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Aastha Singh

Aastha Singh

Bengaluru

Summary

A dynamic legal professional with 5+ years of relevant experience in drafting, vetting, negotiating documents across EMEA, NA and APAC regions for companies across Pharma, Manufacturing, Finance-Market securities and E2E Contract Management Services respectively. I have majorly developed my skills around E2E Contracting, handling legal operations, stakeholder management, Implementation of improvisation projects, drafting/negotiating several types of Commercial Agreements which include but are not limited to: Service, Financial Market security Agreements like Clearing docs, ISDAs, CSAs etc., NDA, Outsourcing, licensing, employment contracts, Terminations, Franchise, leases, Distributorships etc.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Legal Counsel

HSBC
Bengaluru
12.2022 - Current
  • Drafting and reviewing Derivative Trading Contracts, Financing Agreements, Indemnity Letters and other financial documents
  • Advisory role includes highlighting legal risk, providing advice and mitigants to Global Banking and Market functions of EMEA & NA region
  • Handling E2E contract cycle of Agreements like ISDA, CSA, Corporate Guarantees, Clearing docs CDEA, NDAs, their Amendments and Terminations for Corporate, FIG Clients.
  • Work profile includes Legal Capacity checks of Client's across global jurisdictions and their local enforceability laws to mitigate risk
  • Collaboration with Relationship desk, Trading desks, risk & assessment teams etc. and manage deliverables
  • Assigned Quality & hygiene assurer for Agreements
  • Work on day-2-day processes for record keeping, policy updates and SLA management

Lead Legal Associate (Contract Management Lifecycle)

Nexdigm
10.2021 - Current
  • Currently supporting project providing contract support to a US based Pharmaceutical Company with Global presence
  • Responsible for Managing Client relations for NA & EMEA region
  • Built and leading a team of 7 members
  • Responsible for SLA Maintenance, Manage Client Deliverables, Report Formulation, Quality Check, Daily Team assignments, Internal Audits, Process Health checks, Monitor Team's daily tasks
  • Handled agreements like: Work Order/SOW/Amendments, wide range of One Time Consulting Agreements, CDA/NDA, Service Agreement, IT SAAS Agreement (low complexity), Speaker, Endorsement, Donation Agreements
  • Skilled in operating tools used in Contract Management cycle: MS Office (Word/Excel/Powerpoint), Trackers, Amazon Workspace (AWS), iCertis-eMC, SFDC, Aravo, Adobe Sign, Cross Border Tool (EMEA), Totality, Cornerstone, Playbooks, SharePoints
  • Preparation of strategic planning: Forecasting Monthly/weekly Volume of work, Resource utilization, SLA deadlines, Realistic Client Deadline
  • Responsible for training members on contract management process and related subject matter
  • Worked on areas of process improvement initiatives.

Senior Legal Associate

Nexdigm
04.2021 - 10.2021
  • Appointed as De-facto Team lead in October 2021
  • Responsible for training members on contract management process and related subject matter.

Legal Associate

Nexdigm
01.2020 - 04.2021
  • Handled complex agreements in commercial & pharma Sector
  • Responsible for Day to Day Client Deliverables
  • Executed 400 agreements, highest number of agreements executed in 2020-2021 by an individual
  • Responsible for Negotiation with Suppliers.

Assistant Manager- Legal Affairs (In-House Legal Counsel)

Prism Johnson Limited
Satna
07.2017 - 12.2019
  • Worked as an In-house Legal Counsel
  • Drafted and reviewed legal documents & Contracts like Dealership Agreements, Sale & Purchase Agreement, Lease Agreements, SOW, PO
  • Drafted for various dealings of the Company like Employment Termination Notices, Affidavits, Applications, Anti-corruption policies
  • Licensed with Legal Attorney's for Company cases relating to labour laws, Consumer laws and Negotiable Instruments
  • Preparation of MIS-Monthly cost analysis, updating monthly case status in the Internal Tool etc.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law (PGDIPRL) - Intellectual Property Rights

National Law School of India University
01.2023

Honours, Law -

University of Lucknow
01.2017

intermediate, Business/Commerce, General -

Doon International School
01.2012

High school -

Brightlands School
01.2010

Skills

  • Negotiation
  • Analytical Skills
  • Solution-oriented
  • Process Improvement
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Contract drafting
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Bankruptcy law

Certification

  • Indian Labour Laws & Statutory Compliances, SD 3559/OCT/WK-2059
  • Advanced MS Excel - Nexdigm

Awards

  • Star Performer Q4 2020-2021 - Nexdigm, Apr 2021
  • Star Performer Q1-2021-2022 - Nexidm, Jul 2021
  • Star Performer Q2-2021-2022 - Nexdigm, Oct 2021

Timeline

Assistant Legal Counsel

HSBC
12.2022 - Current

Lead Legal Associate (Contract Management Lifecycle)

Nexdigm
10.2021 - Current

Senior Legal Associate

Nexdigm
04.2021 - 10.2021

Legal Associate

Nexdigm
01.2020 - 04.2021

Assistant Manager- Legal Affairs (In-House Legal Counsel)

Prism Johnson Limited
07.2017 - 12.2019

Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law (PGDIPRL) - Intellectual Property Rights

National Law School of India University

Honours, Law -

University of Lucknow

intermediate, Business/Commerce, General -

Doon International School

High school -

Brightlands School

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