← All roles

Legal Associate

Emergent· Operations
Apply on company site
Hybrid (Bangalore)Full-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Role of Legal Associate at Emergent: review, markup, and close commercial contracts to enable fast-moving deals and vendor engagements. Based in Bengaluru (Bangalore).

Responsibilities

  • Review and redline commercial contracts end-to-end, including customer agreements, enterprise MSAs, vendor and SaaS agreements, consultant agreements, and NDAs
  • Work through a high volume of contracts daily, ensuring fast turnaround while flagging material risks
  • Mark up clauses such as liability, indemnity, IP ownership, confidentiality, data protection, and termination against standard positions
  • Take contracts from first review through counterparty comments to signature, and track status
  • Review data processing terms and privacy clauses with an eye on India's DPDP Act and GDPR
  • Provide clear, quick answers on contract questions to business, sales, and procurement teams
  • Maintain contract templates, clause libraries, and playbooks, and suggest fixes for recurring issues
  • Keep contract trackers and records accurate across India and US entities
  • Spot recurring issues in contracts and flag them early for standard terms updates

Qualifications

  • LLB from a reputed law school, with Bar Council enrolment a plus
  • 1 to 3 years of experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally at a technology, consumer, or SaaS company or a strong law firm
  • Hands-on experience marking up NDAs, MSAs, vendor and SaaS agreements, and customer contracts
  • Working knowledge of data privacy terms (DPDP Act, GDPR) and basic IP and confidentiality concepts
  • Comfort working at speed in a startup or high-volume contracts environment is a plus
  • Sharp attention to detail, with the judgment to spot material risks and move quickly on others
  • Clear written and verbal communication, with ability to push back politely and explain legal risk in plain language
  • Curiosity about AI and technology contracts, and willingness to learn quickly
  • Ownership mindset: take a contract through to completion and seek help when needed

Benefits

  • Daily Meals: Lunch and Dinner provided
  • Family Insurance: 5 Lakhs worth of coverage for you and your family
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
  • Flexible Working Hours: Work arrangements that fit your life and commitments
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
Emergent logo

About Emergent

Build apps with AI - think it, describe it, ship it

Emergent is the AI coding platform builders use to create production-ready software. Describe what you want in the chat, and our coding agents handle everything else: frontend design, database architecture, backend logic, authentication, payments, deployment, and automatic scaling. We've grown to 700,000+ users and $10M ARR in just 2 months because we solved the real problem: the best software comes from people who understand the problems.

b2bno-codeai
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at Emergent