Associate Legal Counsel

This role is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements while ensuring regulatory compliance, including in the areas of data privacy and cybersecurity. The successful candidate will collaborate with business stakeholders, finance, and procurement teams to identify and mitigate risk and ensure contractual obligations align with organizational objectives and legal standards. The role also requires familiarity with Indian laws and includes supporting the broader legal team with compliance-related activities, general corporate work and other initiatives.

• →End-to-End Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including vendor and procurement contracts, customer and client agreements, and partnership arrangements. Ensure contract terms align with company policies, risk tolerance, and business objectives.
• →Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Support compliance with contract terms, applicable laws, and regulations across multiple jurisdictions (India, US, UK and Canada). Assist in identifying potential legal risks and contribute to the development of mitigation strategies.
• →General Corporate Work: General Corporate Work: Assist with day-to-day corporate legal matters, including supporting entity management activities, assisting in, corporate governance documentation, and internal policy reviews. Provide basic legal support for routine corporate transactions and respond to internal queries on standard corporate matter.
• →Lifecycle & Database Oversight: Maintain an organized and accurate contract management database. Oversee timely renewals, amendments, and terminations, and track performance metrics to report on contract effectiveness.
• →Legal Guidance & Process Improvement: Provide guidance on general corporate matters. Contribute to the optimization of legal processes by utilizing contract management software and other technology tools.
• →Cross-Functional Collaboration:  Partner with finance, procurement, and operations teams to facilitate contract execution. Support senior legal team members in managing external legal counsel and vendor relationships to ensure cost-effective, high-quality results.

• Required: With 4+ years of experience in a multinational legal setting. Expert in contract management and corporate general matters, dedicated to providing scalable legal solutions that support international business objectives.
• Preferred: Experience in working on compliance activities with respect to Indian law including but not limited to labour and employment laws, privacy laws and general corporate laws. 
• Required: B.A.,LLB from a recognized university. Preferred: B.A.,LLB. and LL.M from a recognized university.

• Software & Tech Expertise: Strong understanding of software and technology contracting and procurement strategies.
• Negotiation Skills: ability to manage multiple negotiations simultaneously.
• Analytical Thinking: Exceptional problem-solving skills with an ability to provide clear, commercial solutions to complex legal issues.
• Technical Proficiency: Highly proficient in contract management software (CLM) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Policy Development: Ability to assist in developing and implementing internal policies, guidelines, and commercial templates.

DISCO provides a cloud-native, artificial intelligence-powered legal solution that simplifies ediscovery, legal document review and case management for enterprises, law firms, legal services providers and governments. Our scalable, integrated solution enables legal departments to easily collect, process and review enterprise data that is relevant or potentially relevant to legal matters. 

At DISCO, we believe AI is a core enabler of how work gets done. All employees are expected to proactively adopt and responsibly use AI tools to drive efficiency, improve outcomes, and continuously evolve how they operate in their role.

Are you ready to help us fulfill our mission to use technology to strengthen the rule of law? Join us! 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.