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Delhi, India

India

Noida Area, India

Key Management Responsibility: Leading and managing team of lawyers with varying degrees of experience, and external independent lawyers and law firms on various legal aspects, meeting expectations of various business teams on quality of service and turn-around-time, interacting with senior management while identifying and highlighting risks, and coordinating with and advising other company verticals, such as Channel Partner Management, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain and Procurement, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Administration~ Drafting, vetting and negotiating manufacturing and supply contracts, sale and purchase agreements, commission agreements, distribution agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, service and consultancy agreements, among others with various customer and vendor typologies: o Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies o IT companies o Vendors~ Worked on various cross-border (United States of America, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, among others) licensing to bring in global technology for pharma products~ Guiding various business verticals on minimizing risks while conducting business~ Team budgeting, and performance-based cost-benefit analyses~ Prepared detailed process flows, identified relevant skill-sets required at each sub-process, identified team members that possessed the relevant skill-sets, defined their roles, KRAs, and KPIs for each sub-process task, allocated relevant timelines, and manage each delivery~ Through optimal and strategic utilization of available resources, I am able to complete the tasks well within indicated timelines, leading to reduction in costs owing to increased delivery efficiencies~ Comfortable working and interacting with diverse group of people spanning across various business teams in multiple countries~ Handled conflicts in an open and constructive manner while providing solutions to remove ambiguity and simplifying issues

Gurgaon, India

Key Management Responsibility: Interacted directly with CEO and COO of India and Sri Lanka while identifying risks and providing alternative solutions for driving business growth while being compliant with applicable laws, meeting expectations of various business teams on quality of service and turn-around-time, and interacting with Head – Legal Counsel for United States of America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East on legal risk identification, devised and operationalized comprehensive contract management system (including contract initiation, KPIs, templates, review guidance manuals, approval matrix and escalation system, database management, contract storage system, and business and legal team training) with external vendor, mainstreaming global legal best practices, defining code of standards for ethical business and legal performance, led and managed team of lawyers with varying degrees of experience, external independent lawyers and law firms on various legal aspects, and coordinating with and advising other company verticals, such as Channel Partner Management, Supply Chain and Procurement, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Administration.~ Drafting, vetting and negotiating agreements such as, service agreements, confidentiality agreements, transaction agreements, among others, for various business teams and entities, with leading Indian and global companies from various sectors:o FMCG companieso IT and telecom companieso Banking and Finance companieso Real Estate Developer companieso Other companies~ Guiding various business verticals on minimizing risks while conducting business~ Strategizing and coordinating with external lawyers ~ Identified appropriate team members based on skill-sets required for each role required~ Completed contracts in much lesser than time allocated for them~ Comfortable working and interacting with diverse group of people spanning across various business teams in multiple geographies

Gurgaon, India

Key Management Responsibility: Was hired by the company to set up their legal team, defining work flow processes and approval criteria including preparing standardized contract templates and contracting terms, identifying requisite skill-sets, structuring the legal team, setting out KRAs and KPIs for legal team members, setting up escalation and contract approval matrix, implementing agreement review and closure workflow protocols, sensitizing the senior management to risks and training mid-level management, undertaking performance reviews, coordinating with and advising other company verticals, such as Channel Partner Management, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain and Procurement, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Finance, and Administration, leading discussions on behalf of company with their external lawyers and law firms.~ Preparing standard contract templates, such as supply agreement, vendor agreement, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and purchase order T&C, among others~ Sensitizing the senior management on the importance of vetting and negotiating agreements and using the expert advice of legal professionals~ Setting up a legal team and implementing agreement review and closure workflow~ Strategizing a multifaceted conflict with a leading global automobile transmission manufacturer~ Interacted with a large number of Indian and global automobile companies~ Strategizing and coordinating with external lawyers ~ Guiding various business verticals on minimizing risks while conducting business~ Undertook team budgeting, and performance-based cost-benefit analyses~ Prepared detailed process flows, identified relevant skill-sets required at each sub-process, identified team members that possessed the relevant skill-sets, defined their roles, KRAs, and KPIs for each sub-process task, allocated relevant timelines, and manage each delivery

New Delhi Area, India

Key Management Responsibility: Started the litigation practice of the firm, including setting up the team and leading it, identifying requisite skill-sets, structuring the litigation team, setting out KRAs and KPIs for team members, undertaking team performance reviews, leading discussions on behalf of the firm with external clients, and managing clients’ expectations on quality of service delivery and turn-around-times.~ Drafting and vetting various agreements, such as, sale and purchase agreements, distribution agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, among others~ Negotiating on behalf of the client and subsequently drafting and negotiating settlement agreements~ Strategizing, drafting and arguing cases before the High Court of Delhi and District Courts of Delhi~ Participating in mediation proceedings before the Delhi High Court Mediation Centre~ Addressing specific queries of clients by preparing legal opinions under various statutes, such as, Indian Contract Act, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, Code of Civil Procedure, among others.~ Actively participated in arbitration proceedings on behalf of various major global clients

New Delhi Area, India

Key Management Responsibility: Carrying out extensive legal research and preparing arguments, arguing cases for large clients before Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, and National and State consumer forums.

New Delhi Area, India

Key Management Responsibility: Carrying out extensive legal research and preparing arguments, and assisting in argument of high profile commercial cases for large clients before High Court of Delhi.

Ll.M., International Commercial Law

Ll.B. (Hons.), General Law

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Pg Diploma, Cyber Law

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