Senior Legal Expert - Corporate Law - MBB Global Firm - Contractual Role

Senior Legal Expert - Corporate Law - Global MBB Firm - Contractual

Job Description:

At Outsized, we match clients in financial services and management consulting to high-quality independent consultants and boutique/specialist firms for the execution of their key projects.

Our client, a global consulting firm, is working with a leading developmental finance institution in India on the creation of a new entity to advance its financial inclusion mission. As part of this critical initiative, they are seeking a seasoned Legal Expert with strong corporate law credentials and experience in incorporation and registration processes for new entities.

In this high-impact advisory role, the expert will help the client identify, evaluate, and implement the most suitable incorporation structures, ensuring a compliant and strategically sound setup. The expert's contributions will be instrumental in enabling the institution's long-term success and impact.

Key responsibilities:

- Advise on legal structures and incorporation processes for establishing a new entity in India

- Evaluate multiple structuring options and articulate their pros, cons, and strategic value

- Provide guidance on corporate governance frameworks tailored to developmental finance institutions

- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements relevant to Indian PSUs or similar entities

- Participate in ad hoc calls with the client team and potentially attend 1-2 in-person sessions in Mumbai

- Serve as a legal sounding board during key phases of the entity formation process

Your background:

- 10+ years of experience in corporate law with a focus on entity incorporation and registration in India

- Experience advising on structuring options for PSU or PSU-adjacent entities (preferred, not mandatory)

- Qualified lawyer with a track record in corporate law firms or relevant in-house legal teams

- Strong understanding of the Indian regulatory and corporate governance landscape

- Excellent advisory and stakeholder communication skills

Other information:

The role will be for an initial contract duration of 3-4 months

The expert is expected to support the client on a part-time basis, committing 5-10 hours per month remotely through ad hoc calls, with the possibility of 1-2 in-person days at the client site in Mumbai