Senior Associate Legal

About Mygate

Mygate, a leading community management platform in India, is looking for a highly motivated

Associate Legal / Sr. Associate Legal to join us. In this role, you will ensure that Mygate's contracts,

compliance, and legal workflows run smoothly and reliably, reducing friction for internal teams and

enabling faster, safer execution across the business..

Mygate is India's leading community and housing society management platform, powering security, payments, communication, and daily operations for 5.7 million+ households across 27,000+ residential communities nationwide. Backed by marquee investors including Prime Venture Partners, Tencent, Tiger Global, Acko Insurance, Urban Company, and Dharana Capital, Mygate continues to scale rapidly in India's fastgrowing gated community ecosystem.

Founded in 2016 by Abhishek Kumar, Shreyans Daga, Vijay Arisetty, and later joined by Rohit Jindal

as cofounder, Mygate has evolved from a visitor management tool into the operating system for

gated communities, offering solutions across security, finance, amenities, communication, and smart devices.

Mygate provides a dynamic and fast-paced environment where talented individuals can thrive and

grow their careers. As a high-growth company, we offer opportunities for professional development, mentorship, and career advancement.

Join our team and make a tangible impact on the lives of millions!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Job Description

Designation: Associate Legal / Sr. Associate Legal

Qualification: LLB

Experience Required: 3-4+ Years (PQE)

Location: Bengaluru

Type: Work From Office (6 Day Working)

Role and responsibilities:

1. Contract Lifecycle Management:

a. Draft, review, and independently negotiate a broad spectrum of commercial

agreements, including but not limited to NDA, Customer Agreemetns, Master

Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Vendor/Procurement

contracts & Service Provider Agreements.

b. Identify high-risk clauses in third-party contracts and propose creative, balanced

language that aligns with corporate risk tolerances.

c. Maintain fallback positions, negotiation playbooks, and contract templates.

d. Ensure contract hygiene, version control, and repository discipline.

2. Strategic Business Advisory & Risk Mitigation

a. Act as the dedicated frontline legal advisor to internal teams, including Sales,

Product, Marketing, HR, Procurement, and Operations.

b. Translate complex statutory requirements and case law into clear, actionable business

strategies.

c. Proactively identify legal, operational, and reputational risks across product

deployments.

d. Coordinate with and manage external legal counsel for highly specialized matters

ensuring deliverables remain on time.

e. Provide handson support on Shops & Establishment Act, labour law compliance,

POSH, and data protection norms.

Skills, Qualifications & Personality:

1. LLB with 3–4+ years PQE in a corporate/startup environment.

2. Strong experience in commercial contracting and crossfunctional legal advisory.

3. Solid understanding of statutory compliance, labour laws, and prelitigation processes.

4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

5. High attention to detail, strong analytical ability, and sound judgment.

6. Start-up experience and scaling up a start-up through the Series-A, Series-B funding efforts

preferred

7. Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook and impeccable integrity

8. Candidate who are very well versed in dealing with,Legal cases and compliance.

Success in first 12 months:

1. Implement a Contract Management System (CMS): set up a structured repository, define

naming/versioning standards, migrate legacy contracts, and establish a disciplined

intaketoclosure workflow.

2. Drive Compliance Review Discipline: create a monthly/quarterly compliance checklist, ensure

timely statutory filings, and build a predictable review cadence with HR, Finance, and Operations.

3. Reduce Contract Turnaround Time by 30–40%: through clear playbooks, fallback positions,

and faster crossfunctional alignment.

4. Establish a RiskFlagging Framework: for Sales, Product, and Operations, ensuring early

identification of legal, operational, and reputational risks.

5. Independently negotiate 30–50 contracts/month: with minimal supervision while maintaining

high quality and consistency.

6. Strengthen PreLitigation Readiness: standardise notice responses, maintain a tracker, and

coordinate effectively with external counsel.

7. Achieve 100% audit and diligence readiness: by ensuring documentation hygiene, statutory

compliance, and process discipline across legal workflows.

8. Build strong working relationships: with Sales, Product, HR, Finance, Procurement, and

Operations, becoming their goto legal partner for fast, practical decisionmaking.