Legal Manager

About T-Hub
T-Hub, the world's largest home for startups, is an innovation enabler that works with startups, corporates, governments, investors, and academia to drive innovation and entrepreneurship at scale. T-Hub is building a vibrant ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs and organisations to innovate, scale, and create meaningful impact.
About the Role
T-Hub is looking for a Legal-Manager to independently lead legal operations, contract management, risk mitigation, and intellectual property matters across the organisation.
We're looking for someone who combines strong legal expertise with a business-oriented mindset, can navigate complex agreements and negotiations, and understands the legal requirements of startups and innovation-driven organisations.
Key Responsibilities
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, MoUs, NDAs, vendor contracts, and program-related agreements.
Provide legal guidance to business teams, enabling commercial decisions while mitigating legal and financial risks.
Manage intellectual property matters relevant to startups, including IP ownership, assignment, licensing, protection, and related disputes.
Represent T-Hub in legal negotiations with clients, vendors, partners, and government stakeholders.
Standardize legal templates, strengthen contract management processes, and drive legal workflow automation.
Support startup founders with legal guidance on relevant matters within the innovation ecosystem.
Identify and mitigate contractual, regulatory, and IP-related risks across business engagements.
Who We're Looking For
LL.M from a Tier 1 institute with a minimum of 7 years of post-qualification experience.
Strong experience in contract drafting, negotiation, legal advisory, and governance documentation.
Mandatory hands-on experience in startup-related intellectual property matters, including IP assignment, ownership, licensing, and IP due diligence.
Exposure to Section 8 companies, incubators, accelerators, startup ecosystems, or CSR/grant-funded organisations is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools, preferably Zoho Contracts.
Proficiency in AI tools and legal technology, with a strong service mindset.
Strong ownership, stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
If you enjoy solving complex legal challenges, enabling business growth, and working closely with founders and ecosystem stakeholders, we'd love to hear from you.

Work arrangement
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