Associate Legal Counsel

What We Do

We're building the Identity Infrastructure for the internethelping businesses verify users and prevent fraud at scale. Why This Role Matters With legal requirements evolving rapidly in the tech, AI, and identity space, this is a unique opportunity to take end-to-end ownership of high-impact legal work across the boardfrom client negotiations and IP protection to risk management and data privacy compliance.

Who You Are

You're a curious, self-driven legal professional with 24 years of relevant experience. You're excited to work in a lean, fast-paced environment where you'll own legal processes and get end-to-end exposure to product, data, commercial, and corporate legal matters.

Outcomes Expected

Month 1:Learn the Ropes

Get up to speed on HyperVerge's business, products, and legal operations. Understand our contract types, compliance approach, and negotiation process. Begin shadowing reviews and assisting with basic documentation.

Months 13: Start Owning Work Take ownership of standard contracts (NDAs, MSAs, vendor agreements). Support negotiations with clients alongside senior counsel. Deliver accurate legal work and maintain internal trackers and documentation.

Month 4 Onwards: Build Legal Muscle Lead end-to-end negotiations for routine contracts. Support product, ops, and fi nance teams with legal needs. Contribute to process improvements (templates, clause banks) and assist in IP, compliance, and data privacy efforts.

Responsibilities

Review, draft, negotiate, and vet commercial agreements (including SaaS, licensing, data sharing, MSAs, NDAs, etc.)

Support in ensuring compliance with data protection laws (DPDP, GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Contribute to internal compliance, IP protection, and risk management frameworks

Liaise with external counsels, partners, and regulators when needed

Stay updated on evolving legal and regulatory landscapes and proactively inform internal stakeholders

Assist in developing and maintaining internal legal processes and templates

Provide strategic legal inputs during product development and client onboarding Requirements 24 years of experience in a law fi rm or as in-house counsel (TMT, Fintech, or General Corporate)

LL.B. required (LL.M. or certifi cations in data privacy/fi ntech are a plus)

Strong skills in legal drafting and negotiation

Understanding of software licensing, technology transfers, and data privacy

Clear, confi dent communicationable to simplify legal concepts for non-legal teams

Ability to manage multiple legal matters autonomously