HEAD OF LEGAL (Chennai)

About the role This is the senior-most legal role in the group and it reports to the CEO. You own everything: contracts, disputes, compliance, corporate governance, regulatory work, and the legal protection of the founder and the leadership team. The work sits at an unusual intersection. On one side, media and entertainment production agreements, talent contracts, rights, distribution, publicity and personality rights. On the other, technology and AI enterprise contracts, data protection, intellectual property, platform liability and emerging AI regulation. Very few lawyers have both. We are looking for someone who has one deeply and can build the other quick. We care less about where you trained than about what you have actually protected. The strongest candidates will be able to point to a specific clause they insisted on, a position they took, or a structure they built that later saved the company, its founder or its leadership real money, real liability or real reputation. What you will do - Own the full contract lifecycle drafting, negotiation, review, playbooks and templates across every business line - Handle media and entertainment agreements: production, talent and artist contracts, chain of title, music and sync rights, distribution and platform deals, brand endorsements, title clearance - Handle technology agreements: master services agreements, SaaS and enterprise terms, data processing agreements, vendor and cloud contracts, licensing, NDAs - Protect the founders and the companys publicity and personality rights, including against AI-generated misuse and deepfakes takedowns, cease-and-desist, John Doe applications and injunctive relief - Own compliance: the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and Rules, IT Act and intermediary obligations, advertising and content regulation, labour law, POSH, and sector-specific requirements - Build and run the data protection programme ahead of the phased DPDP enforcement timeline consent architecture, noti .