records, statutory registers, board resolutions, and shareholder agreements.
• Assist in regulatory filings and liaise with regulators and external counsel.

Skills

Legal drafting

Research

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Time management

Education

LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) from a recognized university

LL.M. or Company Secretary (CS) qualification

Tools

MS Office

Legal documentation software

Job description

Swaniti Initiative is asocial enterprise that is working at the intersection of climate, governanceand last mile delivery. We believe that while the willingness and resourcesexist, there are fundamental gaps in the execution within communities that isthe biggest crisis in the climate movement. Accordingly, Swaniti works withsubnational governments to conduct microplanning exercises with consultationswith community and key stakeholders to understand the pathways forward, providetechnical assistance to subnational governments to provide support in programimplementation and support in monitoring and delivery of programs.

Swaniti has been workingacross multiple geographies in the global south to unlock capital. Our threecore metrics include unlocking public capital, ensuring last mile communitiesare directly benefitted and creating systemic changes in the public servicesystems. While we are continuing to focus on impact, it is critical to have alead who has a deep understanding about monitoring, evaluation and learning.Our intention is to create an institutional capability to measure and documentthe scale of our impact and look at how learning can be replicated across theinstitution.

Job Description

We are looking for adetail-oriented and proactive Legal Associate to support theorganization's legal, corporate, and compliance functions. The ideal candidatewill assist in drafting and reviewing legal documents, ensuring regulatorycompliance, managing corporate records, and providing legal support on businessand governance matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate legaldocuments, including contracts, NDAs, MOUs, service agreements, andpartnership agreements.
• Provide legal support on corporategovernance, compliance, and risk management matters.
• Ensure compliance with applicablelaws and statutory requirements, including company law, labour laws,corporate governance, and other regulatory frameworks.
• Assist in corporate transactions,joint ventures, investments, and other commercial legal matters.
• Coordinate with internal teams andexternal legal counsel on legal matters and litigation, where required.
• Maintain legal records, statutoryregisters, board resolutions, shareholder agreements, and other corporatedocumentation.
• Conduct legal research and monitorregulatory developments affecting the organization.
• Support company secretarialactivities, including board meeting documentation, minutes, statutoryfilings, and regulatory submissions.
• Liaise with government authorities,regulatory bodies, and external stakeholders for legal and statutorycompliance matters.
  

Requirements

Education

• LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) from arecognized university. LL.M. or Company Secretary (CS) qualification willbe an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum 2–3 years of experience incorporate legal, commercial contracts, compliance, or company secretarialfunctions.
• Prior experience working with a CSO,NGO, or development sector organization will be an added advantage.
• Experience in drafting and reviewinglegal agreements and handling corporate legal documentation.
• Exposure to corporate governance,regulatory compliance, and legal advisory will be preferred.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of corporate,commercial, and contract laws.
• Excellent legal drafting, research, andanalytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail andproblem-solving abilities.
• Good communication and stakeholdermanagement skills.
• Ability to manage multipleassignments while meeting deadlines.
• Proficiency in MS Office and legaldocumentation.

Please Note- In case youdo not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application to beunsuccessful and your application has been retained in our database for futureopportunities.