Sr. Associate – Legal

Centillion Solutions & Services; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Centillion Solutions & Services is seeking a Legal Counsel to partner with business teams, review and negotiate contracts, and manage the company’s legal risk. The role involves handling MSAs, SaaS agreements, and IP rights while coordinating with external counsels and internal departments.

The ideal candidate has 5-7 years of corporate legal experience, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication. The position is based in Bengaluru with on-site work expectations.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years total experience as a Legal Counsel in corporate environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Independent problem solver with strong analytical and logical reasoning.
• Team player with positive attitude and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Understand business legal requirements and provide guidance.
• Review and negotiate contracts in line with company standards.
• Review customer and vendor contracts including MSAs, SaaS, SLAs, licensing agreements.
• Maintain IP portfolio including trademarks and copyrights.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal research

Contract management

Risk assessment

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the business teams to understand the legal requirements of our business.
• Review and negotiate contracts in accordance with the company standards.
• Review of customer contracts which includes MSA, SaaS, Annual Maintenance Services Agreement, Software License Agreement. Review of vendor, staffing, Business Correspondent, Lease and other contracts concerning banking and mortgage industry.
• Maintaining Intellectual Property portfolio—especially trademarks and copyrights.
• Assist with external legal counsels and law firms in the event of any litigations
• Identify and solve areas of legal assistance to ensure seamless roll-out of new offerings.
• Manage contracts and maintain the reports relating to upcoming renewals.
• Maintain the repository of all executed contracts along with the key features of each contract, including all differences from our master contract.
• Make recommendations and support the operations team on legal documentation to reflect business teams taking into consideration for mitigating risks.
• Prepare and maintain monthly reports regarding the legal contracts and share the same with the management.
• Assist in procurement of any corporate certificates as may be needed.
• Assist in drafting any notices and letters for any delayed payments or disciplinary actions.
• Provide legal opinions on queries raised by business teams on an as-needed basis
• Work with various departments (HR, Admin, Finance) and act as advisory body on legal matters.
• Work on procurement of the insurance policies for the company and keep a track of the renewals.
• Work with external counsels for their opinions as needed.
• Research on matters concerning the applicability of the applicable laws to the business and advise the management accordingly.
• Identify any risk that may be prevalent and propose means to rectify it.
• Work closely with the leadership team in identifying components that should potentially be added to the master contract.
• Negotiation of contracts with customers, service providers and vendors. Ensure that the company’s interests are protected when negotiating the contract.
• Uploading contracts, SOW, Work Orders in the inhouse contract management tool and tracking the contract deadlines
• Any other legal duties that may be required to be fulfilled by you as part of your role.

Qualification & Experience

• Eligibility: 5-7 years total experience as a Legal Counsel in corporate
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Driven and motivated. Should be able to independently solve complex problems
• Strong analytical logical reasoning skills
• Good team player, positive attitude and eager to learn
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Data Driven approach
• Time management skills are imperative to success.
• High level of customer service orientation required