Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Associate

Role Overview

The Legal Counsel/ Senior Legal Associate will support the organization in managing end-to-end legal matters across commercial contracts, payments ecosystem partnerships, regulatory structuring, and cross-border transactions. The role involves drafting and negotiating complex payments agreements, advising on regulatory positioning, supporting product structuring, and working closely with the Business, Product, and Compliance teams to ensure legally sound and compliant growth.

This role offers a hands-on opportunity to build and scale the legal framework of a fast-growing regulated cross border payment company which started from the GIFT IFSC India but will now serve the world

Key Responsibilities

Payments & Commercial Contracts

- Draft, review, and negotiate payments ecosystem agreements, including:

- Partnership agreements (banks, partner regulated (fintech) entities arrangements, and card schemes)

- Merchant acquiring and merchant onboarding agreements

- Technology licensing, SaaS, and API integration agreements

- Vendor, outsourcing, and strategic partnership agreements

- Data protection and data processing agreements

- Support negotiation strategy while balancing regulatory risk and commercial objectives

- Develop and standardize contract templates aligned with business and regulatory requirements

Regulatory Advisory & Structuring

- Provide legal advisory on RBI, IFSCA, FEMA, and other applicable regulatory frameworks impacting payments and financial services including data protection laws.

- Work closely with the Compliance team to ensure contractual arrangements and policies align with licensing conditions and regulatory obligations.

- Support regulatory applications, representations, and structuring of new products and partnerships. Assist in evaluating cross-border transaction structures and foreign regulatory implications.

Product & Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Work closely with the Product team during prod...