Assistant Legal Manager - Drip Capital - Mumbai
(2025-05 - 2025-08)
- Involved in the end-to-end contract and negotiation involving non-disclosure agreements, channel partner agreements, consultancy agreement, software services agreement, etc.
- Responsible for the factoring of export deals, receivables purchase agreement, deal structuring related to export financing and internal stakeholder management.
- Assisting senior members of the team on finalisation of investor presentations related to finance products offered by Drip.
Legal – Client Services - Vistra ITCL (India) Limited - Mumbai
(2024-10 - 2025-04)
- Involved in the end-to-end setting up of family trusts for UHNW families in India with client facing responsibilities, liaising directly with business development team and clients of Vistra.
- Assisting in drafting and finalising of private wills, private trusts, GIFT Deeds, Dissolution Deeds family offices, etc. and liaising with internal and external stakeholders for commercial, legal and regulatory inputs.
- Assisting senior members of the team on finalisation of questionnaire for estate planning, family office setup, succession and wills related work.
- Assisting in stakeholder liaising for finalisation of trust deeds and trustee diligence certificates for alternative investments fund related work.
Analyst - Arcesium (D.E. Shaw Group)
(2023-08 - 2024-09)
- As part of their in-house legal team, drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide range of contracts such as service contracts, vendor contracts, master service agreements, data protection agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and lease deeds.
- Streamlined document and contract review processes, executed comprehensive research initiatives on data privacy law, and meticulously complied all legacy contract, Indian contract in excel by forming a tracker and uploaded to sharepoint for internal use of the company.
- Reviewed IT/ITES and BPO contracts for the company.
- Wrote an article on GDPR and conducted a presentation on the data protection bill for 2000 employees virtually and physically.
- Drafted service rules, standing orders, company policies and employee handbooks for company's clients.
- Drafted employment policies and redrafting of privacy and security provisions for Indian clients of company.
Associate - Fox Mandal & Associates - Hyderabad
(2022-03 - 2023-02)
General Corporate
- Prepared structure notes, company schemes, and transaction documents in relation to mergers, amalgamations, business arrangements and mining projects.
- Advised a client on the compliance required for the capital gains and income tax implications for the transfer of shares of company.
- Drafted employment contracts for appointment of managerial personnel, settlement agreements and deeds of cancellation.
- Advised clients in their entry in India through the foreign direct investment route.
- Advised clients on labour and employment matters, focusing on a range of issues from employment terms, workforce redundancy, business closure, to prevention of sexual harassment, disciplinary process, and diversity and inclusion.
- Drafted and reviewed indentures of mortgage, escrow agreements, loan agreements, debenture trust deeds, corporate and personal guarantees.
- Advised clients on setting up banking and financial services companies in India, including acquisition of stake in existing private/public banks and non - banking financial companies.
Paralegal - Nishith Desai Associates
(2021-03 - 2021-10)
- Wrote papers for the firm website on the topics of: (a) quantum computing, (b) killer robots; and (c) nanomedicine.
- Researched on ongoing bilateral investment treaties cases wrote brief and written note on retrospective change in tax law.
- Read and reviewed corporate contracts; researched on trade finance, privacy policies, financial instruments, and insurance laws; assisted in verification of claims under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code.
- Drafted a brief on legal and regulatory overview of the make in India policy for fortune 200 US company working in India through its various subsidiary engaged in medical diagnostics, life science research, water quality measurement, printing marking and coding.
- Assisted in drafting a research paper on legal implications (including tax) on solar energy for power generation.
- Reviewed a term sheet and identified FDI issues; prepared a research note on procedures available for schemes of amalgamation under Companies Act, 2013.
Full Time - Advocate Harish Chandak - Bombay High Court and District Court
(2019-08 - 2021-02)
Full Time - Former Justice B Sudershan Reddy - Supreme Court of India
(2019-08 - 2021-02)
Internship - Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
(2021-05 - 2021-05)
Under Dr James Nedumpara
Internship - L & L Partners
(2021-04 - 2021-04)
Teaching Assistant - Sai Junior College
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