Senior Legal Associate

Execo; Dadri; Presencial; INR 1.500.000 - 3.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Execo is seeking a skilled contract attorney to independently handle medium- to high-complexity contracting work for US, UK, and global clients. Build expertise in legal tech, test AI tools, and help clients embrace new ways of working.

The role involves drafting and negotiating diverse contracts, leading small teams if needed, and maintaining templates and playbooks. Strong English, attention to detail, and cross-time-zone collaboration are essential.

Formación

• LLB/LLM from a recognised university, enrolment with Bar Council of India preferred.
• 5+ years in commercial/contract law with a law firm, in-house team, ALSP/LPO, or Big Four.
• Ability to independently draft, review and negotiate medium- to high-complexity contracts.
• Experience supporting US/UK/global clients and working across time zones.
• Experience mentoring juniors or leading a small team.

Responsabilidades

• Draft, review and negotiate MSAs, SOWs, licensing, SaaS, vendor and data-processing contracts.
• Identify non-standard terms, apply playbooks, and escalate high-risk issues with recommendations.
• Act as second-level reviewer to ensure SLAs and accuracy targets.
• Lead and participate in client calls with US/UK teams and counterparties.
• Maintain playbooks, templates, and clause libraries; update based on trends.

Conocimientos

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Team leadership

Mentoring juniors

English communication

Educación

LLB/LLM

Herramientas

Icertis

Ironclad

Agiloft

DocuSign CLM

Leah

Luminance

Microsoft Copilot

Descripción del empleo

Execo helps the world’s leading companies solve complex problems in areas like legal, go-to-market, and data annotation by combining world-class talent with the power of AI. Our teams work across seven countries to bring real innovation to life, turning the promise of AI into practical, high-impact solutions for clients every day.

At Execo, you’ll join a global community built on curiosity, ownership, and growth. We are a team that moves fast, learns continuously, and celebrates our progress together.

Join us to build what’s next in the AI-powered world of work and grow your career while helping businesses everywhere work smarter.

Job Description

About the role

You will independently handle medium- to high-complexity contracting work for US, UK and global clients.

You will also be a domain expert in legal tech and AI work: building playbooks, testing AI tools and helping clients adopt new ways of working.

Key responsibilities

• Contracting: independently draft, review and negotiate medium- to high-complexity agreements, such as MSAs, SOWs, licensing, SaaS, vendor, data-processing and industry-specific contracts.
  
• Risk and escalation: spot non-standard terms, apply client playbooks and fallbacks, and escalate high-risk issues to the Manager with a clear recommendation.
  
• Quality: act as second-level reviewer for associates’ work and meet SLAs, turnaround and accuracy targets.
  
• Join and lead working-level calls with client legal and business teams and with counterparties in the US, UK and other regions.
  
• Help maintain playbooks, templates and clause libraries, and suggest updates based on negotiation trends.
  

Team leadership

• If required, lead a team of 1-3 Legal Associates: allocate work, review output, give feedback and run training.
  
• Support the Manager with reporting, capacity planning and onboarding of new clients or workstreams.
  

Legal tech and AI

• Support legal tech and AI implementations as a domain expert: translate playbooks into AI rules, test and validate AI output, and take part in UAT.
  
• Use CLM and AI tools in daily delivery and recommend ways to automate repetitive work.
  
• Help explain tools and new processes to client users and the internal team.
  

Requirements

• LLB / LLM from a recognised university; enrolment with the Bar Council of India preferred.
  
• 5+ years in commercial / contract law with a law firm, in-house legal team, ALSP / LPO, or Big Four legal practice.
  
• Ability to independently draft, review and negotiate medium- to high-complexity contracts with limited supervision.
  
• Experience supporting US, UK or global clients and working across time zones.
  
• Experience reviewing others’ work, mentoring juniors or leading a small team.
  
• Working knowledge of CLM or AI contract review tools, and interest in legal tech and AI implementation.
  
• Excellent written and spoken English and attention to detail.
  

Preferred skills and tools

• CLM and AI tools: Icertis, Ironclad, Agiloft, DocuSign CLM, Leah, Luminance, Microsoft Copilot.
  
• Experience in contract abstraction, obligation management or contract migration projects.
  
• Prompt-writing or playbook-building experience for GenAI tools.