Junior Company Counsel

🇮🇳 Hybrid - Gurgaon, Haryana 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Compliance 🗓️ September 14th, 2026

Legal Compliance

Edtech.com's Summary

Elsevier is hiring a Junior Company Counsel to support a wide range of legal and commercial activities, including drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts and legal documentation. The role works closely with the company's compliance and litigation attorneys on compliance investigations and policy development. It also supports one of Elsevier's sales segments with customer negotiations and transactions.

Highlights

Drafts legal documentation, including contracts from approved templates and contractual provisions, under guidance from senior legal professionals
Produces, amends, and formats accurate legal documents, letters, reports, presentations, and other business documentation
Proofreads legal documents to ensure consistency, accuracy, formatting compliance, and correct cross-referencing
Reviews and updates clauses across legal templates as needed
Supports compliance investigations, training development and delivery, and an anti-bribery due diligence program
Contributes to legal projects and other initiatives as requested
Requires experience working within a legal team, in either a law firm or an in-house legal environment
Calls for experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, plus knowledge of legal terminology and principles
Requires advanced written and verbal communication skills and proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
Hybrid role, based in Gurgaon with up to 3 remote days a week

Junior Company Counsel Full Description

About the Role

Elsevier is hiring a Junior Company Counsel to support a wide range of legal and commercial activities, including drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts and legal documentation. You'll work closely with the company's compliance and litigation attorneys on compliance investigations and policy development, and support one of the company's sales segments with customer negotiations and transactions.

What You'll Do

Draft legal documentation, including contracts from approved templates and contractual provisions, under guidance from senior legal professionals
Produce, amend, and format accurate legal documents, letters, reports, presentations, and other business documentation
Proofread legal documents to ensure consistency, accuracy, formatting compliance, and correct cross-referencing
Review and update clauses across legal templates as needed
Support compliance investigations, training development and delivery, and an anti-bribery due diligence program
Support legal projects and other initiatives as requested

What You'll Need

Experience working within a legal team, in either a law firm or in-house legal environment
Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts
Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft and review legal documents
Knowledge of legal terminology and legal principles
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint