Senior Counsel - Drafting & Advisory / BFSI Expertise / Mumbai

About the Role:

We are looking for a seasoned legal professional to join a leading FinTech company’s Legal & Governance team. This is a non-litigation role, focusing on contract management, and legal advisory work across digital payments and financial services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting, review, negotiation and standardization of various new, bespoke and existing templates for meeting ongoing business and product requirements.
• Highly diligent and professional acumen to foresee and manage Contractual, Governance, Regulatory and Reputational risks and its group companies.
• Training around important legal developments to relevant employees on periodic basis.

Deliverables:

• Negotiates, drafts and advises on legal agreements, business SLAs and end to end contract management to the Business and Product teams.
• Should be able to work independently, guide and manage legal team for achieving desired results and counsel cross-functional teams in a fast paced and diverse environment.

Experience Required:

• 8 to 15 years of post-qualification experience in Contract Management, Product Advisory and Governance either as in-house counsel or external/law firm counsel or both.
• Good background of FinTech business, Companies Act, 2013, RBI (PAPG and KYC) & FEMA regulations, Data Privacy Laws (including DPDP Act, 2023 and GDPR), Contract Management related work in Digital Payments, BBPS and financial services space.
• Experience in developing and implementing processes for efficient and streamlining Legal operations especially for Contract Management including optimizing contracting process, TAT expectations, stamping, e-sign, repository access etc.
• Strong drafting, communication and influence building skills with past record of leading teams.
• Exposure to a variety of contracts – Complex IT/ Software Development, e-commerce marketplace, payments, real estate to variety of vendors, suppliers, employment, service and partner contracts.

Skills Required:

• Well versed with legislative and regulatory changes, improve contract versions/templates, particularly with IT and Data Protection laws, Contract Act, RBI PAPG and BBPS guidelines.
• Drive high stake and complex contracts including negotiations and contract finalization.
• Committed and ready to work under constraints/pressure.
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic environment and collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Drafting, review and advisory experience in Documentation and Policy making work related to Digital Payments (like payment aggregation, gateway, TPAPs, e-commerce marketplaces).
• Develop commercial understanding of the businesses and product lines for risk assessment of mandatory legal & compliance requirements.
• Evaluate impacts of any new changes in laws and regulations, anticipate issues and proactively solve for open gaps, eliminate or mitigate risks.
• Good analytical, research and multi-tasking abilities to provide time-sensitive support on legal and regulatory issues in connection with business operations.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, analytical, interpersonal and judgement skills.

Qualification Required:

• Law graduate (3/5-year program) from a reputed institution.
• Company Secretary qualification (preferred but not mandatory).
• Strong academic background (1st class in SSC and HSC).

Relevant Industry:

Banking / Online Payment Gateway (PSO) / Fintech registered with RBI or NPCI / Financial services (NBFC or Insurance)

Location:

Andheri (W), Mumbai

Kindly Note:

• This is a strictly non-litigation profile.
• Only candidates currently based in Mumbai should apply (No relocation or remote option).