Legal Counsel at SES, Chennai (Permanent, LLM Required, 3-5 Years PQE Preferred)

SES is hiring a Legal Counsel at its Chennai office on a permanent contract. The vacancy is carried on SES's own careers portal under Requisition Number 20257, with the location recorded as Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN, 600089.

The role is a commercial in-house counsel position. It centres on structuring, drafting and negotiating contracts and tender responses so that they comply with the national and international laws and regulations that apply to a cross-border satellite and connectivity business, alongside legal research and memoranda in fields that expressly include competition law. The counsel also supports SES's affiliates and subsidiaries and advises the commercial groups on their projects, contracts and initiatives, including bids and public or private partnership initiatives.

SES S.A. is a satellite and content connectivity operator headquartered in Luxembourg and publicly listed on the Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges under the ticker SESG. Following completion of its acquisition of Intelsat on 17 July 2025, SES operates approximately 90 geostationary (GEO) satellites and nearly 30 medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites, and holds strategic access to low earth orbit capacity. Its investor materials report EUR 3.5 billion of annual revenue for 2025 on a pro forma basis.

SES describes itself as the world's only multi-orbit satellite player, serving customers in aviation, energy, government, maritime, media, sports, telecommunications and space services. In India it lists two offices, at Chennai and at New Delhi. The Chennai address on SES's own offices page carries the same 600089 postcode as this requisition.

• Structure, draft, negotiate and finalise contracts and responses to tenders, ensuring compliance with applicable national and international laws and regulations.
• Conduct research and draft memoranda in various legal fields, including competition law.
• Provide assistance to SES's affiliates and subsidiaries on legal aspects as requested.
• Provide support and advice in legal matters across various functions, including transactional work.
• Provide timely and effective legal advice to the commercial groups in support of their respective projects, contracts and initiatives, including bids and public or private partnership initiatives.
• Communicate succinctly, diplomatically and credibly at all levels within the organisation.
• Build relationships collaboratively across all levels and functions of the organisation, and produce and present to a variety of internal and external audiences.

• Master's degree or LLM in law (stated as a requirement).
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Bar qualification would be of advantage.
• Three to five years of post-qualification experience in a law firm or in the legal department of a company would be of advantage.
• Experience in the telecommunication or media sector would be of advantage.

Note that the posting frames the bar qualification, the 3-5 years of PQE and the sector experience as advantages, not as absolute bars. The master's degree or LLM and the English fluency requirement are stated without that qualification.

• Capability to work in an accurate and organised manner, with proven attention to detail.
• Flexibility and team spirit.
• Good interpersonal relations and communication skills, written and oral.
• Good time management and priority setting skills.
• Proactive approach, a can-do mentality and the ability to work autonomously.
• Diplomatic manner and demonstrated cultural sensitivity.

• Fluency in English, both oral and written, is a must.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

The contract type on the requisition is Permanent. The work location is Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

SES does not disclose a salary or salary band on this posting, and it does not state a remote or hybrid working arrangement. Candidates who need clarity on either point should raise it through the careers portal rather than assume a figure or a work mode. What the posting does make explicit is that the role carries an expectation of domestic and international travel.

Applications are made only through SES's own careers portal, on the requisition page linked below. The page offers an Apply now route and a Start apply with LinkedIn route. There is no application email and no application fee.

SES states no closing date on this requisition, so applications are received on a rolling basis until the vacancy is filled or withdrawn. Candidates should therefore apply early rather than wait for a deadline that the employer has not set, and should re-check the requisition page before applying in case it has since closed.

The posting carries SES's equal opportunity statement: SES and its affiliated companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all, and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.