About the Team:

AlphaSense has a great opportunity for a Managing Counsel, APAC based in India to join our growing legal team. Legal is a critical function in supporting the company’s fast-paced environment and acts as a true business partner to all of our leaders across the organization. We work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams to provide solutions to enable and empower the company to achieve substantial growth targets while managing risk and protecting our business.

About the Role: 

This role can either be based in our Delhi, Bangalore, Pune offices or remotely in India. The Managing Counsel, APAC will be responsible for a wide range of legal matters with a focus on corporate governance and commercial matters. Familiarity or experience as a generalist dealing with labor and employment laws, dispute resolution, entity level-compliance(s), and other corporate governance legal matters a plus. The Managing Counsel, APAC will report to AlphaSense’s SVP of Legal based out of the United States but will partner with all levels and functions of the business, including Sales, People, Security, Procurement, and others, to help AlphaSense achieve its high-growth goals. This role is essential to our growth and will have an immediate impact in our dynamic, fast-paced culture.

Who You Are:

• Fully qualified lawyer and admitted to practice law in India;
• Minimum of 6+ years’ experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial customer and vendor agreements and advising on corporate governance related matters for our Indian entities either in-house or with a nationally recognized law firm (or a combination of the two);
• Ability to review and negotiate wide range of commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs; etc.;
• Experience with providing day-to-day legal support to cross-functional stakeholders, including Sales, Procurement, Finance, HR, and leadership teams;
• Strong knowledge of Indian employment and labour laws, including advising stakeholders on labour code compliance, workforce related matters, disciplinary actions, and HR policies;
• Ability to deliver practical, risk-based legal advice on general corporate, regulatory, compliance and operational matters while balancing business objectives and legal risk;
• Experience managing, developing and coaching team members;
• Superior business acumen with an unrivaled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk;
• Experience advising international teams and managing cross-border legal and commercial matters.
• Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humor; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner;
• Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds; and
• Experience with training, contract management systems, and data privacy a plus.

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare agendas, notices, and minutes for board meetings, committees, and annual general meetings (AGM) and execute on any follow-up actions;
• Draft, review and negotiate broad range of commercial contracts and provide general transactional support across the organization with a heavy emphasis on sales and procurement;
• Assist with the development of any local policies and procedures;
• Remain informed of the shifting legal landscape relating to applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact commercial agreements, corporate governance, employment, and other areas;
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to stakeholders across sales, procurement, finance, HR, product, and leadership teams on day-to-day operational and strategic matters;
• Advise on employment and labor law matters, including compliance with applicable labor codes, employee relations issues, and policy implementation;
• Help create and enhance playbooks to establish company parameters to scale the legal function as the company grows;
• Support and mentor junior legal team members and contribute to the development of scalable legal processes and best practices;
• Work effectively in a dynamic environment across different functional groups and time zones;
• Provide legal and strategic business advice to ensure agreements are consistent with playbooks, internal policies, and processes; and
• Support the AlphaSense legal team on all other legal matters as needed.