Legal Consulting Services with primary focus on IT and ITES industry, for Labour law compliance, HR - Advisory, Commercial Contracting and Corporate Training on compliance topics. USP : Quick turnaround time and ethical legal solutions with business acumen.Core focus: Providing practical legal support to the in-house Legal and HR teams of my clientele.About Bagal and Kakade Associates: It is headed by two stalwarts in labour law compliance - both recently retired from the… Show more Legal Consulting Services with primary focus on IT and ITES industry, for Labour law compliance, HR - Advisory, Commercial Contracting and Corporate Training on compliance topics. USP : Quick turnaround time and ethical legal solutions with business acumen.Core focus: Providing practical legal support to the in-house Legal and HR teams of my clientele.About Bagal and Kakade Associates: It is headed by two stalwarts in labour law compliance - both recently retired from the Maharashtra State Government as Assistant and Deputy Labour commissioner respectively. Together we create and deliver training modules for our clients and also advise them, on a retainer basis, on ethical and practical compliance with local labour laws which are quite complex in India. We function as an extended in-house legal team for our clients through our commercial contract practice to support our clients' growing commercial contract negotiation requirements. Show less

• Offered counsel on legal issues• Facilitated business strategic decisions that are appropriate as per laws. • Mentored and led a team of 7 in-house legal professionals in Pune and Bangalore to ensure legal filing, application and documentation, draft, review and finalisation of client and vendor contracts. • As Company Secretary, co-ordinated and ensured timely conduct of Board and Annual General meetings, maintained minutes of meeting, and other statutory records… Show more • Offered counsel on legal issues• Facilitated business strategic decisions that are appropriate as per laws. • Mentored and led a team of 7 in-house legal professionals in Pune and Bangalore to ensure legal filing, application and documentation, draft, review and finalisation of client and vendor contracts. • As Company Secretary, co-ordinated and ensured timely conduct of Board and Annual General meetings, maintained minutes of meeting, and other statutory records. • Monitored internal governance policies, research and evaluation of various risk factors regarding business decisions and operations.• Applied effective risk management techniques and offered proactive advice on possible legal issues. • Communicated and negotiated with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority), creating relations of trust and accountability Show less

• Managed and mentored a team of 13 attorneys forming the company’s in-house legal team at Pune• Providing end to end legal support to TIBCOs globally dispersed Legal Department and TIBCO business in general. • Led the team’s change management, process improvement, employee growth, and team mentoring. • Collaborated with the Company’s VP of Global Licensing located in California to ensure continuous improvement in quality of the team’s output. • Actively supported management… Show more • Managed and mentored a team of 13 attorneys forming the company’s in-house legal team at Pune• Providing end to end legal support to TIBCOs globally dispersed Legal Department and TIBCO business in general. • Led the team’s change management, process improvement, employee growth, and team mentoring. • Collaborated with the Company’s VP of Global Licensing located in California to ensure continuous improvement in quality of the team’s output. • Actively supported management reporting of legal metrics through the company’s contract management system. • Actively participated in testing and finalizing the company’s due diligence system and AI tools for contract reading and reporting Show less

Reviewed, negotiated and finalised IT consulting contracts with clients based largely in US, UK and Australia. Assisted in the firm’s change management, employee management and team mentoring. Conducted legal research, analysis and provided solutions as per client specific requirements

Assisted in setting up legal compliance and processes. Conducted training to sensitise the management on laws affecting policies such as India Data Protection law, FCPA, PoSH Act, Standing Orders etc. Functional head for automation of legal compliance through a proprietary compliance manager tool. Ensure and monitor overall corporate legal compliance from an India perspective.

Owned the entire gamut of legal functions. Right from Contract negotiation with clients located primarily in the US and UK to ensuring corporate legal compliance. Legal advice to management on policy formulation and enhancement. In-house counsel to various departments on day to day legal administration. Monitored drafting and issue of result-oriented legal notices for debt recovery from clients. Coordinated with external attorneys, preparing case summaries with respect to litigation and IPR… Show more Owned the entire gamut of legal functions. Right from Contract negotiation with clients located primarily in the US and UK to ensuring corporate legal compliance. Legal advice to management on policy formulation and enhancement. In-house counsel to various departments on day to day legal administration. Monitored drafting and issue of result-oriented legal notices for debt recovery from clients. Coordinated with external attorneys, preparing case summaries with respect to litigation and IPR related matters. Led the in house legal team’s growth from a two member team to five member team over seven years to keep pace with the company’s exponential growth. Show less

Handled core company secretarial functions and assisted with real estate related legal functions of the company.