Legal Manager
India-focused crypto exchange and investment app for buying, selling, holding and trading digital assets, with INR spot, futures and options plus Web3, SIP, API, deposit and staking features.
Funding history
About CoinSwitch
CoinSwitch is an Indian crypto trading platform and app serving retail and institutional users. Its current offerings include crypto buying, selling, holding, spot trading, futures, options, Web3 assets, INR deposits, systematic investment plans, API trading, SmartInvest, staking and earn programs. CoinSwitch is presented as a PeepalCo product; its current terms state that services are operated by Bitcipher Labs LLP, while the underlying platform technology is owned by Bitkuber Investments Private Limited.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
The Legal Manager will provide end-to-end legal support across product advisory, regulatory monitoring, data privacy, contract management, policy drafting, legal research, risk assessment, and stakeholder coordination in a regulated financial-sector environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience
- Stock broking experience is a must have
- Experience in a SEBI-regulated entity preferred
- Experience with research analyst services or mutual funds preferred
- LL.B. or LL.M. from a recognized institution
- Knowledge of financial-sector regulatory frameworks
- Knowledge of data privacy and data protection practices
- Contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Legal research and analytical capabilities
- Stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Commercial acumen
Responsibilities
- Conduct legal feasibility assessments for products, services, and business initiatives
- Provide legal analysis and recommendations for product launches
- Review product features, workflows, and legal implications with Product and Technology teams
- Track regulatory developments and implement applicable changes
- Support data privacy practices and documentation
- Review, draft, negotiate, and assess vendor, partner, and commercial contracts
- Identify legal and operational risks and recommend mitigations
- Maintain the legal contract repository
- Draft and update policies, agreements, procedures, and legal documents
- Conduct legal research and prepare legal notes and risk assessments
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external counsel
Benefits
- Up to 8 months of maternity leave
- 1 month of paternity leave
- Reimbursement of gender reassignment surgery medical bills
- PS5
- Foosball
- Carrom
- Disco nights
- Offsites
- Gift boxes
