Preeti Deokar

Strategic and commercially focused Legal Professional with over 13 years of inhouse counsel experience across diverse sectors, including technology, manufacturing, e-commerce, telecom, and certification services. Proven expertise in commercial contracts, corporate legal advisory, employment law, litigation management, and dispute resolution. Adept at partnering with cross-functional teams, business leaders, and external counsel to deliver practical, risk mitigated, and commercially viable legal solutions that protect the company's interest and support business objectives.

Dy. Manager Legal at TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (2024-06 – Present)

• Provide strategic legal advisory to HR, Administration, Procurement, and other business functions across India and Bangladesh operations.
• Formulate defence strategies for commercial, civil, arbitration, labour, and industrial disputes while managing litigation timelines and coordinating with external counsel.
• Review, draft, and negotiate tenders, vendor agreements, commercial service contracts, and high value lease agreements. Advising internal stakeholders on contractual terms and risk mitigation.
• Design and deliver legal awareness training programs to strengthen contractual compliance, standardization of legal documentation, and risk management practices.
• Contribute to legal newsletters to strengthen regulatory and legal awareness across the organization.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders on high value tenders and policy implementation.

Manager Legal at Sixth Sense Retail Pvt. Ltd. (Wiggles) (2023-12 – 2024-06)

• Managed commercial contracts for international distribution, logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, and real estate.
• Initiated and managed cheque bounce proceedings and commercial recovery suits.
• Partnered with cross functional teams to provide proactive legal support for business operations, enabling efficient decision making and minimizing legal exposure.

Manager Legal at Upcurve Consumer Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (udChalo) (2021-12 – 2023-12)

• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated high volume technology and commercial contracts, including MSAs, SaaS, Software licensing, Vendor Contracts, property agreements, marketing, real estate, travel, e-commerce and other legal documents.
• Supported legal aspects of corporate restructuring and merger proceedings before NCLT by coordinating with internal stakeholders and Company Secretary.
• Managed successfully secured trademark and RERA registrations.
• Advised HR on employee disciplinary matters and conducted internal investigations.

Legal Assistant at Cummins India Ltd. (2018-04 – 2021-12)

• Negotiated and executed favorable settlements for labour and industrial court cases.
• Managed factory, labour and statutory compliances in coordination with business stakeholders and regulatory authorities.
• Managed employee relations, contract labour issues, and grievance redressal.
• Reviewed and drafted MOUs, Statements of Work, investigation reports, and documents aligned with policies.
• Handled IR matters, including disciplinary actions and departmental enquiries.

Associate Legal at Vodafone Mobile Services Ltd. (2012-04 – 2018-04)

• Drafted, negotiated, and registered Lease Deeds, Leave & License Agreements, Sale Deeds, and tower infrastructure contracts.
• Managed legal disputes including civil, consumer matters, cheque bounce cases, arbitration, and recovery matters.
• Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a broad range of commercial agreements supporting telecom infrastructure, business operations, and dealer, distributor and franchisee networks.

LLM in Law – University of Pune (2012)

LLB in Law – D.E.S. (Fergusson) Law College, Pune University (2010)

B.Com. in Commerce – Huzurpaga Mahavidyalaya, Pune University (2007)