Senior Legal Counsel

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• We are looking for an independent, commercially-minded lawyer, based in India, to own BlueOptima’s legal function on a full-time basis. The role principally supports the contracting that underpins our enterprise SaaS business and owns, maintains and improves the legal framework that supports a fast-moving, multi-jurisdiction group.
• Commercial deals are sold through our UK and US entities, and BlueOptima contracts on its own standard paper governed by England & Wales, New York or Swiss law. You will negotiate directly with counterparties — including some of the world’s largest enterprises — so the ability to lead difficult, high-value negotiations to a clean close with limited supervision is central to the role.
• In addition to the group commercial work, you will be the legal point of contact for the India entity, covering Indian employment law and local statutory compliance. The role reports to the UK-based Head of Finance and requires working hours with meaningful overlap with the UK and US business day.
• Duties and Responsibilities
• Enterprise contract negotiation. Lead negotiations directly with large enterprise counterparties — from engagement through redlining to close — explaining standard terms and holding the company’s fall-back positions on complex, high-value deals.
• Commercial contracting. Draft, review and negotiate MSAs, order forms, SOWs, NDAs and DPAs across England & Wales, New York and Swiss-governed paper, supporting deals sold through the UK and US entities.
• India entity legal & compliance. Act as legal point of contact for the India entity — employment-law matters, local statutory and regulatory compliance, and entity-level legal support.
• Legal framework and playbooks. Own, maintain and optimise standard templates, fall-back positions, contract policies and the contract-management system; drive continuous improvement.
• Vendor and procurement contracts. Review and negotiate inbound supplier, SaaS, professional-services and confidentiality agreements.
• Data privacy and InfoSec. Handle data-protection matters (including GDPR-governed obligations), negotiate DPAs, and support InfoSec policy management and customer security requirements.

Who can apply

• Qualified lawyer with excellent academic credentials, qualified to advise on England & Wales, New York Law. England & Wales qualification is the target profile; equivalent demonstrable experience drafting and negotiating under E&W law will also be considered.
• 4+ years’ PQE in a corporate/commercial team at a leading firm and/or comparable in-house environment.
• Proven experience leading negotiations directly with Western / international enterprise counterparties through to close — not solely reviewing or marking up documents.
• Multi-governing-law commercial drafting — comfortable working across more than one of England & Wales, New York and Swiss law.
• Working knowledge of Indian employment law and local statutory compliance (India bar enrolment is not required).
• Working knowledge of our other locations, Mexico, UK, Japan, US.
• Strong commercial drafting across MSAs, DPAs and NDAs, plus sound data-privacy knowledge - for SAAS industry.
• Genuinely independent and self-sufficient — able to own the function with minimal day-to-day UK oversight.
• Excellent written and spoken English; clear communicator with internal and external stakeholders.
• Willing and able to work hours with meaningful overlap with the UK and US business day.

Perks & benefits

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