Corporate Legal Counsel

About Us:

Sugar.fit is a pioneering health-tech company dedicated to managing and reversing Type-2 diabetes through a data-driven and personalized approach. We combine cutting-edge technology, expert medical guidance, and holistic lifestyle interventions to empower individuals to take control of their health.

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Corporate Legal Counsel to oversee and manage the entire legal spectrum for Sugar.fit, focusing on business-centric legal solutions. The ideal candidate will provide strategic legal guidance, ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and support business functions with risk-mitigated decision-making. This role is crucial in handling fundraising, contracts, regulatory compliance, intellectual property matters, corporate governance, and strategic partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal Strategy and Risk Management: Provide legal guidance to leadership, ensuring risk-mitigated decision-making across all business verticals.

• Revenue and Expansion Support: Facilitate business growth by structuring and negotiating legal frameworks for vendor relationships, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, clinic operations, technology integrations, and strategic partnerships, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation.

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Oversee end-to-end contract management, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements across marketing, operations, product, clinical, real estate, and strategic partnerships, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Regulatory and Compliance Management: Ensure adherence to healthcare, foreign exchange regulations (FEMA), data privacy, consumer protection laws, FSSAI regulations, and industry standards.

• Telemedicine and Digital Health Compliance: Advise on regulatory frameworks governing telemedicine and digital health services, ensuring compliance with CDSCO, state authorities, and other medical device/clinical guidelines. Structure contractual obligations in agreements, mitigate legal risks in clinical consultations, and engage with regulatory bodies to facilitate necessary approvals and licenses.

• Fundraising and Investments: Support capital-raising efforts, investor relations, and corporate structuring.

• Corporate Governance and Board Affairs: Oversee corporate secretarial matters, facilitate board and investor meetings, and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.

• Dispute Resolution: Manage litigation, regulatory disputes, consumer complaints, ASCI matters, FSSAI notices, and enforcement actions.

• Intellectual Property Protection: Strengthen the IPR portfolio by securing trademarks for core brand and product lines.

• Legal MIS: Develop and maintain a legal MIS, providing actionable insights on contract status, compliance metrics, litigation updates, and key legal risks.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

• Education: LL.B from a recognized law school; LL.M is a plus.
• Experience and Expertise: 4–7 years in corporate law, preferably in a high-growth startup, health-tech, or a top-tier law firm handling corporate, commercial, or regulatory matters. Strong knowledge of commercial laws, corporate governance, data privacy (IT Act), FEMA, and healthcare and consumer protection regulations relevant to health-tech and consumer businesses.
• Proactive and Business-Oriented: Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive legal strategies that align with business goals.

Why Join Us?

• Be a part of a mission-driven company that is revolutionizing diabetes care.
• Work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with high ownership and growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with passionate professionals in a supportive and innovative culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

If you are a strategic legal professional looking to make a meaningful impact in the health-tech space, we’d love to hear from you!