Legal Counsel

Lokal App · Bengaluru, India

About the Role

 We're hiring a Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team, handling commercial contracts, IP, regulatory compliance, and corporate/secretarial matters for a fast-growing consumer tech platform.

Responsibilities

Corporate & Secretarial (CS) Compliance

• Manage company secretarial compliance including ROC filings, board and shareholder resolutions, statutory registers, and annual compliance under the Companies Act, 2013
• Support incorporation, corporate restructuring, ESOP administration, and shareholder agreements
• Liaise with the company secretary and external counsel on governance and secretarial matters

Regulatory & Policy Compliance

• Advise on compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, IT Rules, and other applicable tech/platform regulations
• Draft responses to regulatory and grievance notices, and prepare periodic compliance/transparency reports
• Draft and update platform policies and user-facing legal documentation
• Create and implement ad publishing guidelines for new digital products, while partnering with marketing teams to review campaigns and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements. 

Contract Drafting & Management

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including MSAs, data processing agreements, licensing and revenue-share agreements, NDAs, vendor and advertising agreements, and IP-centric contracts
• Build and maintain contract templates and manage contract workflows (e.g., SpotDraft or similar CLM tools)

Intellectual Property

• Manage trademark and copyright filings, oppositions, and infringement/takedown notices
• Support IP compliance review for marketing and product content

Litigation & Risk

• Coordinate with external counsel on litigation matters and prepare case summaries
• Conduct legal risk assessments for new products and features

Requirements

• LLB/LLM with 6+ years of post-qualification experience, including in-house counsel experience at a tech platform company
• Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013 and corporate/secretarial compliance
• Hands-on experience with commercial contract drafting and negotiation
• Familiarity with data protection and IT regulatory frameworks (DPDP Act, IT Rules)
• Strong drafting, communication, and stakeholder management skills