Sr Corporate Counsel

About Sinch

Role overview

Commercial contracts

• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate customer, partnership, telecom operator (P2P and aggregator), tender, and vendor agreements.
• Assess contractual risks and propose commercially viable mitigations; simplify and standardize templates to support growth and innovation-led offerings.
• Review operator, aggregator, and enterprise terms to limit liability and protect against external fraud.

Regulatory, disputes, and privacy

• Advise on Indian telecom rules, including TRAI TCCCPR 2018, DoT requirements, licensing conditions, and commercial communications obligations.
• Track developments under the DPDP Act 2023, DPDP Rules 2025, and IT Act.
• Advise on disputes before litigation, coordinate external litigation counsel, attend court hearings, and work with law enforcement on Virtual Mobile Number fraud.
• Support privacy compliance and advise product and technology teams on data-protection obligations, product launches, and technology initiatives.

Business partnering and legal operations

• Advise sales, product, and telecom-operator teams on legal matters, business initiatives, and commercial relationships.
• Use AI-powered contract review tools and improve legal processes, including contract lifecycle management and external litigation counsel engagement.

Required qualifications

• LL.B. from a recognised Indian university; enrollment with a State Bar Council under the Bar Council of India or eligibility for enrollment is required.
• Deep, thorough knowledge of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, including offer, acceptance, consideration, indemnity, guarantee, and breach; stated as essential and non-negotiable.
• 8–10 years of post-qualification experience in commercial law and contracts.
• Demonstrated commercial contract drafting, review, redlining, and negotiation experience in technology, telecom, or CPaaS.

Preferred background and skills

• A premier national law university background is preferred; multinational in-house and reputable law-firm experience is described as ideal.
• Exposure to Indian data-protection and privacy law, including the DPDP Act and IT Act, and telecom regulation under TRAI and DoT frameworks.
• Strong drafting and negotiation, commercial judgment, clear communication, independence, integrity, attention to detail, and composure in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort with legal technology and AI tools, with willingness to adopt new workflows.

What Sinch offers

• The posting describes a supportive, collaborative legal team, visible impact in a global technology company, end-to-end ownership, and opportunities to grow.