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Monika

Zirakpur

Summary

Adept at legal research and project management, I leveraged these skills at Elevate Services to streamline contract lifecycle processes and mentor teams, enhancing efficiency. My ability to solve complex problems and strong interpersonal skills have consistently driven project success and client satisfaction.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Associate

Elevate Services
Chandigarh
08.2024 - Current

• Creation of the playbook, reviewing counterparty redlines, MSA review, and SOW reviews.

• Interpreted client expectations to align project deliverables.

• Review abstracted Obligation Management terms such as products, services, deliverables, and payment terms, etc.

• Look into the split and merge files request.

• Preparing the sample set, trackers (including missing documents, partial execution), Smartsheet, and other Excel sheets for the smooth functioning of the team.

• Answer subject matter queries of the team.

• Review, analyzing, and classification of procurement documents.

• Framing Client Queries.

Legal Associate

Elevate Services
Chandigarh
09.2022 - 08.2024

• Creating contract templates as per client specifications.

• Worked on different Contract Life Cycle Management System tools like Ironclad, Salesforce.

• Reviewing different agreements for adherence to defined client positions and standardizing agreements.

Legal Consultant

Elevate Services
Chandigarh
03.2022 - 09.2022

Identifying, categorizing, abstracting, and presenting key information in the specified format.

• Assisted in the creation of the Playbook, reviewing counterparty redlines, MSA review, and SOW reviews.

Law Researcher

Punjab & Haryana High Court
Chandigarh
10.2020 - 02.2022
  • Identifying and retrieving the necessary information.
  • Completed peer reviews of published work to validate theories and locate errors.
  • Presented findings to colleagues during industry meetings and conferences.
  • Case laws to support legal decision-making by the judge and also to back up legal arguments presented by the counsels.
  • Conducting legal research.
  • Proofreading the judge's orders and opinions.
  • Verifying citations.
  • Communicating with counsel regarding case management and procedural requirements.
  • Assisting the judge during the courtroom proceedings and Lok Adalats.

Legal Consultant

Sumati Legal Services
Chandigarh
08.2018 - 02.2020
  • Standardization of Contract Templates to drive consistency in negotiation and reduce risk of variable provisions
  • Managing and reviewing contractual documents
  • Outlining the documents according to the parent child hierarchy
  • Preparing of Master Service Agreements, Amendments, Addendums, Statement of Work and Works Orders
  • Enrichment of Contractual Documents
  • Performing outlining extraction, quality checks and quality analysis of Contractual documents
  • Preparing Query Logs and minutes of meetings
  • Providing training of new approaches to fellow employees

Legal Associate/Legal Executive

Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate
Chandigarh
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • Supporting attorneys and paralegals by performing administrative, clerical and accounting functions and produce documents involving litigation, property research report, contract agreements, by-laws, briefs, memorandums of law and affidavits
  • Representing clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings
  • Drawing up legal documents and Title Search Report Cases
  • Managing or advising clients on legal transactions

Skills

  • Ability to take up complex problems and solve them in a scalable manner
  • Legal research
  • Training and mentorship
  • Data analytics
  • Project management
  • Good communication as well as interpersonal skills

Qualification Summary

  • LL.B, 2017, Panjab University, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2nd
  • B.Com, 2014, Panjab University, D.M College of Education, Moga, 1st
  • 12th, 2011, C.B.S.E, D. N. Model Sr. Sec. School, Moga, 1st
  • 10th, 2009, C.B.S.E, Gita Bhawan Public School, Moga, 1st

Timeline

Senior Associate

Elevate Services
08.2024 - Current

Legal Associate

Elevate Services
09.2022 - 08.2024

Legal Consultant

Elevate Services
03.2022 - 09.2022

Law Researcher

Punjab & Haryana High Court
10.2020 - 02.2022

Legal Consultant

Sumati Legal Services
08.2018 - 02.2020

Legal Associate/Legal Executive

Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate
07.2017 - 08.2018
Monika