The Role
Provide strategic legal advice, ensure US and India legal compliance, manage governance and risk, conduct legal research and due diligence, draft and review commercial and employment agreements, maintain contract records, support ESOP policies, monitor legislative changes, and lead legal team performance.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for a Senior Legal Associate to handle US and India legal processes and add value to and be the legal backbone of our business. You will ensure that the company always operates within the law, offer counsel on legal issues, create an effective guardian of the organization and facilitate business strategies development. The successful candidate will be able to ensure legal compliance and limit risk exposure.
• Provide expert and strategic legal advice to management
• Set internal governance policies and manage the impact of external factors
• Evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of any decision or course of action
• Anticipate issues and estimate risks strategically
• Identify proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks
• Base your decision-making process on ethics and integrity
• Create associations of trust and respect with key stakeholders
• Representation of Corporate Entity on legal formulations of policy planning and enforcement
• Perform legal research, compliance, due diligence related work
• Reviewing, and drafting a variety of agreements - mark up and spotting inconsistencies (MSA, NDA, employment agreements, vendor agreements, etc.)
• Providing information and maintaining contract records and contract repository
• Helping various companies preparing and finalizing their Employee Stock Option Plans Policy (ESOP Policy) and staying updated with the latest amendments
• Attract, develop, direct, motivate and drive performance from team
• Draft agreements that minimize risks and maximize legal rights
• Meet legal objectives
• Deal with complex, significant matters that cut across legal and related areas
• Keep abreast of legislative changes
Requirements
Skill Set -
Minimum of 5 to 13 years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing
Bachelor’s degree in law (BA LL. B/ LL.B.) or J.D. degree from US Master’s in business law is preferable and will be considered an asset to EXC.
Skills Required
- 5 to 13 years of experience at a law firm, as in-house counsel, and/or in legal outsourcing
- Bachelor's degree in law, such as BA LLB or LLB, or a US JD degree
- Master's degree in business law
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The Company
What We Do
ElevenX Capital is a venture studio and venture capital fund that builds companies from the ground up. Founded by Anjli Jain, it combines ideas, capital, and talent to create and scale early-stage software and technology ventures. The firm invests in AI-first businesses spanning education and workforce technology, cybersecurity, healthcare and human performance, and food, nutrition, and genetic technology, while providing operational expertise.
