As the Associate General Counsel at PacketFabric, I led the legal operations for the company's global network and storage services and oversaw all aspects of contracts and litigation related matters, M&A activities, IP law and data privacy law. With over 16 years of experience in the legal field, I have a proven track record of delivering excellence and value to the organizations I work with, while ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. I joined PacketFabric (then R-Stor) in 2020 as a Senior Contracts Manager, and quickly advanced to a higher role, where I remotely managed the legal matters of the company's operations in the US, Japan, and the UK. Before that, I was the Senior Counsel at Nutanix, where I was re-hired remotely, to handle the legal issues related to the company's cloud computing and software solutions. I have a strong background in business and law, with an MBA from Monash Business School, an LL.M from Bangalore University, and an MBL from National Law School of India University. I am passionate about continuous hard work, innovation, technology, and diversity, and I enjoy solving complex legal challenges and creating a positive impact on the stakeholders.
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Associate General CounselPacketfabric Apr 2022 - Dec 2023Australia -
Sr. Contracts Manager, GlobalPacketfabric Dec 2020 - Apr 2022Australia -
Senior CounselNutanix Feb 2019 - Sep 2019Australia -
Senior Contracts ManagerNutanix Apr 2018 - Nov 2018San Jose, CaliforniaPart of the Commercial Legal team, that was responsible for managing High Dollar Value Contracts (Contract value of over 1M.) • Was highly appreciated for being one of the only people in the commercial legal department, who resolved issues on time. Was commonly referred to as the “quick turnaround attorney” helping Nutanix (USA, Asia, Europe, Australia & India) at different time zones. • Conducted end-to-end due diligence for three major successful acquisitions (one & two step mergers) in 2018-2019. • Provided guidance to finance & sales teams & was a part of all negotiations for almost every matter I was entrusted with. • Drafting and negotiating contract terms with partners, customers, clients & vendors for day to day business activities. • Reconcile/resolve issues related to compliance terms and renegotiate contracts, especially during mergers/ acquisitions. • Provided expert advise to marketing and sales teams through presentations, on the best ways of negotiating better deals and avoiding over commitment risks. • Overseeing daily activities and execution of assignments by the team and providing metrics to General Counsel • Collaborating closely with General Counsel to ensure that project is on track for deliverables • Providing validation post quality check and quality assurance on deliverables of the team (rechecking the work of junior attorneys before documents are sent out to the clients). -
Project ManagerGilead Sciences Jan 2018 - Mar 2018San Francisco, California• Leading a team of 12 clinical contract administrators for carrying out end-to-end contract management activities • Providing project management and oversight to the GDAR/Apollo migration and archival project; instructing the team on contract drafting and TMF filing • Overseeing daily activities and execution of assignments by the team and providing metrics to department manager • Collaborating closely with department manager to ensure that project is on track for deliverables • Providing validation post quality check and quality assurance on deliverables of the team • Majorly involved in contract reconciliation and negotiation -
Contracts AdministratorStanford Health Care Nov 2016 - Jun 2017Palo Alto, California, United States• Instrumental in managing and clearing a backlog of over 3,000 untouched hardware and software contract related matters. This included a detailed review of over 500 contracts within the first 6 weeks of joining. Top performer based on daily metrics since joining the team • Conducted research of privacy law in California and best possible ways to avoid financial impact by usage of appropriate terms of service to benefit the organization • Conducted market research on new policies and principles and applied them to the existing contracts, for them to be at par with the market standards. Responsibilities also included ongoing work viz., drafting, updating and organizing contract templates and various types of agreements on a daily basis as a part of the intake team • Drafted time sensitive contracts like proposals, RFP’s, RFQ’s and was involved in negotiations to procure services from vendors at the lowest price. Organized and documented work electronically by updating and maintaining the electronic contract management database, maintaining contract management common mailbox by responding to stakeholder queries and uploading contracts to share drive. Created and interpreted contract and financial reports and legal forms, in Microsoft Excel (using the electronic contract management database) on a daily basis for the management • Updated Stanford’s standard operating procedures’ on a daily basis. Brought innovative ways to streamline operations and implement new processes -
Credit And Debt AnalysisDun And Bradstreet Jan 2015 - Oct 2015Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaResponsible for negotiating settlements for unpaid debt in the Australian Energy and Banking sectors. -
Privacy Law InternCapgemini Nov 2013 - Apr 2014Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -
Senior ConsultantCapgemini Nov 2008 - Feb 2013Mumbai, Maharashtra, India• Instrumental in piloting and owning Contract Lifecycle Management practice for Capgemini India to achieve streamlined administration of contracts, document automation and tracking through a centralized database; trained by attorneys at Capgemini U.S. LLC, NY during the process; responsibilities included: • In-depth analysis of contract terms, performance metrics, privacy and TOS, timelines and trigger events • Organizing templates/ signed contracts & reports within the Capgemini’s centralized database (Sharepoint/Shareloc) • Drafting proposals, MOUs, MSAs, NDAs, collaboration agreements, alliance agreements, work orders/SOWs(including for biggest clients in North America) for SAP/SAS implementation and up-gradation processes • Acted as a legal representative on deal reviews/ renewals to ensure compliance with company policies and provide legal guidance • Involved in implementation of web based contracts repository for Capgemini India including the TOS for all other affiliates of Capgemini • Involved in re-negotiation of contracts for Capgemini entities in UK, Germany and Nordic regions • Mediated for resolving conflicts and issues related to contract renewals • Responsible for management of information systems for tracking opportunities from their conception to end and generating reports for senior management to demonstrate progress of opportunities in pipeline on a daily, weekly and bi-monthly basis. • Produced board meeting minutes, MIS reports and dashboards and correspondences; Managed Sales and Finance Reporting for Capgemini Sverige AB through SPADE (Oracle based interface) -
Assistant ManagerCapital First Limited Oct 2007 - Aug 2008Mumbai, Maharashtra, India• Conducted end to end due diligence for Initial Public Offering (IPO) of incoming tenders from investors and proposals for infrastructure projects • Successfully negotiated with the biggest law firm in India for entire IPO related project at 50% of the budget • Drafting precedents and working agreements for Inter Corporate lending/borrowing, existing/new retail asset and liability products including documents for group companies • Solving Investor queries in bulk and replying to notices from Securities &Exchange Board of India (SEBI), National Stock Exchange (NSE), Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Registrar of Companies (ROC) and consumer forums in Mumbai and Gujarat -
Legal CounselIks Health May 2007 - Sep 2007Mumbai, Maharashtra, India−Reviewed documents from various federal agencies concerning anti trust and money laundering issues−Completed issue document tagging for certain type of content−Conducted internet research and reviewed over 200 documents, depending on the project requirement−Got trained on EDRM lifecycle management -
Litigation AttorneyMulla Mulla Craige Blunt Caroe Aug 2006 - Aug 2007Mumbai, Maharashtra, India• Involved in co-defending a leading newspaper at the Bombay High Court, seeking to enforce a negative covenant restraining a top employee retained by one of the leading FM Radio stations of India restraining him from joining a competitor • Assisted the General Counsel in defending a top Airline by enforcing a restraining order on a passenger for lodging false complaints on various airlines across the country -
Legal ConsultantGreenpoint Global Jun 2006 - Jul 2006Mumbai, Maharashtra, India−Document review, compilation and analysis using UnitedLex and Relativity−Reviewed and analyzed documents for client in Texas−Identified situations where documents can be withheld from counter-party based on privileged doctrine
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Priyanka Edema Education Details
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Master Of Business Administration (Mba) -
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Criminal Law
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Priyanka Edema attended Monash Business School, National Law School Of India University, Bangalore University, Bangalore University.
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