Apoorva Lanjewar
Pune
Summary
Business focused legal professional with 13 years of experience in in-house advisory and law firm environments, combining strong commercial acumen with deep expertise in contracts and compliance. Adept at drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial and procurement, agreements, providing practical, business-aligned legal guidance on governance, risk, and cross-functional initiatives.
Skilled in negotiation, corporate due diligence, and legal operations, with a track record of improving processes and contract lifecycle management to support scalable growth. Known for clear communication, collaboration with stakeholders across HR, Finance, Procurement, IT, and business units, and a proactive focus on legal innovation and efficiency.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Managing Counsel
ZS Associates India Private Limited
Pune
11.2014 - Current
- Lead legal business partner for APAC, EU and select global markets, managing full life-cycle of client and vendor contracts (RFPs, MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, NDAs, SLAs, and technology contracts).
- Conceived and drove the implementation of an AI-based tool to review standard vendor contracts; collaborated with the development team to build and deploy the solution, saving approximately four months of associate-level review time annually, at the current volume.
- Spearheaded the legal workstream for setting up a new India entity to serve global capability centers (GCCs), covering entity structuring support, policy framework, inter-company documentation, and contracting model design.
- Manage a team of 18 legal professionals, including hiring, coaching, performance reviews, and workload allocation to support multiple business units.
- Coordinate internal investigations related to employee relations and compliance breaches.
- Liaison with auditors, external lawyers on complex legal issues and provide advice to senior management.
- Advise leadership on high stake corporate, commercial, and regulatory issues impacting consulting.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Finance, HR, Compliance, Governance) on risk assessments, policy roll-outs, and client due diligence responses.
- Own legal operations, including playbook development, templates, approvals matrix, and contract workflow standardization.
Associate
ASA Legal
New Delhi
02.2013 - 11.2014
- Worked extensively on project finance documents including Loan Agreements, Shareholder Agreements, etc.
- Analyzed complex legal issues for corporate clients, providing strategic advice on various matters.
- Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts.
Associate
Mital & Mital Associates
New Delhi
09.2012 - 02.2013
- Deal oriented extensive legal research.
- Analysed and interpreted statues.
Education
B.S.L. LL.B. -
ILS Law College
Pune04-2012
Skills
- Contract management
- In-house legal advisory
- Compliance
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Client relationship management
- Negotiation strategies
- Risk assessment
- Governance
- Legal Ops
Timeline
Managing Counsel
ZS Associates India Private Limited
11.2014 - Current
Associate
ASA Legal
02.2013 - 11.2014
Associate
Mital & Mital Associates
09.2012 - 02.2013
B.S.L. LL.B. -
ILS Law College