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Kamakhya Sharma

Gurugram

Summary

Dynamic legal professional with extensive experience at Battery Smart, excelling in contracts and debts. Proven track record in risk assessment and corporate compliance, policy making, driving strategic partnerships with major lending partners and business partners. Adept at relationship building and problem solving, enhancing legal operations through innovative policy drafting and efficient contract management.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager (Legal)

Battery Smart
Gurugram
01.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: (Upgrid Solutions Private Limited)
  • Spearheaded implementation of contracting policies and end-to-end contract lifecycle management processes ensuring compliance with regulatory, organizational, and data privacy requirements.
  • Independently reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and finalized high-value commercial contracts (MSAs, SaaS Agreements, Data Processing Agreements, Procurement Contracts, NDAs, MOUs) ensuring full legal and regulatory alignment.
  • Mitigated legal and commercial risks through strategic negotiation, risk identification, alternative structuring of terms, and stakeholder alignment with minimal escalation requirements.
  • Led negotiations with major startups and corporations (e.g., Zypp Electric, Swiggy, Zomato, Tata Power) securing business-critical B2B partnerships and vendor tie-ups.
  • Provided high-quality communication and advisory to internal stakeholders and external parties on contract status, negotiation strategies, risk positions, and compliance obligations in fast-paced environments.
  • Developed and maintained contract repository, MIS, compliance trackers, and delivered regular reports on contract metrics, renewal pipelines, and legal risks to senior leadership.
  • Supported AI-driven contract management initiatives, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and process standardization across legal operations.
  • Drafted and continuously updated website terms, customer and partner agreements, ensuring legal compliance for digital platforms and business operations.
  • Acted as single-point-of-contact (SPOC) for managing corporate borrowing profiles with 18 lenders; negotiated term loans, NCDs, covenants, and security documentation with leading financial institutions (HDFC, Kotak, SIDBI, Stride Ventures).
  • Built strong cross-functional relationships, collaborating with project leads, business heads, and external counsels to proactively resolve complex legal issues and support strategic business initiatives.
  • (Upgrid Solutions Private Limited)

Young Professional (Legal)

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
New Delhi
07.2018 - 12.2021
  • Drafting and vetting of Sale and Purchase Agreements, Software Service Agreements, NDAs, Procurements Contracts. Risk mitigation and of the contracts in the interest of the Company.
  • Tender Management: Drafting of tender document/RFPs as per the Procurement Manual of the Company and applicable laws. Scrutiny of bids (Pre-qualification bids, technical bids and financial bids) received in the tenders and their evaluation as per the RFP norms.
  • Court Cases: (a) Supreme Court, High Court and CAT: Drafting of Petitions and counter affidavits and providing assistance in service related matters for recruitment, pay fixation, pension, compassionate appointment/lump sum compensation, service issues related to date of birth, retirement/superannuation matters, benefits as per the policies of the company based on various government schemes, matters related to termination of or restraint on joining of service to people with criminal history. (b) District Courts: Recovery Suits, Defamation suits, Civil suits for high value claims (c) Cases pertaining to various Labor Laws (d) Abuse of Dominance Cases pertaining to Competition Act, 2002 (e) RTI matters, defamation cases, criminal complaints etc.
  • Coordination of legal matters and providing instruction from Corporate Head Office in all the 9 Units of the Company in Nashik, Noida, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Dewas, Hoshangabad and Mumbai.
  • Policy and research: Drafting of Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules (CDA Rules) of the company as per Government norms applicable for PSUs. Drafting of Leave Policy for the company as per Government norms applicable for PSUs.
  • Legal research related to legal opinions to be tendered on various issues of the company such as allowances to employees, compensation to employees due to death by Covid etc.
  • Drafting of replies for legal notices received by the Company, applications, petitions, counter affidavits etc.
  • Departmental Inquiry matters: Case to case analysis of departmental inquiries against company officials, drafting of show cause notices and charge sheets. Providing legal assistance in departmental inquiry and procedure of inquiry, implementation of orders of disciplinary authority and central vigilance commission (1st stage and 2nd stage advice). Handling of writ petitions filed by the officials who are charged under inquiry.

Legal Consultant

Election Commission of India
New Delhi
07.2016 - 02.2018
  • Drafted pleadings before several High Courts in matters of Election Petitions.
  • Extensive study and research on Election Expenditure complaints received by the Commission and drafting of orders tendered by the Commission.
  • Handling of Reference cases received from President of India and Governor of States and preparation of Opinions tendered by the Commission. Assisted in the enquiry in Reference Cases relating to disqualification of elected representatives.
  • Work related to 'Electoral Reforms' and Election Law policy work in respect of review of Representation of the People Act, 1951, Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961.
  • Drafted and reviewed commercial contracts relating to tender, procurement of EVMs and cloud services.
  • Reply to Legal Notices received by the Commission.
  • Assistance in formulating instructions/ guidelines for empanelled Advocates of the Commission across various High Courts.
  • Prepared draft for publishing Landmark Judgments on Election Law Volume-V.
  • Organised first ever 'Legal Meet- Dec 2016' for all the empanelled lawyers of the Election Commission of India across the Country in New Delhi.

Education

LL.M. - Competition Law and Market Regulations

National Law University
New Delhi, India
01.2016

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -

Barkatullah University
Bhopal, India
01.2015

Skills

  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Corporate compliances
  • Risk assessment
  • Contract management
  • Legal research
  • Relationship building
  • Strategic thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Debts & NCDs management
  • Vendor management
  • Policy drafting

Professional Affiliation

Advocate, Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh, 2015

Timeline

Senior Manager (Legal)

Battery Smart
01.2022 - Current

Young Professional (Legal)

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
07.2018 - 12.2021

Legal Consultant

Election Commission of India
07.2016 - 02.2018

LL.M. - Competition Law and Market Regulations

National Law University

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) -

Barkatullah University

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