Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across various regimes, allowing end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.
About the Role:This is a highly strategic Head of Legal role for a fast-growing space, defence, and deep-tech organization operating across multiple geographies. The person will serve as the company's legal leader, responsible for managing global contracts, M&A, international expansion, government affairs, compliance, fundraising documentation, and corporate legal risk.
Ideal Candidate:12+ years of legal experience, with strong in-house experience as GC, Deputy GC, Head of Legal or Senior Legal Counsel.
Background in defence, aerospace, space, technology, hardware or deep-tech preferred.
Proven experience in 2–3+ cross-border M&A transactions and multi-jurisdiction entity management.
Strong experience in defence/government contracts and export controls such as SCOMET, ITAR/EAR or Wassenaar.
Demonstrated direct government/regulator engagement and policy advocacy experience.
Experience building/scaling a legal function and working across multiple jurisdictions.
LLB/LLM from a recognised institution.
Lead commercial, defence and government contracts across India, US, UK, Singapore and Australia, including technology, SaaS, data, procurement, JV and strategic partnership agreements.
Drive M&A, investments and international expansion, including legal DD, SPA/SHA, regulatory approvals, entity structuring and post-merger integration.
Own regulatory compliance and risk across export controls (SCOMET, ITAR/EAR, UK/EU dual-use), data privacy, IP, employment and corporate governance.
Lead government affairs and policy advocacy, with direct engagement with MoD, DoS, IN-SPACe, DGFT and relevant US/UK/EU regulators and industry bodies.
Advise on fundraising, ESOPs, debt/convertibles and strategic investments.
Build and scale a high-performing in-house legal function, processes and governance framework.
Act as a strategic legal partner to the CEO/COO and leadership team, balancing legal risk with commercial objectives.
Special Note: Regular travel to Delhi for policy and government engagement, with periodic travel to the US and UK for market entry, regulatory matters and advocacy. Willingness to travel is an essential requirement of the role.
Skills Required
- 12+ years of legal experience
- Strong in-house experience as General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Head of Legal, or Senior Legal Counsel
- Background in defense, aerospace, space, technology, hardware, or deep-tech
- Proven experience in 2-3 or more cross-border M&A transactions
- Experience with multi-jurisdiction entity management
- Strong experience in defense and government contracts
- Experience with export controls including SCOMET, ITAR/EAR, or Wassenaar
- Direct government or regulator engagement experience
- Policy advocacy experience
- Experience building and scaling a legal function
- Experience working across multiple jurisdictions
- LLB or LLM from a recognized institution
- Willingness to travel regularly to Delhi and periodically to the US and UK
- Availability to work from the office five days per week in Hebbal, Bangalore
What We Do
Digantara is an Indian company specializing in space situational awareness, intelligence, and surveillance. It develops infrastructure and data solutions for monitoring objects and traffic in Earth orbit, and is expanding its capabilities into missile defense.
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