In-house Legal Assistant Manager (Tamil Nadu)

We are seeking a qualified and experienced Assistant Manager Legal to join Aspire Systems in-house legal team at Chennai, India. The role involves managing a broad range of legal matters with a primary focus on US, UK, and EU commercial contracts, Intellectual Property licensing, regulatory compliance, and data protection laws. The resource will be working in the UK shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts including Software license agreements; IT services agreements; partner, reseller agreements. Ensure contracts align with internal risk policies and applicable legal requirements.
• Intellectual Property & Technology Law: Manage the company s IP portfolio, including software copyrights, trademarks. Support product and engineering teams with IP strategy, open-source compliance, and technology licensing.
• Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management: Monitor changes in IT, IP, and data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, Indian DPDP Act) and ensure compliance. Conduct legal risk assessments and support internal compliance programs.
• Legal Advisory & Dispute Resolution: Advise internal stakeholders on legal issues related to business operations, and technology transactions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technology, procurement, HR, marketing, and finance teams to provide practical legal guidance.
• Support the legal training needs of various teams on legal and regulatory developments.

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of IP laws, contract law, IT Act, and data privacy frameworks (GDPR, DPDP)
• Proven experience in tech contracts and managing software licensing issues
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to handle complex legal matters with minimal supervision

Positive to Have

• LL.B. from a recognized university (LL.M. in Contracts / Technology / Intellectual Property Law is a plus)
• A minimum of 7 years of experience, preferably with in-house legal department in the IT/Tech sector

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