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Senior Lawyer

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Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Lawyer to join our team full-time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Lawyer to support our growing IT professional services business. 

You will provide generalist legal support for Ciklum Group across its business jurisdictions. You will also bring local legal expertise to support and complement our India-based business.  

You will be part of the Legal Team and support both legal and business teams on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities

  • Provide first-line legal advice and support to the management and shareholders of a fast-growing company. Work directly with other business teams, including sales, finance, HR, admin and procurement
  • Ensure corporate and regulatory compliance, advise of, and implement corporate governance and applicable regulatory framework, reporting and filings
  • Review and draft commercial agreements, including for digital projects, development and licensing of SW solutions and products; support commercial negotiations, ensuring consistency with commercial policies and standard T&Cs
  • Lead legal aspects of corporate and personal data processing matters of the India office 
  • Advise on employment and contractor engagement matters in the company’s jurisdictions, including contracting 
  • Protect the company’s business interests in various jurisdictions, including solid advice and efficient management of complaints and disputes resolution
  • Monitor legal risks and developments which may affect the company or its shareholders, advise of potential impacts, implement mitigations, and minimise future risk
  • Ensure responsiveness and alignment with line manager, legal and business teams 
  • Provide regular updates/reports about legal developments, the status/progress of contractual and other projects
  • Design and implement internal policies and procedures, and establish sufficient internal controls, build and maintain repositories of corporate and contractual documents in internal systems/files in cooperation with other business teams 

Requirements

  • Law degree from a reputable university, plus at least 4 years of post-qualification  experience at a multi-national digital and information technology business
  • Admitted to practice law in India (legal degree and experience in the US or UK is a plus)
  • Strong knowledge of legal technology solutions and best practices, including best practices in the field of legal operations globally
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of the organization
  • Excellent English language communication and legal writing skills
  • Strong technology and contractual experience
  • Makes decisions in ambiguous situations using incomplete information or differing opinions
  • Able to adapt and work flexibly in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

What's in it for you

  • Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, as well as financial and legal consultation
  • Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy licence, language courses and company-paid certifications
  • Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
  • Flexibility: hybrid work mode at Chennai or Pune 
  • Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Resourcing Team helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfil your potential
  • Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
  • Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

India is a strategic growth market for Ciklum.

Be a part of a big story created right now. Let’s grow our delivery center in India together! Boost your skills and knowledge: create and innovate with like-minded professionals — all of that within a global company with a local spirit and start-up soul. 

Supported by Recognize Partners and expanding globally, we will engineer the experiences of tomorrow! 

Be bold, not bored!

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

Interested already?

We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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