Managing Counsel – APAC

AlphaSense

Managing Counsel - APAC ensuring legal compliance and governance across operations in India for AlphaSense. Overseeing contracts, advising teams, and mentoring legal professionals within the organization.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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, procurement, finance, HR, product, and leadership teams on day-to-day operational and strategic matters;
Advise on employment and labor law matters, including compliance with applicable labor codes, employee relations issues, and policy implementation;
Help create and enhance playbooks to establish company parameters to scale the legal function as the company grows;
Support and mentor junior legal team members and contribute to the development of scalable legal processes and best practices;
Work effectively in a dynamic environment across different functional groups and time zones;
Provide legal and strategic business advice to ensure agreements are consistent with playbooks, internal policies, and processes; and
Support the AlphaSense legal team on all other legal matters as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

Equal-opportunity employer
Committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals
Reasonable accommodation to qualified employees with protected disabilities

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Hard Skills & Tools

drafting commercial contractsreviewing commercial contractsnegotiating commercial contractscorporate governanceemployment lawlabor law compliancerisk-based legal advicecontract managementcross-border legal matterstransactional support

Soft Skills

mentoringteam managementeffective communicationnegotiation skillsbusiness acumenpragmatic mindsetresponsive serviceinterpersonal skillsadaptabilityproblem-solving

Certifications

qualified lawyeradmitted to practice law in India