Commercial Contracts Legal Counsel

Commercial Contracts Legal Counsel

Your Team Responsibilities

As part of MSCI's AI Contract Team, you'll work closely with Commercial Legal teams across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, negotiating technology and data agreements and helping embed AI tools into how the team works. The environment is fast paced but collegial, built on close working relationships within Commercial Contracts and with other functional departments at MSCI.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate complex technology and data agreements to provide MSCI's services, including data licenses, Software-as-a-Service arrangements, financial product licenses, managed services agreements and redistribution arrangements, primarily under New York law.
• Rapidly come up to speed on MSCI's AI capabilities, contracts, product offerings, risk tolerances, policies and practices.
• Work collaboratively and creatively to design and implement new contract templates and provisions for new product offerings.
• Use and contribute to the development of MSCI's AI systems as an integral part of your work. No programming experience is necessary, but you should show self-directed adoption of new technology, tools you've taught yourself, processes you've changed or workarounds you've built, and ideally use of AI tools on live legal work.
• Work on any other legal projects, teams and assignments as they arise.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• Ability to carefully yet swiftly negotiate a high volume of complex agreements.
• Strong project management skills, with the organisational capability to manage multiple deals and projects in a fast paced environment.
• Experience negotiating complex technology and IP transactions.
• An entrepreneurial, can do spirit and a proactive desire to quickly learn the business and rapidly come up to speed in new areas.
• A positive, execution oriented outlook, with superior listening skills, drafting ability and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and colleagues.
• A law degree and licence to practise.
• A minimum of 4 years' experience in-house or at a premier law firm.
• Experience in the financial services industry, advising on IP matters and/or working on M&A deals is helpful.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.
• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.
• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.
• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.
• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center, LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.
• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.
• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave), veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please email Disability.

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Benefits

• MSCI is committed to providing a competitive benefit package to you and, where applicable, your family.

• National Pension System (NPS)

• Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)

• Provident Fund

• Daycare benefit (creche)

• Pregnancy care program / Maternity kit

• Pet Care

• Healthcare benefits, including:

• Health, accident and life insurance

• Emergency Ambulance service

• Health checkup

• Tele-Medicine

• Inclusive Health & Wellbeing benefits

• Development

• opportunities

• At MSCI career paths are multi-directional, and we believe that new and challenging experiences drive both professional growth and business success.

• Everyone here is responsible for leading their own development and we’re here to support and guide you every step of the way. Whether that means deepening your expertise, moving across teams, or stepping into leadership, you’ll have access to internal mobility, learning and skills development, stretch opportunities and mentoring.

• Discover more about how you can grow your career at MSCI

• Mumbai

• 12th Floor

• Nesco IT Building No. 3, Nesco IT Park

• Nesco Complex

• Goregaon (East)

• Mumbai 400063

• India

• MSCI has been named as one of LinkedIn's Top Companies 2025 in India. Learn more about this recognition.

• Our LEED-certified Mumbai office is in the Nesco IT park, with amazing views of the Aarey forest and good connections to both public transport and the highway. As the largest MSCI office, a wide variety of teams are represented here, from Technology and Data Operations to Research, Finance, and Sales and Relationship Management. You’ll also find that we’re well-equipped with collaboration spaces, breakout zones, a cafeteria and relax rooms, as well as a gym for those looking to exercise before work. Learn more about our offices in India.

• Read our Equal Opportunity Policy.

• Recruitment process

• Apply online

• Talk to our recruiter

• Interview with our team

• Make your decision

• If you’re successful, we’ll make you an offer and give you any further information you need to help you make your decision. If the answer is yes, it’s time for some background checks, and then we’ll welcome you on board. Learn more about our onboarding experience.