Legal / Senior Legal Counsel

Title: Legal / Senior Legal Counsel

Location - Gurgaon

About noon

We're building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East - fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we're looking for a Legal / Senior Legal Counsel who can help us move even faster.

noon's mission: Every door, every day.

What you'll do :

Team noon has some of the fastest, smartest, and hardest-working people we've encountered. With a young, aggressive, and talented team, we're driving major missions forward. We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal Counsel to support assigned business verticals and functional teams by providing timely, practical, and business-focused legal guidance. This role will act as the first point of contact for all legal matters, with primary ownership of reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial and non-commercial contracts, partnerships, and key business initiatives.

The position will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure legal compliance, mitigate risks, and enable smooth business operations while aligning with the organization's governance and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial Contracts

• Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements, including vendor agreements, supplier contracts, service agreements, technology and SaaS agreements, NDAs, marketing agreements, partnership agreements, and procurement contracts.
• Provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to business stakeholders while effectively managing legal risks.
• Support business teams in contract interpretation, dispute resolution, and contractual risk assessment.
• Drafting and negotiating strategic partnerships, enterprise commercial deals, and cross-functional expansion projects.
• Managing Central Bank licensing applications,regulatory compliance, and payment institution permits across operational jurisdictions.
• Negotiating Payment Processing Agreements, Payment Gateway Agreements, acquiring/issuing contracts, and card scheme integrations.

Corporate and Transactional Support

• Assist in the review, drafting, and management of corporate documentation and legal records.
• Support investment transactions, corporate restructuring initiatives, and other strategic projects.
• Conduct legal due diligence and assist in the preparation and review of transaction-related documents.
• Prepare legal summaries, research notes, opinions, and internal advisory memoranda for business and leadership teams.
• Executing enterprise Technology Procurement Agreements, SaaS terms, cloud hosting contracts, and vendor SLAs.
• Drafting and reviewing Data Privacy Agreements (DPAs), cross-border data transfer protocols, and financial data residency compliance frameworks.

Legal Advisory & Risk Management

• Identify legal and compliance risks and recommend practical mitigation measures.
• Provide day-to-day legal support to cross-functional teams on operational, commercial, and strategic matters.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with teams across Finance, Commercial, Procurement, HR, Operations, and other business functions to provide legal support.
• Coordinate with external legal counsel and manage legal deliverables effectively—if required.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and provide timely legal guidance.
• Support the wider Legal team in managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you'll need:

• Between 3-8 years PQE with significant experience in in commercial contracts and transactional legal work, with the ability to independently review, draft and negotiate complex agreements.
• A solid understanding of technology, SaaS, procurement, vendor, partnership and payment-related contracts, with an ability to translate legal considerations into practical business advice.
• Experience working on data privacy, DPAs, cross-border data transfers and data residency requirements would be highly valuable.
• Exposure to corporate transactions, investments, restructuring, due diligence and strategic projects, with strong legal research and drafting capabilities.
• Familiarity with financial services and payments regulation, including licensing, payment institution requirements, payment processing, acquiring/issuing arrangements and card schemes, would be an advantage.
• Strong commercial acumen and risk judgement - you know how to balance protecting the business with enabling it to move quickly.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to work closely with senior leaders and teams across Finance, Commercial, Procurement, HR and Operations.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining attention to detail and delivering high-quality work within timelines.
• Regional experience of UAE, KSA and /or Egypt would be an additional advantage.

Who will excel

• A proactive problem-solver who anticipates issues and fixes them before they escalate.
• Someone who thrives in a visible, people-facing role and enjoys being the go-to person in the office.
• High ownership, attention to detail, and willingness to roll up your sleeves.
• We're looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters.
• You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action.
• noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.