Legal Counsel

About Us

Job title

Legal Counsel

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 companys 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 companys 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 companys 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, Indias 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 companys 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 companys 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 Anchantos 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 Indias 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.

Role

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.

BenefitsWhy 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.