Legal Associate – Contracts role involving commercial contracts, contract automation, clause libraries and privacy and data protection laws.
Eligibility
• Corporate Law student or graduate with a BA LL.B. or LL.B. degree.
• Strong understanding of contract law fundamentals, including offer, acceptance, consideration, indemnity, limitation of liability and termination.
• Familiarity with, or genuine interest in learning about, NDAs, MSAs and other commercial agreements.
• Good working knowledge of privacy and data protection laws, including DPDP Act, India; GDPR, EU; US state and federal privacy frameworks; and California CCPA.
• Detail-oriented approach with the ability to identify standard and jurisdiction-specific contractual provisions.
• Comfortable working with structured and technical tools. Coding is not required, but logical thinking is essential.
• Strong written English and precise drafting skills.
• Good attendance during college courses.
Position details
• Draft and review commercial agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms, DPAs and vendor/reseller agreements.
• Develop industry-specific clause variations for SaaS, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and professional services clients.
• Work on privacy and confidentiality provisions, including confidentiality carve-outs, data protection addenda, breach notification terms and cross-border data transfer language.
• Track multi-jurisdictional legal requirements, including Indian contract and data protection laws, US state and federal frameworks, and Intellectual Property Laws.
• Convert legal reasoning into conditional template rules in collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• Maintain a clause library organised by contract type, industry and jurisdiction.
• Support customer-facing template configuration during implementation and migration projects.
• Direct exposure to the systematisation of legal logic into contract automation software.
• Mentorship from legal and product leadership in drafting and legal-tech thinking.
• Practical exposure to evolving privacy laws across the US and India through real commercial documents.
Job details
• Position: Legal Associate – Contracts
• Organisation: OpusDocs
• Engagement: Full-time, paid, with PPO-track internship opportunity
• Mode: Remote
• Location: India
• Prior internship experience at a corporate law firm, in-house legal team or legaltech company will be an advantage.
• Exposure to US commercial contracts or cross-border transactions will be an advantage.
• Understanding of SaaS or enterprise software agreements will be an advantage.
How to apply
Interested candidates may apply by sending their resume and a short writing sample to apply@opusdocs.com with the subject line “Legal Associate – Contracts.” The writing sample may include a redlined clause, a sample NDA/MSA extract, or a brief comparison of two jurisdictions’ approaches to a contractual clause.
