Assistant Legal Officer

Summary

Join Branch, a mission-driven company delivering financial services to emerging markets, as a Legal Officer for the Indian market and oversee legal operations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive compliance culture.

Requirements

• Law graduate (LLB / LLM)
• 4-6 years of experience in legal profile, preferably in fintech NBFC and
• Strong hold on legal matters and up-to-date on regulatory matters

Responsibilities

• Drafting, vetting, reviewing, executing legal contracts to safeguard Company’s interest
• Develop and implement processes to ensure legal documentation is in place to safeguard the Company against any legal risk
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to conduct vendor studies, audits, checking compliance activities
• Maintain and track contract lifecycle and collaborate with the finance team for ensuring continuity
• Drafting legal responses for various stakeholders depending on the requirement
• Understand various lending business models, operations of NBFCs, Lending Service Providers, and upkeep with latest RBI regulations with respect to lending
• Research, track and report on legal developments related to personal loans and other products of the Company and collaborate with the business lines to ensure compliance
• Advising on contract status, advise on the risks and opportunities related to growth initiatives and the legal liabilities associated with different deals
• Review and comment on business and regulatory team policies and procedures, company training materials, and customer-facing collateral
• Researching and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the company
• Prevent risk of litigation and review litigation files, if any
• Negotiations and managing cost with law firm & experts
• Reply to legal notices in an appropriate and timely manner
• Reviewing data privacy laws & seeing to it that the company follows GDPR and Indian Data Privacy Laws
• Ensure compliance with organization policies by all team members

Benefits

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully-paid Group Medical Insurance and Personal Accidental Insurance
• Unlimited paid time off including personal leave, bereavement leave, sick leave
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• $500 Annual professional development budget
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
• Team meals and social events- Virtual and In-person