Senior Legal Associate

JUSPAY; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Juspay, a leading fintech payments company, seeks a Senior Legal Associate to manage contracts, data protection, and regulatory compliance across global entities. You will draft and negotiate SaaS and tech agreements, advise on risk, and coordinate governance for subsidiaries in Singapore, Ireland, Brazil, and the US.

You will monitor fintech regulations, conduct privacy assessments, and support cross-functional teams in a fast-scaling environment.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in a reputed law firm or in-house legal team (fintech/tech preferred).
• Sound knowledge of contract law, fintech regulations, and data protection laws.
• Strong drafting, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and thrive in a high growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including SaaS contracts, partnerships and technology service agreements.
• Provide risk-based, business-enabling legal advice to stakeholders.
• Maintain a centralized contract repository and track contract lifecycle and obligations.
• Monitor developments in fintech and payments space and assist with compliance frameworks.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders on audit queries.
• Support legal documentation and compliance for subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions.
• Handle cross-border transactions and documentation.
• Support implementation of data protection policies and privacy risk assessments.

Skills

Contract drafting

Regulatory compliance

Data privacy

Legal research

Cross-functional liaison

Job description

Juspay is a leading multinational payments technology company, powering superior conversion rates, seamless customer experiences, cost optimization, and fraud reduction at scale for 500+ top global enterprises and banks. Founded in 2012, the company processes over 300 million daily transactions, exceeding an annualized total payment volume (TPV) of $1 trillion with 99.999% reliability. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Juspay’s global network of 1200+ payment experts operates across San Francisco, Dublin, São Paulo, and Singapore.

Juspay offers a modular and interoperable product suite for merchants that includes open-source payment orchestration, seamless authentication, payment tokenization, fraud & risk management, global payouts, end-to-end reconciliation, unified payment analytics, and more. For banks, Juspay’s offerings include end-to-end white label payment gateway solutions & real-time payments infrastructure.

Role Overview

As a Senior Legal Associate, you will play a key role in managing and supporting legal operations across Juspay products and its global entities. You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and ensuring data protection compliance. This role offers hands-on exposure to the legal challenges of operating a fast-scaling fintech company across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Commercial Contracts

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including SaaS contracts, partnerships and technology service agreements
• Provide risk-based, business-enabling legal advice to stakeholders
• Maintain a centralized contract repository and track contract lifecycle and obligations

2. Regulatory & Compliance (India + International)

• Monitor developments in the fintech and payments space and assist with compliance frameworks Coordinate with external stakeholders on audit queries.

3. Global Legal & Corporate Governance

• Support legal documentation and compliance for subsidiaries in Singapore, Ireland, Brazil, and the US
• Handle cross-border transactions and documentation

4. Data Protection & Privacy

• Support implementation of data protection policies (GDPR, DPDP Act, CCPA, etc.)
• Conduct privacy risk assessments and support data transfer reviews and agreements
• Ensure privacy-by-design principles are adopted across internal processes

5. Internal Legal Support & Research

• Conduct legal research and prepare guidance notes
• Liaise with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• 2 - 4 years of experience in a reputed law firm or in-house legal team (fintech/tech preferred).
• Sound knowledge of contract law, fintech regulations, and data protection laws.
• Strong drafting, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and thrive in a high growth environment.
• Integrity, ownership mindset, and collaborative approach What You will Gain.
• High impact exposure to multi-jurisdictional legal work.
• Collaboration and learnings from other teams.
• Autonomy, ownership, and opportunities to grow.
• A chance to help shape the legal operations of a leading fintech company.