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Ashna Mehta

New Delhi

Summary

Dynamic Senior Risk Management Executive at KPMG with expertise in contract negotiation and stakeholder management. Proven track record in swiftly resolving complex contractual issues while enhancing team collaboration. Adept at legal research and document review, consistently delivering high-quality results that strengthen business relationships and drive success.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Risk Management Executive

KPMG
GURGAON
07.2024 - Current
  • Drafting, review, and negotiation of client/third-party
    contracts, including RFPs, POs, engagement letters, and
    various service contracts.
  • Led multiple client calls and negotiations, managing
    stakeholder expectations, and ensuring alignment of contract
    terms with business and legal objectives.
  • Review of code of conduct policies, and implementation of
    contractual risk mitigation strategies. Further, actively
    participating in internal team discussions and subject matter
    analysis related to risk clauses in legal agreements.
  • Liaising with internal stakeholders, business teams, and
    senior management in a timely manner to close complex
    contractual issues.
  • Gained a deep understanding of contractual and legal concepts, and provide clarifications on legal concerns to senior management and business teams.
  • Work under tight deadlines, within the legal and risk
    framework of the firm, to provide quick solutions to ensure
    smooth closure of contracts and agreements.
  • To escalate critical matters internally, assess risk in
    engagements undertaken by the firm, and seek support to
    close contracts in a time-bound manner.

Legal Consultant

Aon Consulting Private Limited
GURGAON
02.2022 - 06.2024
  • Reviewing and negotiating Non-Disclosure Agreements,
    engagement letters, service agreements/Master Service
    Agreements, vendor agreements, RFPs/RFQs, along with
    managing stakeholders' expectations.
  • Successfully managing stakeholder expectations by delivering
    work within the agreed TAT, resulting in positive feedback
    and continued business relationships.
  • Actively engaged in working with new and complex
    documents, continuously refining my analytical and legal
    skills.
  • Training junior colleagues in the different contract subject
    matter via playbooks.
  • Participating in multiple CSR activities, taking place
    throughout the year.

Legal Executive

Motherson Sumi Infotech & Design Limited
Noida
12.2018 - 02.2022
  • Part of the Shared Services Legal Team at Motherson, and a
    member of the team of the Intra Group Legal Portal.
  • Primary reviewer for all the IT agreements, including
    Non-Disclosure Agreements, Master Service Agreements,
    RFQs, SOWs, POs, MOUs, and various other services
    agreements.
  • Contributed to the development and design of an
    application-based database for the management of the
    pre-execution documents.
  • Research work on multiple types of commercial agreements.
    Entrusted with the duty of imparting training to users of the
    Group Legal Portal to both inland and overseas executives at
    the CXO level.

Intern - Legal

DMD Advocates (Dutt Menon Dunmorsett)
03.2018 - 04.2018
  • Handled multiple research assignments under the Companies Act of 1956 and 2013, foreign case laws for non-violation of the anti-assignment clause because of mergers, and under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016.
  • Research on case laws under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, and the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923.

Intern - Legal

Singhania & Partners LLP, New Delhi
01.2018 - 01.2018
  • Research on licenses required for manufacturing cosmetics under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
  • Due diligence of the lease agreement and various other case law-related research.
  • Research under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, for the compliance of a Liaison Office.

Intern - Legal

Hon'ble Justice V.G. Gowda, Supreme Court of India
08.2016 - 08.2016
  • Prepared briefs and assisted the core team of law clerks on various Special Leave Petitions that came up for hearing.

Education

B.A., LLB (Hons.) -

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP University)
New Delhi
01.2018

XII (CBSE) -

Ryan International School
Mayur Vihar
01.2013

X (CBSE) -

Ryan International School
Mayur Vihar
01.2011

Skills

  • Contract negotiation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Legal research
  • Document review
  • Training development
  • Risk assessment
  • Effective communication
  • Attention to detail
  • Team collaboration
  • Contract drafting

Accomplishments

    Athletics-Javelin Throw - Secured many accolades Zonal, Inter-Zonal level and State level

Hobbies and Interests

Avid reader, Dancing and Travelling

Timeline

Senior Risk Management Executive

KPMG
07.2024 - Current

Legal Consultant

Aon Consulting Private Limited
02.2022 - 06.2024

Legal Executive

Motherson Sumi Infotech & Design Limited
12.2018 - 02.2022

Intern - Legal

DMD Advocates (Dutt Menon Dunmorsett)
03.2018 - 04.2018

Intern - Legal

Singhania & Partners LLP, New Delhi
01.2018 - 01.2018

Intern - Legal

Hon'ble Justice V.G. Gowda, Supreme Court of India
08.2016 - 08.2016

B.A., LLB (Hons.) -

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IP University)

XII (CBSE) -

Ryan International School

X (CBSE) -

Ryan International School

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