Corporate Legal Counsel with sugar.fit

Deadline Open Deadline

Location 17/N, 18th Cross Rd, Sector 3, HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102, IN.

Salary Compensation details will be finalized during the interview process with the selected candidate.

Details of the Organization

Diabetes treatment shouldn't have to be restrictive or stressful. They created sugar.fit to help you reverse diabetes and sustainably.

Details of the Job/Internship

They are looking for an experienced Corporate Legal Counsel to oversee and manage the entire legal spectrum for Sugar.fit, focusing on business-centric legal solutions. The ideal candidate will provide strategic legal guidance, ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and support business functions with risk-mitigated decision-making. This role is crucial in handling fundraising, contracts, regulatory compliance, intellectual property matters, corporate governance, and strategic partnerships.

Role and Responsibilities

Legal Strategy and Risk Management: Provide legal guidance to leadership, ensuring risk-mitigated decision-making across all business verticals.
Revenue and Expansion Support: Facilitate business growth by structuring and negotiating legal frameworks for vendor relationships, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, clinic operations, technology integrations, and strategic partnerships, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.
Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee end-to-end contract management, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements across marketing, operations, product, clinical, real estate, and strategic partnerships, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Regulatory and Compliance Management: Ensure adherence to healthcare, foreign exchange regulations (FEMA), data privacy, consumer protection laws, FSSAI regulations, and industry standards.
Telemedicine and Digital Health Compliance: Advise on regulatory frameworks governing telemedicine and digital health services, ensuring compliance with CDSCO, state authorities, and other medical device/clinical guidelines. Structure contractual obligations in agreements, mitigate legal risks in clinical consultations, and engage with regulatory bodies to facilitate necessary approvals and licenses.
Fundraising and Investments: Support capital-raising efforts, investor relations, and corporate structuring.
Corporate Governance and Board Affairs: Oversee corporate secretarial matters, facilitate board and investor meetings, and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.
Dispute Resolution: Manage litigation, regulatory disputes, consumer complaints, ASCI matters, FSSAI notices, and enforcement actions.
Intellectual Property Protection: Strengthen the IPR portfolio by securing core brand and product line trademarks.
Legal MIS: Develop and maintain a legal MIS, providing actionable insights on contract status, compliance metrics, litigation updates, and key legal risks.

Eligibility

Education: LL.B from a recognized law school; LL.M is a plus.
Experience and Expertise: 4–7 years in corporate law, preferably in a high-growth startup, health tech, or a top-tier law firm handling corporate, commercial, or regulatory matters. Strong knowledge of commercial laws, corporate governance, data privacy (IT Act), FEMA, and healthcare and consumer protection regulations relevant to health-tech and consumer businesses.
Proactive and Business-Oriented: Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive legal strategies that align with business goals.