Senior Executive - Legal

Role Details

Designation: Senior Executive - Legal

Location: Bengaluru

Experience: 3-4 years of relevant post-qualification experience

Role Overview

The Senior Executive - Legal will support the Exotel Legal team on commercial contracting, technology contracts, product terms and conditions, contract standardization and business advisory.

The role requires a lawyer with broad commercial-contracting experience who can draft and review agreements, identify material risks and work closely with business teams. The successful candidate should be comfortable working in a startup or high-growth environment, managing changing priorities and taking ownership of assigned matters.

Key Responsibilities Commercial and Technology Contracts

• Draft, review and negotiate domestic and international commercial contracts, including master services agreements, SaaS and subscription agreements, service agreements, statements of work, order forms, non-disclosure agreements, addenda, reseller and partnership agreements, and procurement contracts.
• Independently handle standard and repeat transactions and support senior members of the Legal team on complex contracts and negotiations.
• Identify and escalate material legal and commercial risks in accordance with Exotel s contracting standards, playbooks and approved positions.
• Assist in creating, standardizing and periodically revising agreement templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks and contracting guidance.
• Draft and update product and platform documentation, including online and clickwrap terms and conditions.
• Support contract execution, repository maintenance and other contracting workflows.

Business and International Advisory

• Provide clear and practical contractual guidance to business stakeholders under the supervision of senior members of the Legal team, where required.
• Support cross-border contracts and coordinate with local counsel or external advisers where jurisdiction-specific advice is required.
• Conduct legal research and communicate findings in clear and concise language.

Dispute Support

• Assist the Legal team, where required, with document collection, factual review and coordination relating to legal notices, contractual disputes or proceedings.

Candidate Profile Mandatory Requirements

• LL.B. from a recognized university.
• 3-4 years of relevant post-qualification experience, with broad exposure to commercial contracts.
• Prior in-house experience in a startup or other high-growth environment.
• Experience drafting and reviewing commercial agreements, with the ability to independently handle standard contracts.
• Exposure to technology contracts, including SaaS, subscription, software, platform or technology-services agreements.
• Experience assisting with the creation or revision of contract templates, playbooks or online terms and conditions.
• Strong drafting, communication, organizational and legal-research skills.

Preferred Requirements

• LL.M. or another relevant postgraduate legal qualification.
• Experience in a B2B technology, SaaS, telecommunications, CPaaS, CCaaS or services business.
• Exposure to international commercial contracts.
• Buy-side or procurement-contracting experience.
• Exposure to litigation, contractual disputes or external-counsel coordination. This is an added advantage and not a mandatory requirement.

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