Treelife - Senior Legal Associate - LLB/LLM (7-10 yrs)

About the job

Position to be hired for Senior Associate: Contracts

Department: Legal

Location: BKC

Whom are we looking for?

We are looking for a lawyer with 6-10 years of experience in PQE, working in-house in a corporate or startup looking to build contract lifecycles for our clients.

The candidate will be given exposure to GDPR implementation, global contracts (APAC/MENA/LATAM), and contract lifecycle implementation.

Job Responsibilities:

- Knowledge interest and sufficient experience in broad areas of PE/VC, corporate and transactional matters to be able to handle funding-related work, disclosure and reporting, corporate governance and investments, provide advice on diverse complex structures based on varied business models with multiple marquee startup founders and investors;

- Manage the legal team and execute numerous projects simultaneously;

- Lead Investment transactions for Startups and Investors in the ecosystem, from drafting, and vetting to negotiating transaction documents and other related matters;

- Manage compliance & legal functions while working directly with the Founders;

- Advice on a broad variety of matters from complex matters to routine standard matters: PE/VC, Company Law, Data Protection, Commercial Contracts, Foreign Investments, Acquisitions, and Investment Exits.

Key Requirement:

- LLB/LLM from a reputed institute.

- Minimum 7 years of experience after qualification (preferably in-house corporate counsel exposure)

- Organizational skills and flexibility to complete critical tasks on time.

- A Self Starter with the ability to work with minimum supervision in a team environment.

- Must have excellent negotiation and communication skills (written and oral).

Additional Perks:

- Direct interactions with multiple marquee startup founders and investors

- Exposure to cross-functional training including taxation, compliance, and finance.

- Great opportunity to grow with the organization - hockey stick growth