Shauli Roy

● Senior Legal Professional with 23+ years of experience across multiple geographies (India, UK, Nigeria and UAE) and multiple industry verticals (Including 6 years of Law Practice experience in High Court)

● 20+ years of progressive multi-industry experience leading cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts

● Expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Cross-border transactions

● Recognized as a Turn-Around Specialist

● A seasoned professional who brings both private practice and in-house experience

January 2022 to Till Date

Writer Business Services Private Limited (Formerly known as P. N. Writer) Mumbai (India)

Assistant General Manager - Legal

Reporting to Chief Financial Officer, managing a team of three. Responsible for multi-geographic Legal and Compliance functions, focusing on digital transformation initiatives.

Current KRA

My current KRA remains the same as during my earlier role at the company. Below are the added responsibilities that I have been entrusted with since then. I am currently single-handedly supporting the multi-geographic Legal and Compliance of Organization’s Digital Transformation. Have been appointed as the Organization Legal Representative on the “GDPR and DPDA Regulation and Compliance Committee”.

My role as part of the committee is:

• Leading the implementation of AI-driven contract management systems to streamline contract drafting, review, and risk mitigation.
• Automating compliance checks using AI tools to enhance regulatory adherence across jurisdictions (India, UK, UAE, Nigeria, etc.).
• Supporting the organization’s digital transformation strategy by ensuring that all legal and regulatory aspects are addressed using LegalTech solutions.
• Collaborating with AI vendors to customize solutions for handling routine legal queries and compliance reporting.
• Implementing rules & processes for the purpose of complying with data protection related regulations.
• All legal documentation related to setting up the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) business unit of the Organization.
• Ensuring internal clients, Management, colleagues and staff are informed of relevant legal and regulatory developments and their implications, particularly as related to the Organizations operations in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UK, Nigeria, UAE and KSA geographies.
• Working closely with various solicitors in India and overseas like Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, ELP, Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP (for Intellectual Property), Templars (Nigeria)
• Have set up of the entire compliance and documentation for the newly setup BU catering to Emerging Tech
• Advising and guiding the company's internal clients across business divisions in all areas of law.
• Ensure Company's legal compliance and certainty in regards to its activities, in connection with the developments of the standards in force (legislative, regulatory, internal, etc.)
• Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract

Achievements:

• Successfully integrated AI-based contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools, reducing contract processing time by 30%.
• Spearheaded the digital transformation of the legal department, incorporating predictive analytics for risk assessment in litigation cases.
• Set up Legal BPO (back office) from scratch (conceptualizing to go-live) and have set the operative procedure for agents, which in turn help in revenue generation of the Organization.

  Specialization: Flawless and seamless delivery before agreed TAT, within short time line, TAS

LL.B.

University: Calcutta University

College: South Calcutta Law College

Year of Passing: 2001