Legal Counsel

Job title

Department

Finance

Reports to

Chief Financial Officer (co-founder)

Location

Pune, India – full-time, work from

office

Experience

7+ years, with at least 4 in-house

Qualification

LLB (LLM a plus), enrolled to

practice in India

The Role

• You will serve as Legal Counsel for the
• entire Anchanto group, working directly with the CFO and the leadership team.
• As the company’s sole in-house lawyer, you will independently handle most legal
• matters and work closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Product / Engineering,
• Security, and country teams. The quality, practicality, and speed of your
• advice will have a direct impact on the business.
• We are looking for someone who understands
• how a larger company’s legal function operates and is comfortable bringing that
• experience into a hands-on role without a legal team behind them.

What You Will Do

• Contracts and Commercial

• ·Own and maintain contract
• templates across every region in which Anchanto operates, including APAC, the
• EU, the UK, the US, India, and the Middle East. Templates include customer
• agreements, statements of work (SOWs), partner agreements, reseller contracts,
• and supplier contracts.
• ·Draft, review, and negotiate
• enterprise contracts, and participate as part of the deal team for the
• company’s largest customers. Help shape legal terms for evolving commercial
• models, including multi-year agreements, usage-based pricing, and service levels
• for work performed by agents.
• ·Maintain a central repository
• of signed agreements that is organised, searchable, and up to date, with key
• dates and contractual obligations tracked.

• Compliance and Risk

• ·Help ensure compliance with
• applicable data protection and privacy laws, including GDPR, PDPA, India’s DPDP
• Act, and other relevant requirements. Support customer security audits and
• certifications such as ISO 27001.
• ·Partner with Security, IT, HR,
• Product / Engineering, and other teams to develop and update policies, and
• deliver practical training that employees can understand and apply.
• ·Identify legal risks early in
• deals and projects, advise stakeholders on practical ways to manage or contain
• those risks, and handle customer and contract disputes, including intellectual
• property matters.
• ·Ensure the company’s insurance
• arrangements align with decisions made by management.

• AI in Legal and in Our Business

• ·Use Claude and other AI tools
• in day-to-day legal work to review contracts, check them against the company’s
• playbook, search the agreement repository, and prepare first drafts.
• ·Contribute to building
• automation and AI-agent initiatives for the legal function, developing
• workflows that improve efficiency while maintaining appropriate legal review
• and oversight.
• ·Advise the Product team on
• legal issues relating to Anchanto’s own AI offering, including customer data
• use, liability, intellectual property, and the terms governing AI agents
• operating within customers’ systems.

What You Bring

• ·7+ years of legal experience,
• including at least 4 years in-house at a software, SaaS, or technology company,
• ideally with 500+ employees or equivalent scale. Previous law-firm experience
• is a plus.
• ·Strong command of commercial
• and technology contracts, including SaaS, licensing, data processing,
• liability, and intellectual property, with experience negotiating directly with
• enterprise customers’ legal counsel.
• ·Working knowledge of data
• protection laws such as GDPR, PDPA, and India’s DPDP Act, as well as security
• and compliance audits. Exposure to Singapore, EU, and US law is an advantage.
• ·Practical fluency with AI
• tools: already using Claude or a similar tool in daily legal work, able to
• explain where it performs well and where its output needs to be checked, and
• motivated to build workflows rather than wait for a tool.
• ·Comfortable working as a sole
• contributor—drafting documents, managing filings, and handling both strategic
• and administrative legal work independently.
• ·Strong commercial judgement,
• with the ability to explain what is risky, what is acceptable, and what the
• company can sign, while providing timely advice when a deal is moving.
• ·Clear, concise written and
• spoken English, with the confidence to work directly with the CFO, CEO, and
• senior customers.
• ·Based in Pune and comfortable
• working from the office.
• What This Role Is Not — and Why Join
• This role is not suited to someone who
• wants primarily to manage a legal team, review and delegate work, or send every
• contract to external counsel. It is not a back-office role: you will be
• involved in decisions about pricing, customer commitments, and business growth.
• In return, you will have direct access to
• the founders and leadership team, genuine ownership of a function at a company
• undergoing a major shift, and the opportunity to build an AI-first legal
• practice.

Benefits

Why Join Anchanto

• At Anchanto, we believe in creating an environment where people can build meaningful careers, continuously develop their capabilities and gain exposure to a truly global business.
• Global Exposure: Work with diverse teams, customers and stakeholders across international markets and gain experience in a global B2B SaaS environment.
• Learning & Development: We invest in our people through sponsored learning, certifications and development opportunities aligned with your professional growth.
• International & Onsite Opportunities: Client-facing roles may offer opportunities to travel and work onsite with customers across our global markets.
• Medical Insurance: Comprehensive medical insurance coverage to support your health and well-being.
• Comprehensive Leave Benefits: Maternity, Paternity, Marriage and Bereavement leave, along with Comp Off and flexibility to support important personal commitments.
• Recognition for Long-Term Contribution: Tenured employees are eligible for additional monetary benefits, extra paid leave and company-sponsored paid vacations as part of our commitment to recognising long-term contribution.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: A supportive and flexible work environment that enables employees to manage professional responsibilities alongside personal priorities.
• Meaningful Career Growth: Take ownership of challenging, high-impact work and contribute to products and solutions that serve global brands, retailers and logistics businesses.