Aishwarya Mishra
LEGAL CONSULTANT
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Contracts Leader with 9+ years’ experience driving end-to-end contract lifecycle, legal operations, compliance, and negotiations in fin-tech and legal-tech, enabling revenue growth, risk mitigation, and governance excellence
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Legal Consultant
TRANSCEND STREET
Hyderabad
09.2023 - Current
- Strategic owner of Legal Operations, Contract Management, and Client Contracting, accountable for contracting strategy, governance, and execution excellence.
- Lead the end-to-end contracting and legal operations strategy across client onboarding, BAU contract review, compliance, audit readiness, and process transformation.
- Own Transcend’s client onboarding and contracting lifecycle end-to-end, partnering with Sales, Product, Finance, Legal, and Client teams to accelerate deal closure while protecting commercial interests.
- Drafting, review, and negotiation all types of agreements including MSAs, SOWs, Order Forms, NDAs, partnerships, and vendor contracts across global engagements.
- Set and enforce contract standards, clause libraries, and fallback positions to drive consistency and commercial discipline.
- Provide senior-level risk advisory on financial, regulatory, and operational exposure across client, vendor, and third-party contracts.
- Own deviation analysis, obligation mapping, and risk profiling to enable leadership visibility and governance.
- Ensure post-signature compliance by operationalizing negotiated clauses, exceptions, and commitments with delivery, operations, and finance teams.
- Own supplier attestations, client questionnaires, and annual due diligence programs to ensure audit-ready responses.
- Architected SOPs, checklists, playbooks, precedent libraries, and fallback frameworks to standardize negotiations and reduce turnaround time.
- Established and govern the central contract tracker and legal knowledge repository enabling audit readiness, data integrity, and stakeholder self-service.
- Designed pre-execution workflows to reduce cycle time, legal spend, and operational friction.
- Spearheaded review and redrafting of company and employee policies aligning internal governance with legal and industry standards.
- Research and interpret banking & fintech regulations to enable compliance, risk control, and deal agility.
- Own and deliver internal compliance and policy trainings (including POSH), strengthening organizational risk culture.
- Designing and spearheading the 2026 Legal Operations Roadmap to achieve a 40% reduction in contract cycle time
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior stakeholders, with legal rigor to support growth and scale.
Functional Consultant-Legal
SIMPLICONTRACT TECHNOLOGIES
Mumbai
08.2021 - 09.2023
- Served as the legal domain lead for enterprise CLM implementations, partnering with in-house counsels, procurement teams, and sales stakeholders.
- Advised clients on contract structuring, risk mitigation, clause standardization, and workflow design.
- Acted as the strategic bridge between legal teams and product engineering, translating legal requirements into scalable system workflows.
- Led automation and process redesign initiatives, improving operational efficiency by ~50%.
- Provided functional leadership during client onboarding, UAT, and go-live phases.
- Supported M&A and strategic investment use cases within the CLM ecosystem.
- Collaborated with product management to shape roadmap inputs based on regulatory and market needs.
Regional Associate Partner
LAW OFFICE OF RAHUL DEV
Pune
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Established legal policies and provided contract advisory to startups and MSMEs.
- Managed corporate transactions and cross-border commercial engagements.
- Conducted due diligence and ensured regulatory compliance.
- Built and managed client relationships across multiple sectors.
Legal & Commercial Associate
FUJITSU CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Pune
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Negotiated, reviewed, and executed complex commercial and technology contracts.
- Partnered with business, sales, and delivery teams to structure commercial terms and manage risk exposure.
- Developed internal business policies and contract guidelines improving consistency.
- Acted as central legal liaison between internal stakeholders and external parties.
- Created internal legal newsletters to improve legal awareness.
- Managed a diverse portfolio of commercial accounts, consistently meeting or exceeding assigned targets and objectives.
Senior Legal Associate
BRIGHTLEAF BIZ SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT LTD
12.2016 - 06.2018
- Reviewed commercial contracts to mitigate risks and prevent penalties.
- Provided actionable legal advisory reports to business teams.
- Supported negotiation and closure of client contracts.
In-house Counsel
ICICI LOMBARD GIC LTD
07.2015 - 08.2016
- Managed contract processing, redlining, and negotiations.
- Liaised with external advocates and handled MACT matters.
- Provided legal advice and support to internal business teams.
Education
LLB - Law
Symbiosis Law School
Pune01.2015
12th - English
CBSE
01.2010
10th - English
CBSE
01.2008
Skills
Legal Operations
Procurement and Contract Management
Due Diligence
Legal Tech
Contract Drafting
Contract Management
Risk Advisory
Certification
GDPR Compliance
Timeline
Legal Consultant
TRANSCEND STREET
09.2023 - Current
Functional Consultant-Legal
SIMPLICONTRACT TECHNOLOGIES
08.2021 - 09.2023
Regional Associate Partner
LAW OFFICE OF RAHUL DEV
01.2020 - 08.2021
Legal & Commercial Associate
FUJITSU CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
07.2018 - 12.2019
Senior Legal Associate
BRIGHTLEAF BIZ SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT LTD
12.2016 - 06.2018
In-house Counsel
ICICI LOMBARD GIC LTD
07.2015 - 08.2016
10th - English
CBSE
LLB - Law
Symbiosis Law School
12th - English
CBSE