About the Role
We're hiring a Legal Counsel to join our in-house legal team, handling commercial contracts, IP, regulatory compliance, and corporate/secretarial matters for a fast-growing consumer tech platform.
Responsibilities
Corporate & Secretarial (CS) Compliance
- Manage company secretarial compliance including ROC filings, board and shareholder resolutions, statutory registers, and annual compliance under the Companies Act, 2013
- Support incorporation, corporate restructuring, ESOP administration, and shareholder agreements
- Liaise with the company secretary and external counsel on governance and secretarial matters
Regulatory & Policy Compliance
- Advise on compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, IT Rules, and other applicable tech/platform regulations
- Draft responses to regulatory and grievance notices, and prepare periodic compliance/transparency reports
- Draft and update platform policies and user-facing legal documentation
- Create and implement ad publishing guidelines for new digital products, while partnering with marketing teams to review campaigns and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
Contract Drafting & Management
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including MSAs, data processing agreements, licensing and revenue-share agreements, NDAs, vendor and advertising agreements, and IP-centric contracts
- Build and maintain contract templates and manage contract workflows (e.g., SpotDraft or similar CLM tools)
Intellectual Property
- Manage trademark and copyright filings, oppositions, and infringement/takedown notices
- Support IP compliance review for marketing and product content
Litigation & Risk
- Coordinate with external counsel on litigation matters and prepare case summaries
- Conduct legal risk assessments for new products and features
Requirements
- LLB/LLM with 3–6 years of post-qualification experience, including in-house counsel experience at a tech platform company
- Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013 and corporate/secretarial compliance
- Hands-on experience with commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Familiarity with data protection and IT regulatory frameworks (DPDP Act, IT Rules)
- Strong drafting, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Skills Required
- LLB or LLM degree with 3-6 years post-qualification experience
- In-house counsel experience at a tech platform company
- Strong working knowledge of the Companies Act, 2013 and corporate/secretarial compliance
- Hands-on experience with commercial contract drafting and negotiation (MSAs, DPAs, licensing, NDAs, vendor/advertising agreements)
- Familiarity with data protection and IT regulatory frameworks (Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, IT Rules)
- Experience managing contract workflows using SpotDraft or similar CLM tools
- Experience with trademark and copyright filings, oppositions, and takedown/infringement processes
- Strong drafting, communication, and stakeholder management skills
What We Do
Founded in 2018, Lokal is on a mission to strengthen hyperlocal communities by enabling its mostly non-English users to share, interact and transact in their regional language. Lokal users gain access to hyperlocal information such as daily commodity prices, local jobs, real estate, matrimonial, local business advertorials and classifieds which would otherwise be scattered across local newspapers. The app is available in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi, and has 10 million downloads with a presence in 100+ districts across South India. Having achieved unmatched user density in deep tier 2 & 3 locations in India, Lokal has been supported by marquee investors, namely 3one4 Capital, India Quotient, Y Combinator. To know more do click: https://getlokalapp.com/
