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Role Snapshot

As Legal Counsel II, you will serve as a front-line legal partner to HyperVerge’s identity AI business and the HyperStart CLM platform. The role combines commercial contracting, data-privacy operations, and day-to-day advisory to cross-functional teams including Sales, Strategy, Product, Security, and Finance.

You will help ensure that contracts move efficiently, legal risk is managed pragmatically, and legal processes scale alongside HyperVerge’s 0-1s and the global SaaS business.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Contracting

• Draft, review, negotiate, and close NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms, DPAs, and SLAs with enterprise clients including banks, fintechs, telcos, and internet companies across India, US, ASEAN and MEA.
• Drive contract negotiations through redline matrices, approved playbooks, and fallback positions to enable efficient deal closures.
• Identify commercial, legal, and operational risks and propose practical solutions aligned with business goals.

Data Privacy & Compliance

• Support operational implementation of India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) framework and respond to GDPR/CCPA-related customer diligence requests.
• Maintain vendor risk assessments, incident response templates, and policy acknowledgment workflows.
• Lead compliance projects, create high quality compliance documentation and resilient processes, work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of compliance standards.

Product Counsel

• Partner with product managers and engineering teams to review and counsel on products and product partnerships.
• Work with product teams to translate regulatory frameworks (including DPDP, financial-sector expectations, and cross-border data requirements) into clear product guardrails and design considerations.

Intellectual Property & Open Source

• Maintain trademark logs and filings and monitor brand protection issues.
• Track and review open-source software (OSS) usage and licensing obligations. Escalate emerging AI-related IP or licensing issues for deeper legal review.

Legal Operations & Process

• Triage and manage the legal intake queue and contracting pipeline.
• Track and improve turnaround times (TAT) for legal requests.
• Identify opportunities to automate repeatable workflows within the CLM platform.

What Great Looks Like (Milestones)

Month 1

• Achieve full working familiarity with HyperVerge’s product stack, key enterprise contracts, negotiation playbooks, and regulatory landscape (DPDP, BFSI expectations, cross-border data).
• Independently handle standard contracting workflows (NDAs, low-risk Order Forms, standard DPAs) while aligning with the existing playbooks.
• Map the current contracting lifecycle across Sales, Product, and Legal to identify friction points and immediate efficiency gains. Build strong working relationships with Sales, Product, Security, and Finance stakeholders, becoming a trusted point of contact for day-to-day legal queries.

Month 3

• Independently negotiate and close mid-complexity enterprise SaaS contracts, including MSAs, DPAs, and security/compliance addenda with regulated clients. Improve contracting efficiency by standardizing fallback positions and updating playbooks.
• Operationalize at least one privacy/compliance workflow (e.g., vendor risk review, DPDP response template, or customer diligence pack).

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3–6 years’ experience in TMT, fintech, or general corporate law (law firm or in-house).
• Hands-on experience with commercial SaaS contracting.
• Working familiarity with DPDP, GDPR, or CCPA frameworks.
• Strong understanding of SaaS models, IP, and open-source licensing.
• LL.B. required (LL.M. or privacy certification is a plus).
• Strong drafting ability and calm, solution-oriented negotiation style.

You’ll Thrive Here If You

• Combine technical curiosity with contract rigor.
• Look for ways to automate repetitive work and scale legal processes.
• Escalate edge-case risks early while enabling the business to move quickly.
• Care about clarity, ownership, and measurable impact.