Managing Counsel - APAC

About the role

AlphaSense has a great opportunity for a Managing Counsel, APAC based in India to join our growing legal team. Legal is a critical function in supporting the company's fast-paced environment and acts as a true business partner to all of our leaders across the organization. We work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams to provide solutions to enable and empower the company to achieve substantial growth targets while managing risk and protecting our business. This role can either be based in our Delhi, Bangalore, Pune offices or remotely in India. The Managing Counsel, APAC will be responsible for a wide range of legal matters with a focus on corporate governance and commercial matters. Familiarity or experience as a generalist dealing with labor and employment laws, dispute resolution, entity level-compliance(s), and other corporate governance legal matters a plus. The Managing Counsel, APAC will report to AlphaSense's SVP of Legal based out of the United States but will partner with all levels and functions of the business, including Sales, People, Security, Procurement, and others, to help AlphaSense achieve its high-growth goals. This role is essential to our growth and will have an immediate impact in our dynamic, fast-paced culture.

Responsibilities

• Prepare agendas, notices, and minutes for board meetings, committees, and annual general meetings (AGM) and execute on any follow-up actions;
• Draft, review and negotiate broad range of commercial contracts and provide general transactional support across the organization with a heavy emphasis on sales and procurement;
• Assist with the development of any local policies and procedures;
• Remain informed of the shifting legal landscape relating to applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact commercial agreements, corporate governance, employment, and other areas;
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to stakeholders across sales, procureme

Requirements

• Fully qualified lawyer and admitted to practice law in India;
• Minimum of 6+ years' experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial customer and vendor agreements and advising on corporate governance related matters for our Indian entities either in-house or with a nationally recognized law firm (or a combination of the two);
• Ability to review and negotiate wide range of commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs; etc.;
• Experience with providing day-to-day legal support to cross-functional stakeholders, including Sales, Procurement, Finance, HR, and leadership teams;
• Strong knowledge of Indian employment and labour laws, including advising stakeholders on labour code compliance, workforce related matters, disciplinary actions, and HR policies;
• Ability to deliver practical, risk-based legal advice on general corporate, regulatory, compliance and operational matters while balancing business objectives and legal risk;
• Experience managing, developing and coaching team members;
• Superior business acumen with an unrivaled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk;
• Experience advising international teams and managing cross-border legal and commercial matters.
• Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humor; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner;
• Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds; and
• Experience with training, contract management systems, and data privacy a plus.

Benefits

Additional Information

About AlphaSense: The world's most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients' own research content. The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

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