Legal Associate

Swaniti Initiative; India; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Swaniti Initiative is hiring a detail-oriented Legal Associate to support its legal, corporate, and compliance functions. The role involves drafting and reviewing legal documents, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining corporate records.

You will provide legal guidance on governance matters and coordinate with internal teams and external counsel. The ideal candidate has 2–3 years of legal/contract experience, a law degree (LL.B.), and exposure to regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

• LL.B. from a recognized university; LL.M. or CS qualification will be an added advantage.
• 2–3 years of experience in legal, commercial contracts, compliance, or company secretarial functions.
• Experience in drafting and reviewing legal agreements and handling corporate legal documentation.
• Exposure to corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and legal advisory.
• Experience in CSO/NGO or development sector organizations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents, including contracts, NDAs, MOUs, service agreements, and partnership agreements.
• Provide governance, compliance, and risk management support.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in corporate transactions, joint ventures, investments, and other matters.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel on legal matters and litigation as needed.
• Maintain legal records, statutory registers, board resolutions, and corporate documentation.
• Conduct legal research and monitor regulatory developments.
• Support company secretarial activities, including board minutes and regulatory filings.
• Liaise with government authorities and regulatory bodies on compliance matters.

Skills

Legal drafting

Research skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Education

LL.B. from a recognized university

LL.M. or CS qualification

Tools

MS Office

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.