Senior Associate - Legal
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.
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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
You act as a primary legal anchor for digital assets, technology products, and corporate-commercial matters. You draft and negotiate contracts, advise on regulatory and product issues, manage platform policies, oversee litigation, and support intellectual property portfolio management.
Requirements
- LL.B or LL.M
- 4 to 6 years of post-qualification experience practicing corporate-commercial law
- Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Understanding of technology frameworks
- Understanding of web3 and digital assets
- Understanding of data privacy regulations
- Communication with non-legal business teams
Responsibilities
- Draft, negotiate, and finalize commercial agreements
- Review and standardize MSAs, SOWs, and technology licensing contracts
- Provide legal and regulatory opinions on products and changes
- Conduct regulatory feasibility assessments for new features
- Draft and maintain platform terms, user agreements, and privacy policies
- Ensure application compliance flows are legally sound
- Manage active litigation matters
- Coordinate with outside counsel and legal advisors
- Prepare pleadings and written submissions
- Assess trademark, patent, and copyright matters
- Coordinate intellectual property filings and enforcement actions
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