[Hiring] Legal & Commercial Contracts Executive @Syscort Technologies

Role Description

The role involves managing various aspects of commercial contracts and legal matters, ensuring compliance and effective coordination across departments.

• Commercial Contracts:
  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, service agreements, vendor agreements, amendments, and other commercial contracts.
  • Review commercial terms including pricing, payment terms, liability, indemnity, warranties, termination, IP, confidentiality, and data protection.
  • Coordinate contract negotiations between Sales, Delivery, Finance, customers, and vendors.
  • Maintain a centralized contract repository and track renewals, obligations, notices, and key contractual dates.
  • Ensure appropriate internal approvals and execution of contracts.
• Legal & Corporate Matters:
  • Coordinate day-to-day legal matters across Syscort's entities and jurisdictions.
  • Coordinate with external legal counsel, law firms, company secretaries, PROs, and other professional advisors as required.
  • Prepare briefs, documentation, background information, and instructions for external counsel.
  • Track legal cases, notices, disputes, claims, and ongoing legal matters through to resolution.
  • Support corporate documentation, KYC, licenses, registrations, powers of attorney, board/shareholder documentation, and other legal records.
  • Coordinate legal support for directors, founders, and management on personal or director-related matters when required, including engaging and coordinating with appropriate external legal counsel.
  • Maintain confidentiality and secure records relating to sensitive legal and personal matters.
• Commercial & Business Operations:
  • Work closely with Finance, Sales, Delivery, HR, and Operations to identify and manage contractual and commercial risks.
  • Support customer/vendor onboarding and documentation.
  • Assist with disputes, payment-related contractual matters, claims, and termination processes.
  • Develop and maintain standard contract templates, approval workflows, legal trackers, and SOPs.
  • Maintain a calendar of important legal, corporate, contractual, and compliance deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Commerce, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in commercial contracts, legal operations, contract management, or corporate legal.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts and contract lifecycle management.
• Ability to review agreements, identify risks, and coordinate negotiations.
• Strong drafting, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience coordinating with external lawyers and professional advisors.
• Good understanding of multi geography commercial practices; international exposure is an advantage.
• High level of discretion when handling confidential corporate, director, and personal legal matters.

Requirements

• Preferred LLB/LLM or equivalent legal qualification.
• Experience in a technology, consulting, SaaS, or professional services environment.
• Experience managing contracts across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiarity with technology contracts, IP, data protection, confidentiality, and professional services agreements.

What You Will Own

• Customer and vendor contract lifecycle.
• Contract repository and renewal/obligation tracking.
• Commercial risk and legal issue tracking.
• External legal counsel coordination.
• Corporate legal documentation.
• Director/founder legal matter coordination.
• Legal and commercial SOPs and processes.
• Confidential legal records and documentation.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role for someone who can independently manage day-to-day legal and commercial activities while coordinating effectively with management, internal teams, and external legal counsel.