Senior Legal Associate

Role & responsibilities

Trademark and IP

• Run trademark searches and give clear clearance advice
• Prepare and file trademark applications, and manage them through to registration
• Draft replies to examination reports and prepare for show-cause hearings
• Handle oppositions, counter-statements, renewals, assignments and recordals
• File copyright registrations
• Draft IP assignment, licence and co-existence agreements, and cease and desist notices
• Keep each client's trademark portfolio and deadlines up to date

Client legal work

• Draft and review commercial contracts, such as service agreements, NDAs, leases, vendor agreements and employment agreements
• Draft legal notices and replies
• Prepare board resolutions and handle basic Companies Act compliance
• Spend scheduled days at client offices, and cover colleagues' clients when needed
• Explain legal points simply to business owners and their staff, in Tamil and English

Content

• Appear in short videos (Instagram Reels) that explain legal topics for business owners

Preferred candidate profile

Must have

• LL.B. or B.A. LL.B.
• 3 to 6 years of experience, including trademark prosecution at an IP firm, a trademark filing firm or in-house
• Has independently handled at least 50 trademark applications from filing to registration, including replies to examination reports
• Some experience drafting commercial contracts
• Fluent Tamil and good written English
• Own two-wheeler and a valid driving licence
• Comfortable using AI tools for legal research and drafting

A plus

• Registered Trade Marks Agent
• Design registration experience
• Knowledge of HR and labour law, or GST

This is a full-time salaried role. If you are enrolled as an advocate, Bar Council of India rules require you to stop practising while you work full time with us.

Perks and benefits

• Rs 4.8 to 6 lakh a year (CTC)
• Provident Fund
• Travel to client offices reimbursed in full for each new client's first month, then a fixed monthly conveyance allowance