Legal Associate

Legal Associate

Synthio Labs is looking for a Legal Associate to own and lead the company's end-to-end legal function. The ideal candidate will be based in India and have 5+ years of legal experience, including experience working with US-based companies, preferably in pharma, life sciences, healthcare.

Key Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end legal function and provide legal guidance to the leadership team and business.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage customer, vendor, partner, NDA, MSA, SOW, DPA, and other commercial agreements, particularly US contracts.
• Advise on contractual risks, liability, indemnification, IP, confidentiality, data protection, and other key legal provisions.
• Manage vendor and partner legal engagements, including negotiations and onboarding.
• Support employee-related legal matters, including employment agreements, consulting agreements, policies, employee relations, and terminations.
• Manage ESOP/equity-related matters, including grants, vesting, exercise, employee equity documentation, and coordination with equity platforms and external counsel.
• Support fundraising, corporate governance, board matters, shareholder matters, and other corporate transactions.
• Oversee IP, compliance, privacy, and regulatory matters.
• Support pharma/life sciences customer requirements and contractual compliance.
• Manage external legal counsel, legal budgets, and specialist advisors.
• Establish scalable legal processes, templates, approval workflows, and contract management practices.
• Proactively identify and mitigate legal and business risks as the company scales.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably with leading pharma/life sciences companies.
• Prior experience working with US-based companies is required.
• Strong understanding of US commercial contracts and business practices.
• Experience with corporate governance, employment, IP, privacy, compliance, ESOP/equity, and regulatory matters.
• Experience working with US customers, vendors, employees, or cross-border transactions is strongly preferred.
• Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Ability to independently manage matters end-to-end and work closely with senior leadership.
• Strong business judgment, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is a plus.