ABOUT US
AGRIM is India's largest agri-input e-commerce platform, empowering lakhs of retailers across the country with better access, pricing, and service. We're backed by marquee investors and are growing fast.
With 800+ employees and ambitious plans to grow 2x in the next two quarters, we are transforming how agri- retailers buy and grow their business. Our culture is rooted in five values: Delivery Excellence, Ownership, Frugality, Simplicity, and Transparency. You can read more about us here - https://building-agrim.notion.site/What-is-Agrim-9371916f6ec74e83810c55f9666494f2
ROLE OVERVIEW -
The Head Legal & Compliance will lead and own all legal, regulatory, and compliance aspects of AGRIM's operations. This is a senior leadership role that positions legal as a strategic partner to the business, not a downstream approver.
This role will work directly with the Founders to design legally sound but commercially viable operating models in a fragmented, evolving regulatory environment. It combines commercial legal advisory, regulatory engagement, contract ownership, risk management, and corporate governance, with a strong emphasis on startup experience and operating in evolving regulatory landscapes.
The ideal candidate is a builder - someone who can take legal positions where the law is incomplete, engage constructively with regulators, and create scalable compliance infrastructure while enabling speed and innovation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES -
Legal Advisory & Strategic Support -
- Provide proactive legal counsel to founders and senior leadership on business decisions, product strategies, partnerships, and corporate governance.
- Act as a thought partner to business, product, operations, and finance teams.
- Translate complex legal issues into practical, business-first advice.
Regulatory Strategy & Compliance
- Lead compliance across key regulations including licensing, registrations, central & state approvals, industry specific laws, and e-commerce rules.
- Actively monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on business operations and new initiatives.
- Design compliance frameworks that support fast scaling across multiple states.
- Engage directly with regulators and government bodies to clarify compliance obligations and represent AGRIM's positions.
- Take legal positions in evolving regulatory landscapes with documented rationale, internal alignment, and regulator-engagement strategy.
- Build AGRIM's credibility with regulators, industry bodies, and policy stakeholders through structured engagement, consultations, and representations.
Business Model Structuring & Policy Interpretation
- Partner with founders and product teams to legalize new business models (e.g., agent onboarding, platform operations flows, new product categories).
- Interpret ambiguous laws and design risk-controlled pilots and launch frameworks.
- Balance legal risk with commercial urgency enabling speed, experimentation, and iteration rather than defaulting to business shutdowns.
Commercial Contracting & Legal Operations
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts including vendor, supplier, logistics, SaaS, channel partner, and partnership agreements.
- Own legal process design, documentation workflows, and contracting turnaround time improvements.
AGRIM Litigation, Enforcement & Crisis Management
- Oversee litigation, arbitration, regulatory investigations, inspections, show cause and enforcement proceedings while managing budgets, external counsels and case strategy Risk, Policies & Internal Controls
- Develop enterprise risk assessments, compliance frameworks, SOPs, and internal control systems.
- Build early-warning systems for regulatory and compliance risks.
Corporate Governance & Fundraising Support
- Ensure compliance with company law requirements, board processes, statutory filings, and regulatory disclosures.
- Support audits, fundraising, investor diligence, and strategic transactions.
REQUIREMENT -
- LLB / LLM or equivalent; bar membership preferred.
- 8-10+ years of post-qualification legal experience.
- Significant in-house legal leadership experience in startups or high-growth companies with evolving regulatory landscapes (e.g., fintech, e-commerce, gaming, regulated marketplaces, digital platforms).
- Demonstrable track record of working directly with regulators and managing compliance in dynamic legal regimes.
- Strong experience in commercial contracting, regulatory strategy, litigation/notice management, and product/business advisory.
- Exposure to corporate governance, investor diligence, and multi-state compliance.
- Strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Business-first mindset with the ability to translate law into actionable business advice
WE ARELOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO -
- Has a builder mentality creates systems, not just opinions
- Takes ownership beyond legal silos
- Balances speed with integrity
- Is comfortable operating in regulatory uncertainty
- Believes legal should enable innovation, not block it
WHO THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR
- Lawyers who require fully settled law before business execution
- Professionals uncomfortable in engaging directly with regulators
- Those seeking a purely advisory or documentation-heavy role
- Risk-averse profiles who default to no in ambiguous situations
WHY JOIN US
At Agrim, you will shape the engine of a Bharat-scale startup on its path to IPO. This is an opportunity to build one of India's most impactful playbooks while working with a mission-driven team solving one of India's largest distribution challenges.
We are in Gurgaon. This is Work from Office role.
