LawSikho

Deadline 23-10-2026

Location Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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audax is about courage – the courage to push frontiers, defy the norm, and embrace the unconventional. We believe that innovation thrives on audacity, and with audax, you're not just choosing our digital banking solutions – you're choosing a fearless partner ready to explore new horizons.

As a comprehensive digital banking platform provider, we help our clients deliver the bank of the future with AI and digital asset-ready scaled business models.

We know how to deliver cutting edge capabilities at speed with the right compliance and governance, having done so with multiple global / regional banks such as Standard Chartered and Maybank.

If you're ready to embark on a journey that defies convention and shapes the future of banking, get in touch with us today at www.audax.io or hello@audax.io

With audax, your imagination is the only real barrier to delivering the future of banking.

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About Audax

audax means courage. To have the courage to change the banking scene, eliminating constraints caused by existing legacy infrastructure. Our mission is to empower banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise at speed, reaching new customers without breaking the bank.

We began our journey supplying services to and powering Standard Chartered’s white-label plug and play Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution, Standard Chartered nexus, through our technology capabilities. At audax, we seek go-getters who are hungry for growth and can bring fresh perspectives.

Website - https://audax.io/

Audax is hiring a commercially-minded Legal Counsel to support commercial contracting and governance activities for the business, based in India and reporting to the Lead, Legal. This is a hands-on role and will primarily support the procurement function, providing day-to-day legal advice on a broad range of procurement and commercial contracts, and supporting corporate governance and company secretarial matters. The role operates within established legal frameworks and escalates higher-risk or non-standard matters to the Lead, Legal.

Role and Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements — including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and IT supply agreements.
Pragmatic and able to exercise sound commercial judgement and provides practical risk-based solutions that enables the business objectives while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risks within approved frameworks.
Support governance activities, including preparing agendas, papers, minutes, and resolutions for board and general meetings.
Support company secretarial obligations, including statutory filings, HQ reporting requirements, and adherence to corporate governance policies.
Negotiate standard and bespoke agreements in adherence to the company’s policies, procedures and regulatory requirement
Sound stakeholder management skills, with experience supporting procurement, finance, and teams to align contractual solutions with operational needs.
Track relevant regulatory and industry developments in commercial law and governance, flagging changes to the wider legal team.

Eligibility

Qualified lawyer with 5–7 years' post-qualification experience, ideally including in-house exposure to commercial law.
Experience supporting procurement, sourcing or vendor-management in a high growth technology, fintech, or financial services organization, ideally across multiple jurisdictions
Able to manage competing priorities, balancing strategic initiatives with day-to-day advisory responsibilities
Working knowledge of corporate governance and company secretarial support activities.
Familiarity with financial services outsourcing rules and guidance (desirable).
Strong knowledge of intellectual property, outsourcing, offshoring, software licensing, privacy and related regulatory and risk environments
Ability to apply standard legal positions, templates, and fallback language across a range of agreement types.
A self-starter with the ability to independently identify issues, analyse issues and provide solutions which support the business objectives
Contract negotiation skills, balancing business needs with legal risk protection.
Clear legal drafting skills for moderately complex commercial agreements.
Stakeholder communication skills to advise non-legal business teams on contract and compliance matters.