Contracting Counsel Associate Manager (United Kingdom & Ireland) - Accenture Private Limited - Bangalore
(2025-03 - 2025-07)
- Review and redlining of I.T GenAi Terms & Conditions, Master Services Agreements, RFP's, Statement of Works, Subcontractor Agreements, Change Requests/Orders and NDA's of different customers under the UKIA region.
- Attending New Business Meetings with Management and presenting a legal slide addressing major risks with mitigation strategies for concerned opportunities under consideration.
- Preparing contract watchpoints documents post execution of the contract for the Contract Management Team and the Delivery Teams to follow during the tenure of the contract with the relevant Customer.
- Negotiations with internal stakeholders and Customers addressing contractual issues and pain points.
- Contract Management & Document Management Activities on Icertis Tool.
Contracting Associate Manager (Middle East Region – Health & Public Sector) - Accenture Private Limited - Bangalore
(2023-09 - 2024-02)
- Review and redlining of Request for Proposals, I.T Master Services Agreements, Statement of Works, Change Requests/Orders and NDA's of different customers under the Middle East region.
- Briefing business teams on onerous clauses and undertaking training sessions wherever applicable on important contractual requisites which could pose a huge risk to the organization.
- Preparing contract watchpoints documents post execution of the contract for the Contract Management Team and the Delivery Teams to follow during the tenure of the contract with the relevant Customer.
- Negotiations with internal stakeholders and Customers pertaining to contractual issues keeping the best interest of the organization in mind.
- Maintaining a contract repository in ICM(Icertis) Contract Management Tool.
Legal Manager - Robosoft Technologies Private Limited
(2022-10 - 2023-08)
- Review and redlining of I.T Master Services Agreements, Statement of Works, Change Requests/Orders, NDA's, Vendor/Subcontractor Agreements, Order Forms, Letter Agreements, website Terms & Conditions and a host of legal agreements under the legal domain.
- Preparation of Contract Decks for Data Protection and UK GDPR in the UK, UK Employment Laws & Laws governing the Metaverse and its implications on the Company.
- Prepared the 3 year legal strategic plan for the company which was presented by the Legal Head at the Company's Annual conference held in California, USA.
- Briefing business teams on onerous clauses and undertaking training sessions wherever applicable on important contractual requisites which could pose a huge risk to the organization.
- Undertaking monthly knowledge sessions on a particular legal topic(s) and presenting the same to the legal team.
- Maintaining a daily legal tracker and Preparation of MIS reports.
- Negotiations with internal stakeholders and customers pertaining to contractual requirements and issues.
Contracts Manager (Representing DXC Technology for ASEAN Region) - iRunway India Private Limited
(2022-02 - 2022-09)
- ASEAN Region: Review and redlining of I.T Master Services Agreements, Statement of Works, Change Requests/Orders, NDA's, Vendor/Subcontractor Agreements and Letter of Engagement of Customers.
- Negotiations with internal stakeholders and customers pertaining to contractual requirements and issues.
- Cross collaboration with internal stakeholders and briefing them about important obligations, provisions and corporate policies.
- Preparation of Contract Risk Assessment of Contracts outlining inherent risk and mitigation strategies pertaining to the same.
- Assist in dispute resolution techniques and strategies relating to commercial contracts.
- Preparation of Contract Decks of the important clauses from operational, financial and legal perspective and circulating the same to the Business Teams post presentation.
- End to end Contract Management, Document Management and Commercial Solutions support and activities.
Assistant Manager – Digital Risk–IT/ITES - Mphasis Limited
(2021-02 - 2021-09)
- Review and redlining of I.T Master Services Agreements (MSA), Standalone MSA's, NDA's, Statement of Works and Change Requests/Orders from legal perspective in order to secure the best interests of the organization.
- Provided legal opinion on MSA's and suggested reformatory clauses to mitigate risk for unfavorable clauses wherever applicable.
- Handled the end to end process of Contract Lifestyle Management for premier Customers of the organization.
- Effectively cross collaborated with various teams across the organization in order to ensure that Contractual Obligations are met within committed deadlines.
- Preparation of MIS Reports.
Assistant Manager – Legal - PDS Multinational Fashions Limited
(2018-01 - 2021-01)
- Preparation and Review of Non-Disclosure Agreements, Lease Agreements, Software Agreements, Purchasing Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Loan Agreements, Affidavits, Legal Notices, Consultancy Agreements, Amendments, Addendums, Board Resolutions, Travel Agency Agreements, Employment Agreements, Termination Letters, MOUs etc.
- Providing guidance to group companies on adherence policies and compliance matters of Corporate Office.
- Providing legal opinion on contractual terms and resolving disputes between group companies and customers.
- Handled the complete application and registration process of a group company's Trademark by collaborating with the Hong Kong Registry.
- Chasing internal Stakeholders to submit compliance certificates as per agreed milestones for Audit purposes and maintained repository of the same as well.
- Preparation of MIS Reports.
- Preparation of Risk Assessment Terms for over 30 plus Customers for Management to make better informed decisions.
- Drafted the Sexual Harassment Policy for the Group Company.
- Coordinated and liaised with external lawyers to assist in the resolution of disputes of the Group Company pending in the Indian Courts.
- Executed legal search on Manupatra Legal Platform to identify case laws in support of cases of the Group Company pending in the Indian Courts.
- Coordinated with an External Software Consultant appointed to prepare the Business Process Management (BPM) Legal process for the Group Company in India and globally and tested the same for bugs/issues/errors.
Assistant Manager – Legal - PDS Multinational Fashions Limited
(2017-01 - 2017-05)
Contract Analyst – Level 11 - Accenture Pvt Ltd - Bangalore
(2016-06 - 2016-11)
- Coordinating with various Onshore Stakeholders to provide relevant Contractual Obligations and Financial details to the Client.
- Handling the Data Privacy Compliance Tool and ensuring that the employees working on the account are compliant as per Client requirements.
- Preparation of the Deliverables and Obligations Matrix in order to inform the client of the various deliverables to be provided by Accenture as per the agreed Milestone.
- Preparation of Weekly and Monthly reports to be submitted to the Client as per the various services being provided by Accenture to the Client.
- Complete end to end process of Document Management.
Contract Analyst – Level 2 - Pramata Knowledge Solutions - Bangalore
(2015-06 - 2016-05)
- Reviewing of Master Agreements, Amendments, Addendums, Participation Agreements, Enrolment forms, Letter Agreements, Joinders and Associated materials to transform such data into an intelligible design for client's sales force.
- Capturing vital information to cater to client's specifications effectively and diligently.
- Earned Legal Manager access to incorporate data elements in the Customer Relationship Intelligence Platform, import information utilizing the reporting functionality, create milestones according to the documents uploaded by the client and assigning documents to the team.
- Interfacing through the platform to resolve client's exceptions after legal review of contracts.
- Collaborating with the Auto Extraction team to normalize the standard terms identified by the legal process of reviewing.
Executive – Legal - Pinaka Infomatics Pvt. Ltd. - Bangalore
(2012-01 - 2015-06)
- Preparing & drafting tripartite contractual agreements amongst Individual Selling Yards (APMCs), the KSAMB (Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board) and Keonics, the MOU partner.
- Developing the Claim Statements, Reply Statements and Rejoinder under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; preparing Notice, Affidavits, Applications under Section 151 of CPC.
- Handling the CSR and sustainability portfolio of the company.
- Overseeing the maintenance of the P.F. and E.S.I. details of employees.
- Developing the RTI applications on behalf of the company.
- Coordinated with externals lawyers in filing Writ Petitions against the Department of Agricultural Marketing, Karnataka.
- Managing all legal matters and legal practices to secure the best interests of the company.
- Coordinating with Statutory Authorities for complying with formalities and ensuring seamless flow of operations.
- Liaising with the client at both pre-sales and post-sales stages with technical customer engineers, account based product management and corporate management to ensure that the company's products are considered for purchase against competitive offers.
- Interfacing with clients for suggesting the most viable product range & cultivating relations with them for securing repeat business.
