Suraj Bhatia

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Head of Legal at Compass Grid | ex-JPMorgan Chase

Compass Grid
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
IIT Bombay IDC
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Overview

12 years in law, the last 1 at Compass Grid, where I lead the employment team. Built the privacy programme for launches in 18 countries.

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Skills
employment lawequity plansimmigrationpolicy
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Hiring a founding counsel for the employment team - Mumbai

Role
Founding counsel
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹24-70 LPA
Team
Employment, 6 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with equity plans Production experience with employment law Good judgment about what not to build
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp ₹45-72 LPA. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Mumbai, Indiaequity plansimmigrationpolicy
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Experience

  1. Head of Legal
    Jul 2025 - Present
    Compass Grid · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Negotiated 527 commercial agreements a year.
    • Secured 2 payments licences.
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 8 countries.
  2. Product Counsel
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2025
    JPMorgan Chase · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took AI products activation from 29% to 41% in three quarters.
  3. Product Counsel
    Oct 2018 - Jan 2022
    Bosch · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Took creator activation from 33% to 46% in three quarters.
    • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
  4. Associate
    Aug 2016 - Oct 2018
    InMobi · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Negotiated 341 commercial agreements a year.
    • Secured 3 payments licences.
  5. Associate
    Mar 2015 - Aug 2016
    Intel · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 27 countries.
    • Negotiated 286 commercial agreements a year.

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Education

  1. IIT Bombay IDC
    M.Des, Economics
    2015 - 2017
  2. PSG College of Technology
    B.E., Economics
    2010 - 2014

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