Legal Counsel

12 hours ago

Gurugram Haryana India, IN TheHireHub.Ai Full time

Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel (AI/SaaS Startup) – Individual Contributor


Location: Gurgaon

Experience: 8–10+ years

Employment Type: Full-time


About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced and self-driven Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel who can independently handle all legal, regulatory, and compliance matters for our fast-scaling AI/SaaS startup.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in startup legal frameworks, technology contracts, funding processes, IP protection, and regulatory compliance, with the ability to later build and lead a legal team.


Key Responsibilities

1. Legal & Compliance Ownership

  • Lead all legal and compliance processes end-to-end for the organization.
  • Ensure full compliance with Indian laws relevant to tech startups including:
  • Company Law
  • Labor laws
  • Data privacy & data protection (DPDP Act, GDPR familiarity preferred)
  • IT Act / digital regulations
  • Contract Act & commercial regulations
  • DPIIT startup compliances

2. Contracts & Agreements

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements such as:
  • SaaS agreements
  • MSAs, NDAs, licensing contracts
  • Vendor & partner contracts
  • Employment and consultant agreements
  • Customer and enterprise-level contracts
  • Ensure all contracts protect the company’s interests and minimize risk.

3. Funding & Corporate Governance

  • Manage legal aspects of fundraising rounds (Seed to Series stages):
  • Term Sheets
  • SHA, SSA, Cap Table alignment
  • Due diligence responses
  • Investor compliance
  • Handle Board resolutions, ROC filings, statutory registers, and governance documents.

4. IP & Innovation Protection

  • Ensure protection of proprietary technology, AI assets, algorithms, and brand IP.
  • Manage trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent-related matters where required.
  • Advise product and tech teams on compliance-sensitive feature development.

5. Risk, Policy & Regulatory Alignment

  • Build internal policies related to data protection, AI governance, cybersecurity, usage of LLMs, etc.
  • Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks proactively.
  • Stay updated with global AI regulations and technology-specific legal developments.

6. Future Leadership

  • Initially operate as an individual contributor.
  • As the company scales, take ownership of building and leading the legal function.


Required Experience & Qualifications

  • 8–10+ years of legal experience, ideally with exposure to AI, SaaS, or technology startups.
  • Strong background in contracts, compliance, corporate law, and startup legal frameworks.
  • Proven experience handling funding rounds and investor-driven legal processes.
  • Experience with IP protection and regulatory compliance for tech products.
  • Excellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently, act as an advisor to founders, and handle fast-paced environments.


Preferred Attributes

  • Startup-first mindset; thrives in ambiguity.
  • Proactive, solution-oriented, and detail-driven.
  • Ability to act as the sole legal advisor and scale into a leadership role.
  • Familiarity with global AI governance and cross-border SaaS compliance regulations.


Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to shape the entire legal and compliance function of a fast-growing AI startup.
  • Work directly with founders and leadership on strategic decisions.
  • High ownership, autonomy, and future team leadership opportunity.

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