Legal Counsel – Commercial and Operations with Accolite

Deadline Open Deadline

Location 2nd Floor, Umiya Business Bay Tower-1. Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli, Sarjapur Marathalli Outer Ring Road... Bangalore, Karnataka 560103, IN

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

Details of the Organization

Bounteous x Accolite is an end-to-end digital transformation services consultancy that partners with leading brands around the globe to co-innovate and drive exceptional client outcomes.They build digital solutions for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities through transformative products and experiences.

Details of the Job/Internship

Accolite is hiring a Legal Counsel – Commercial and Operations for their Bengaluru office. Candidates must have 10+ years of experience.

Role and Responsibilities

Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements and amendments, including master services, licensing, professional services, marketing, partnership and vendor agreements.
Support the Deputy General Counsel in critical initiatives to evolve and improve legal processes and procedures.
Identify legal and regulatory issues in service or product offering initiatives and customer agreements, including awareness of privacy and data security issues, and working cross-functionally with the appropriate teams to create solutions and minimize risk.
Engage strategically in risk assessment/mitigation and developing innovative approaches to legal issues in support of business objectives.
Provide practical and creative legal advice on a broad range of topics in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
Work closely with the teams charged with generating business and proactively establishing relationships across the legal team and with other departmental leads and key contributors; and
Assisting with corporate, M&A, and other legal matters as requested.
Lead and manage legal due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic corporate transactions.
Provide legal support throughout the M&A process, including drafting and negotiating transaction documents, managing external legal counsel, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Ensure the company’s adherence to regulatory requirements, including those related to environmental, health, and safety, anti-bribery and corruption, and data protection laws.
Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks associated with the company’s operations and strategic initiatives.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to manage legal risks effectively.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, external counsel, and industry associations.
Represent the company in negotiations and at industry forums as required.

Eligibility

10+ years of legal experience, preferably with experience being part of an in-house legal department and working remotely with distributed teams.
Strong academic credentials.
Experience in developing and implementing process improvement initiatives.
Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including complex master services agreements, statements of work and certain licensing agreements (data licensing, SaaS agreements, etc.), as well as data transfer agreements.
Business judgment and ability to assess legal risk while providing practical advice.
Highly detail-oriented, reliable, responsive and organized self-starter with the ability to thrive and perform at a high level in a remote environment with minimal oversight.
Ability to act as a legal advisor and partner, providing insight and advice in conversations with the sales and business development teams.
A team-player mindset with the ability to work collaboratively across various functions and with colleagues at all levels.
Proven resourcefulness with solid problem-solving and communication skills and demonstrated ability to learn quickly and dive into a wide variety of challenging tasks.
Growth mindset with a strong desire to grow professionally, upskill, learn about new products, technologies and processes, and remain agile and adaptable,and
Enthusiastic team member who enjoys taking ownership of projects, building relationships cross-functionally and working on cutting-edge legal issues.