I have close to 11 years of contract management and procurement legal experience with leading MNCs and 1.5 years of Litigation experience in the various Courts of Kerala. My current responsibilities include drafting of contractual documents such as base agreements, local country agreements, contract amendments, proposals etc., change control management, contract review, obligation management, contract interpretation, preparing contract summaries, executive summaries, obligation matrix, contract briefs and various monthly/weekly reports. I did my LLB from the University of Kannur and also hold a PG in English Literature. I have successfully completed an intensive LPO training conducted by the Rainmakers and achieved 75% in the Global Legal Proficiency Certification Test. I am currently perusing Masters in Business Law from NLSIU, BangaloreHighlights: a) Professional with close to 11 years of experience in IT Procurement Legal and Contract Management. b) Specialised in Contract Negotiation, Review and Drafting of various IT services and Software licensing agreements. c) Possess excellent analytical skills to identify and mitigate contractual, Legal and business related risks. Interface between the internal and the external stake holders to align the resolutions of the issues.d) Effective relationship management skills with the capability to relate to people at any level of business and management across the globe.e) Lead the identification, evaluation, and implementation of areas of process efficiency improvement and provide regular reports on the status of these initiatives to the management team. f) Pro-active team player and provide legal procurement process and contract management training to the team members
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Procurement Professional - LegalIbm India Private Limited Mar 2015 - Jun 2018Bengaluru Area, Indiaa) Drafted and negotiated various software procurement contracts including MSAs, Supplier Relationship Agreements, SaaS, Managed services SOWs, Contract Amendments, NDAs, LSAs. DPAs etc.b) Worked on the revision of mutually agreed source code custody agreement (SCCA) template to meet the changes in business requirement. Worked as an interface between the internal stake holders and the supplier to resolve contractual and business related issues. c) GDPR requirement – Worked on the negotiation and execution of Data Protection Agreements (DPA) for more than hundred suppliers with in a tight time frame in order to ensure the complianced) Involved in the validation and approval process for on-boarding new suppliers into the IBM system.e) Provided procurement process and contract management training to the team members.f) Actively involved in a project for developing a new tool for the comparison of contractual documents.g) Participated in the negotiation and execution of Company's Ethics and compliance letters with third party suppliers.
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Legal Contracts ManagerEmc Jun 2013 - Feb 2015Bengaluru Area, Indiaa) Negotiated and drafted various contractual documents like Master services agreements, Storage and managed services SOWs, contract amendments, local country agreements, nondisclosure agreements, change orders, proposals etc.b) Worked with local country lawyers across the globe for the drafting and execution of local country agreements. Offered accounts with contract management process set-up support such as contract approval & signature process, local country agreement process, change control process etc.c) Reviewed and negotiated legal terms and acted as interface between the third parties and the company to align the resolutions of the issues and finalisation of contract terms.d) Negotiated and drove the contract expansion thru completion with the awareness of stakeholders.e) Change control management – Managed the contractual changes from initiation through closure.f) Obligation management – Prepared obligation matrix and working with the account team to ensure the timely delivery of company’s contracted obligations.g) Contract review and interpretation: Reviewed contract to identify the potential risk for the company.h) Prepared contract awareness presentations and providing contract awareness training to the account team.i) Worked on the development of various standard contract templates for the BU.j) Contract deliverable – Prepared contract deliverable such as contract briefs, contract summaries, executive summaries and contract descriptions etc. -
Senior Executive LegalCsc Dec 2011 - Jun 2013Bangalorea) Reviewed legal and commercial terms of the IT services agreements to identify potential risks for the company and provided advice to the internal stake holders.b) Prepared flow downs, contract briefs and obligation matrix for the IT services agreements executed . c) Contract conforming – Incorporated all amendments to the originally executed contract together to form a completely revised version of the entire contract.d) Proactively coordinated with various tower leads for the discussion and resolution of the contractual issues.e) Compared RFS documents against existing contracts.f) Performed various contract research activities.g) Prepared monthly/weekly reports for the submission to internal clients and higher Managementh) Obligation management – Worked on the obligation management tool to ensure the timely delivery of company’s obligations. -
Executive Contracts/LegalWipro Technologies Apr 2009 - Nov 2011Bangalorea) Drafted Amendments, Non-Disclosure Agreements etc.b) Followed Contract Process and identified the action items for the preparation of contract compliance matrix. c) Reviewed contracts and processed executed Contract data within the company’s contract management system.d) Performed of BU Contract closures (status reporting as well as actual closure memo preparation and archiving)e) Performed global business assessment activitiesf) Maintained NDA register and log. g) Prepared various CM reports. -
Legal ValidatorNtrust Infotech Oct 2007 - Apr 2009Chennai Area, Indiaa) Validation: Worked on the validation of abstracted real estate lease agreements for U.S and U.K customers b) Contract Abstraction: Abstracted the commercial lease agreements as per the client’s requirement. c) Identified issues/process improvements for the work group to improve customer experience -
LawyerDistrict Court Jul 2005 - Sep 2007Kannura) Drafted Power of Attorneys and Lease Agreementsb) Conducted Motor Accident claim Tribunal cases.c) Handled Family Law matters relating to divorce and maintenance.
Bijesh V R Education Details
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Mk UniversityEnglish -
Payyanur CollegeEnglish
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Bijesh V R attended Kannur University, Mk University, Payyanur College.
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