As an experienced Legal Counsel at Falcon, your role will focus on M&A, fundraising, client and commercial contracts, and ongoing legal advisory across business, product, and leadership teams. This high-impact position requires strong deal execution, negotiation skills, and comfort working in a regulated, fast-paced environment.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and partnerships, including due diligence, structuring, and transaction documentation.
• Manage fundraising transactions (equity, debt, structured instruments), including term sheets, SHA, SSA, and closing documentation.
• Coordinate with external counsels, investors, founders, and internal stakeholders during transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate client contracts, vendor agreements, partnership agreements, NDAs, SLAs, and MSAs.
• Support enterprise and institutional client negotiations with a strong understanding of commercial and risk implications.
• Ensure contracts align with business objectives while managing legal and regulatory risks.
• Provide legal guidance on fintech regulatory frameworks, RBI guidelines, data protection, and compliance-related matters.
• Advise product, operations, and business teams on legal risks and mitigations.
• Support internal governance, board matters, and corporate secretarial requirements.
• Act as a trusted legal advisor to founders, leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Liaise with external law firms, auditors, and consultants as required.
• *Required Skills & Qualifications:**
• LL.B / LL.M from a recognized university.
• 610 years of post-qualification experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in M&A, fundraising, and contract negotiation.
• Experience working with or advising fintech, financial services, or start-up ecosystems.
• Ability to balance legal rigor with business pragmatism.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• *Good to Have:**
• Prior in-house experience at a fintech, NBFC, bank, or regulated entity.
• Familiarity with RBI regulations, payments, lending, or prepaid instruments.
• Experience supporting high-growth or venture-backed companies.

In this role, success means closing deals efficiently with minimal friction, having commercial contracts that enable growth while managing risk, and providing proactive, business-aligned, and trusted legal guidance. As an experienced Legal Counsel at Falcon, your role will focus on M&A, fundraising, client and commercial contracts, and ongoing legal advisory across business, product, and leadership teams. This high-impact position requires strong deal execution, negotiation skills, and comfort working in a regulated, fast-paced environment.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and partnerships, including due diligence, structuring, and transaction documentation.
• Manage fundraising transactions (equity, debt, structured instruments), including term sheets, SHA, SSA, and closing documentation.
• Coordinate with external counsels, investors, founders, and internal stakeholders during transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate client contracts, vendor agreements, partnership agreements, NDAs, SLAs, and MSAs.
• Support enterprise and institutional client negotiations with a strong understanding of commercial and risk implications.
• Ensure contracts align with business objectives while managing legal and regulatory risks.
• Provide legal guidance on fintech regulatory frameworks, RBI guidelines, data protection, and compliance-related matters.
• Advise product, operations, and business teams on legal risks and mitigations.
• Support internal governance, board matters, and corporate secretarial requirements.
• Act as a trusted legal advisor to founders, leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Liaise with external law firms, auditors, and consultants as required.
• *Required Skills & Qualifications:**
• LL.B / LL.M from a recognized university.
• 610 years of post-qualification experience.
• Strong hands-on experience in M&A, fundraising, and contract negotiation.
• Experience working with or advising fintech, financial services, or start-up ecosystems.
• Ability to balance legal rigor with business pragmatism.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• *Good to Have:**
• Prior in-house experience at a fintech, NBFC, bank, or regulated entity.
• Familiarity with RBI regulations, payments, lending, or prepaid instruments.
• Experience supporting high-growth or venture-backed companies.

In this role, success means closing deals efficiently with minimal friction, having commercial contracts that enable growth while managing risk, and providing proactive, business-aligned, and trusted legal guidance.