Associate (Civil and Commercial Disputes) at Polaris Legal, Bengaluru [0-1 Year PQE]

Polaris Legal is hiring an Associate for its Civil and Commercial Disputes Team at its Bengaluru office. The firm announced the opening on 6 August 2026 and is looking for a lawyer with 0-1 year of post-qualification experience. In the firm's own words, the position suits candidates committed to building a career in dispute resolution.

The advert describes the role as offering exposure to a versatile disputes practice with expertise in arbitration, corporate, real estate and civil litigation.

Polaris Legal is a boutique law firm specialising in litigation and dispute resolution. It was set up by three founding partners who previously held partnerships at top-tier Indian law firms: Jacob Alexander, Sanjana Rao and Abhinay V.

The firm works out of a single office at the Barton Centre on M.G. Road, Bengaluru, and describes its counsel as clear, strategic and actionable. Alongside disputes, it maintains practices in real estate, general corporate, employment, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, and estate planning and succession.

The firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice appears before the High Court of Karnataka and other State High Courts, District and Commercial Courts, domestic and international arbitral tribunals, the National Company Law Tribunal, Debt Recovery Tribunals, consumer courts, and specialist tribunals and statutory authorities.

Matters handled by the practice include:

• Contractual and commercial disputes, including distributorship, franchise and licensing agreements
• Shareholder and partnership conflicts
• Construction and infrastructure disputes
• Real estate and property disputes
• Intellectual property infringement
• Debt recovery and corporate insolvency
• Tortious claims such as negligence and defamation
• Employment disputes, trust disputes, writ litigation, and succession and inheritance matters

The firm states that it acts across the full spectrum of dispute resolution, from pre-litigation advisory and strategy through pleadings, trial, arguments, appeal and execution.

The firm has asked for candidates with 0-1 year of post-qualification experience, which places the role at the entry level for law graduates who have completed their degree and enrolled. The single stated preference is a commitment to building a career in dispute resolution.

No other eligibility filter, such as a minimum grade, a named set of institutions or a bar enrolment state, appears in the announcement.

Polaris Legal operates from one office, at Unit No. 105, 1st Floor, Barton Centre, M.G. Road, Bengaluru 560001, and applications for this role are routed to its Bengaluru address. The announcement does not offer a remote or hybrid option, and a litigation role tied to the Karnataka courts is an in-office posting.

The firm has not disclosed a salary figure for this position. Compensation is not mentioned in the hiring announcement and the firm publishes no pay band, so candidates should raise it directly with the office during the process. This is a salaried associate position rather than an internship.

Applications go by email to blr@polarislegal.in. Send a covering email setting out your post-qualification experience and your interest in dispute resolution, along with your curriculum vitae.

The firm has not announced a closing date. The opening was published on 6 August 2026 and remains open, so applications are being received on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applying early is sensible for a single-vacancy boutique role of this kind.