Corporate Lawyer

Job Title: Corporate Lawyer Company: Hoora Technologies Location: Nagpur (In-office) Reports to: CEO  Experience: 5+ years in Legal, Compliance, or Grievance Management Employment Type: Full-time (On-Site) Salary : INR 4-8 LPA Job Mission You will be Hoora's internal expert focused on preventive legal action and grievance resolution . Your primary mission is to establish and lead a specialized function dedicated to resolving disputes and consumer grievances before they escalate to formal court litigation . You will also act as a key advisor, ensuring proactive legal compliance across all hiring, business functions and expansion initiatives. Key Responsibilities 1. Grievance Resolution & Mediation Pre-Litigation Resolution: Build and manage the end-to-end grievance resolution mechanism focused on achieving out-of-court settlements and mediation . The key goal is to solve the case inside the room, not in the courts . Team Building: Recruit, train, and lead a dedicated team to efficiently handle and track consumer, partner, and vendor grievances across all service verticals (B2C, D2C, Insurance). Process Ownership: Define clear Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for logging, tracking, investigating, and resolving grievances rapidly and effectively. 2. Legal Prevention & Compliance Criminal Law Focus: Apply expertise in Criminal Law to anticipate, investigate, and proactively resolve complex issues related to partner conduct, operational safety, and consumer complaints that carry high legal risk. Proactive Vetting: Advise on preventive measures in hiring (e.g., background verification protocols, contractual clauses) for field staff, service partners, and vendors to mitigate fraud and misconduct risk. Expansion Advisory: Provide immediate legal consultation on regulatory risks and compliance requirements during the launch of new business verticals and expansion projects . 3. Operational Integration Hyper-local Strategy: Leverage experience or knowledge from large hyper-local or marketplace models (e.g., Zomato, Swiggy, Urban Company, Ola/Uber ) to design scalable grievance systems that match Hoora's speed and operational complexity. Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of all grievance patterns and outcomes, translating recurring issues into actionable policy changes for the leadership team. Ideal Candidate Profile Legal Qualification (Mandatory): Must possess a formal LLM and LLB degree . Specialization (Mandatory): Specialized experience or demonstrated expertise in Criminal Law is essential for managing high-risk operational disputes. Experience: 7+ years of experience in legal practice, compliance, or grievance management, ideally within a high-volume, customer-facing business. Hyper-local Acumen: Experience or clear understanding of the operational risks and grievance patterns typical of hyper-local, logistics, or on-demand service platforms. Resolution Focus: Proven track record in successfully mediating, negotiating, and achieving pre-litigation settlement and resolution of complex disputes. Leadership: Ability to autonomously build and lead a new strategic function within a fast-paced technology company.