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Remote role · legal-co
Legal Contracts
Paytm
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The practical pictureRole details
- Employment
- Full-time
Inside the role
- Responsibilities
- Draft, review, red-line, negotiate, and finalize banking alliances, corporate PSAs, promotional agreements, escrow agreements, marketing agreements, acquiring agreements, distribution contracts, and RFPs from a legal perspective Resolve contractual issues with clients, partners, service providers, and vendors Collaborate with compliance, product, finance, and business teams for special projects across business verticals Analyze business requirements, spot issues, and propose solutions with minimal legal risk to organization Ensure adherence with internal frameworks, mandates, and processes; end-to-end legal management of assigned transactions Provide legal support for new business models under e-commerce, FEMA, and data protection laws
- Qualifications
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in end-to-end contract management in law firm, in-house legal team, or fintech/banking/lending companies Must be a law graduate (LL.B) from top tier institute (National Law Schools, DU, ILS, Symbiosis) preferred Strong legal acumen with good interpersonal skills for complex issue coordination across management levels Excellent drafting and attention-to-detail skills Proficiency with MS Word/MS Office
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The role, at a glance
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Legal role managing end-to-end contracts for Paytm's banking, fintech, and e-commerce divisions. Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements across banking alliances, corporate partnerships, and distribution contracts with emphasis on risk mitigation in India's fintech sector.
What you need
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in end-to-end contract management in law firm, in-house legal team, or fintech/banking/lending companies
- Must be a law graduate (LL.B) from top tier institute (National Law Schools, DU, ILS, Symbiosis) preferred
- Strong legal acumen with good interpersonal skills for complex issue coordination across management levels
- Excellent drafting and attention-to-detail skills
- Proficiency with MS Word/MS Office
What you will own
- Draft, review, red-line, negotiate, and finalize banking alliances, corporate PSAs, promotional agreements, escrow agreements, marketing agreements, acquiring agreements, distribution contracts, and RFPs from a legal perspective
- Resolve contractual issues with clients, partners, service providers, and vendors
- Collaborate with compliance, product, finance, and business teams for special projects across business verticals
- Analyze business requirements, spot issues, and propose solutions with minimal legal risk to organization
- Ensure adherence with internal frameworks, mandates, and processes; end-to-end legal management of assigned transactions
- Provide legal support for new business models under e-commerce, FEMA, and data protection laws
Core skills
Contract ManagementNegotiationLegal DraftingRisk AssessmentCorporate AdvisoryFEMA ComplianceData Protection LawMS Word/MS OfficeCross-functional Collaboration
Role brief
About the team: The legal team facilitates legal risk and compliances centrally and ensures business activities are conducted in conformity with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and procedures. Serve as liaison for local regulators, and legal bodies as well as maintaining relationships with them. Ensure local regulatory permissions for Paytm remain current and appropriate for business needs.
About the role: The major responsibilities would include being a part of the legal Contracts team to ensure effective management of legal and contractual matters for One97, Paytm Money and Paytm Payment Services Limited. in addition to identification and mitigation of legal risks for the organization. The person will be a part of the legal team and assist senior legal colleagues in special and upcoming projects under the e-commerce andfintech division of Paytm.
Responsibilities:1. Drafting, reviewing, red-lining, negotiating, and finalizing documents like Banking Alliances, Corporate PSA’s, promotional agreements, Escrow agreements, Marketing agreements, Acquiring agreements, promotions, Banking referrals, Distribution contracts, EDC Contracts., Letters, Proposals, RFPs, etc. from a legal perspective, ensuring minimal/no risk to the organization.2. Resolve any contractual issues developed while working with clients, partners, service providers, and vendors. 3. Collaborate with other cross functional teams (compliance, product, finance, business teams) for implementation of special projects across all business verticals in a time bound manner.4. Ability to understand and analyze business requirements/needs, spot issues, and propose/implement solutions. 5. Adherence with internal frameworks, mandates, and processes.6. End-to-end legal management of assigned business transactions. General Corporate advisory and assist the senior colleagues of the team to research and assess viability of new proposed business models under the applicable ecommerce, and FEMA.7. Ability to analyze and assess business processes and proposed new products, identify issues and propose pragmatic solutions. Working closely with internal stakeholders (Business, Finance, Product etc.) and providing appropriate and timely legal support.8. Identify risks in the ongoing legal agreements and evaluate and assist in changes ofagreement templates and other legal processes of all business verticals for complianceof applicable IT, e-commerce and privacy laws.
Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role:1. Minimum 10+ years of experience in end-to-end contract management having experience in a law firm or in- house legal team or from Fintech/ Banking/ Lending companies are preferred. 2. Strong Legal acumen Good interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and coordinate complex issues with diverse levels of management and employees.3. Attention to detail and ability to work independently and efficiently.4. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic growth-mode environment.5. Proficient with MS Word/MS Office.6. Experience with a law firm or as an in-house counsel is preferred.8. The candidate should have good drafting skills and attention to detail. The person should be a self-starter and willing to hustle in a start-up environment.9. Strong hold in assessing and advising on compliance of new business/product models with applicablee-commerce/FEMA/Data Protection/IT laws.
Education: Must be a law graduate, LL.B from top tier institute (National Law Schools, DU, ILS, Symbiosis) is preferred.
Why join us: Merit-based culture that thrives on self-motivated & driven individuals who are set out to make a successful career in India’s fastest-growing Fintech Organization. Agile & democratic setup that gives space to your creativity, and offers the opportunity to work at scale coupled with an environment that encourages diverseperspectives at all times.
Compensation: If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!