Legal Counsel (Associate) at Cyient Limited, Hyderabad [4+ Years PQE, Work From Office]

Cyient Limited was established in 1991 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India as CYIENT. It is a global digital engineering and technology company that serves more than 300 customers, including 29 Fortune 500 companies, across several industries. Cyient operates in 23 jurisdictions and its legal team supports the business across all of them. The company describes itself as guided by its Values FIRST principle.

Cyient is looking for its next Legal Counsel, at the designation level of Associate, to work in the General Corporate and Compliance function across regions. The position is based at the company's Madhapur office in Hyderabad and reports to the Senior Counsel, Legal and Compliance. The posting sits within the Legal and Compliance (India) team and carries the internal reference number JR-071511.

The team describes itself as a group of lawyers who work closely together, and says it is looking for a self-starter who can work as part of a team and communicate well. One position is open.

• Perform a variety of legal activities in accordance with the established standards of the legal profession, to protect the organisation's reputation and business interests and help ensure it complies with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Provide legal advice within the area of expertise to functional or operational area managers, so that their activities, policies, business practices and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Analyse and interpret case law, court reports, and proposed and existing laws and regulations, and prepare technical reports on how they affect the organisation's operations.
• Prepare legal contracts, letters of agreement and other documents relating to trade, commercial, financial and operational matters, including loans, leases, purchase agreements, acquisitions, divestitures and employment contracts.
• Review and approve public statements from a legal standpoint, to identify, anticipate and mitigate legal risks.

Cyient's own description of the role states that the person works under direct supervision and advises the company on less complex legal aspects such as trade and commercial matters, foreign investment, technology transfer, labour and corporate issues. The role also involves preparing and reviewing contracts, letters of agreement and other documents for legal compliance, assisting on assigned legal projects, liaising with external functional or operational specialists as required, and preparing or reviewing materials for compliance.

• Conducting regulatory research on compliance subjects, and working on the legal aspects of HR policies.
• Organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently as well as in a cross-functional team and to build rapport and trust with internal clients.
• Flexibility in work hours to accommodate time zones around the world.
• A positive outlook and the ability to work well with peers.

• In-house lawyers with 4 or more years of post-qualification experience.
• Preference will be given to candidates from an IT background.

The position is located in Hyderabad and the working model stated on the posting is offline, that is, work from office. Cyient's Madhapur address is Plot No. 11, Software Units Layout, Infocity, Madhapur, Hyderabad 500 081, Telangana.

Cyient does not state a salary figure on the posting. Compensation is not disclosed and is presumably discussed during the hiring process.

Applications are accepted only through Cyient's own careers portal. Open the job page linked below and use the Apply button on that page to submit your profile and resume. Cyient has not published a closing date for this vacancy on the portal, so applications appear to be accepted until the position is filled. The posting was created on the careers portal on 20 July 2026 and was last updated on 11 August 2026, so it is live at the time of writing. Interested candidates should apply early rather than wait, and should check the portal page before applying in case the listing has been taken down.