• Drafted and negotiated legal contracts with various acquiring banks, including payment gateway agreements, online payment and collections agreements, technology contracts, agreements related to other products/services.• Worked closely with all the departments and functions of the organisation, at multiple levels, to provide business critical and day to day strategic advice to the management.• Researched new applicable laws, regulations and legal regime of the new domains of business and advised on regulatory requirements, legal risks and mitigation strategies.• Selected, retained and managed the external counsels for litigation and other proceedings.• Reviewed the latest RBI Circulars and its suggested/prescribed SOP’s and framing the company policies accordingly. • Coordinated and liasioned with various banks, aggregators, acquirers and the RBI as the compliance officer.• Provided legal advice to all departments highlighting legal risks, when necessary, on a broad range of issues pertaining to law including but not limited to applicable Government laws and regulations, commercial / international contracts, company policies, mergers and acquisitions, litigation etc. without losing sight of the strategic/commercial objectives.• Built and managed relationships with regulators, government agencies, ministries and other regulatory authorities.• Supported the Board of Directors by rendering strategic legal advice to enable key business decisions on value chain integration, corporate M&A, regulatory & compliance matters and partnership opportunities by highlighting the key benefits as well as possible risks involved to enable the expansion of the business and achievement of growth plans.• Experience in managing internal investigations, code of conduct violations, litigations pertaining to IPR & IT Act especially pertaining to intermediaries, recovery matters, specialised law enforcement agencies such as ED, CBI, EoW, Cyber Crime, Crime Branch, CEN Cell, etc.