Legal Counsel

**About Us**

The Legal Department at OSTTRA is hiring a commercial lawyer to work in our Gurugram (Gurgaon) office. We are a small but robust team, and the position will report directly to the General Counsel of EMEA and APAC. We are a highly trusted and dynamic team that works in close partnership with the business to help drive maximum results.

**About The Role**
This in-house legal counsel position is based in our Gurugram (Gurgaon) Office in India. Primary responsibilities will be to work on a broad range of corporate, corporate secretary, procurement, commercial, regulatory, privacy and transactional legal matters in all areas of OSTTRA’s business. Lawyer will work closely with colleagues in the legal, business, front office and core infrastructure and support functions and report to the Co-Head of Legal, EMEA and APAC.

**Principal Responsibilities & Accountabilities**
- Liaise among business and various support and control divisions of OSTTRA, including IT, Tax, Compliance, Finance, Risk and Operations in India
- Manage, draft and negotiate various commercial contracts, including procurement and support, real estate, software licenses, services, maintenance, web-based services, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other commercial agreements from India and at global level
- Support the OSTTRA India board - including guiding directors and liaising with external counsel and OSTTRA's parent teams supporting the company secretary division in India
- Support sales and other business teams including shared services groups based in different regions, globally and provide them with innovative business solutions.
- Developing knowledge of multiple areas of the law, including intellectual property, and privacy, to counsel internal clients on business and legal risks arising at all stages of the customer relationship.
- Analyzing, evaluating, and providing input to product and client initiatives with a view to identifying and highlighting possible business and legal risks to management.
- Assist with various projects for OSTTRA's post-trade services, including client onboarding, commercial and jurisdictional issues, responding to regulatory requests and keeping abreast of post-trade regulatory developments in India
- Engage and manage outside counsel in India
- Act as key member of team of commercial/corporate lawyers based in London, also with legal colleagues in the US, Singapore and Israel.

**About You**
- Strong academic background / legal degree preferred or conversion
- Qualified lawyer
- 4 to 8 years experience of in-house and/or large law firm experience in a transactional practice
- Must have an excellent command of the English language (both written and spoken)
- Excellent drafting and negotiating skills
- Legal experience in negotiating and drafting commercial and other business to business technology and information related contracts - nice to have
- Experienced in procurement and commercial matters - nice to have
- Knowledge of data and software licensing, intellectual property, and commercial contract law required - preferred
- Knowledge of Indian law, and knowledge of the laws England and of the State of NY is also great
- Experience with technology, or financial services companies - nice to have
- Proven ability to manage a variety of commercial transactions and special projects simultaneously
- Ability to anticipate and respond to problems
- Investigative, analytical and strategic skills
- Proactive, enthusiastic, self-motivated team player. Strong organizational skills

**What we offer**
- Opportunity to work with world experts in the field
- Participation in conferences and training
- Attractive benefits package (private health care, life insurance)
- Three days for charity/volunteering
- Remote recruitment and onboarding process**Equal Opportunity Employer**: