Paridhi Shivhare

Commercial Contracting

• Lead end-to-end drafting, negotiation, and closure of complex technology and commercial contracts, including MSAs, SOWs, licensing, SaaS, NDAs, partnership, collaboration, cooperation, teaming, and alliance agreements, supporting global customer and vendor engagements.
• Advise internal stakeholder teams on contractual deviations, risk allocation, and deal positioning across varied delivery and engagement models.

Strategic Legal Advisory

• Provide strategic, day-to-day legal advisory to business, delivery, HR, and leadership teams on commercial risk, regulatory exposure, contractual interpretation, and operational decision-making.

Privacy, Compliance, and Governance

• Established and scaled the global data privacy function, including GDPR advisory, governance frameworks, internal policies, assessments, and organization-wide privacy training.
• Lead enterprise compliance initiatives, including the review of compliance questionnaires, the applicability of laws, and regulatory mapping using EY’s compliance tool.

Disputes, Escalations, and Risk

• Managed customer escalations, disputes, and litigation support, coordinating with external counsel, and advising leadership on risk mitigation and resolution strategies.
• Drafted and reviewed responses to legal notices, claims, and sensitive communications to protect organizational interests.

M&A and High-Value Transactions

• Supported M&A activities, including legal due diligence, review of SHAs, SPAs, and transaction documents.

Legal Operations, AI, and Scale

• Lead and mentor a team of lawyers.
• Drive legal function scalability through CLM implementation and optimization (Icertis), including centralized repositories, deviation frameworks, templates, clause libraries, training, and playbooks.
• Partner with the CTO and AI teams to evaluate and implement AI-led legal process automation
• Assess outsourcing models to improve efficiency and scalability.

• Managed end-to-end closure of customer contracts, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, alliance agreements, and amendments, supporting timely deal execution and revenue flow.
• Acted as the legal SPOC for business and HR on employment matters, customer issues, and data protection, supporting risk mitigation and compliance.
• Led and mentored a junior team; drove training initiatives, contract playbooks, and onboarding programs to strengthen legal capability.

• Drafted and negotiated commercial contracts, supporting business operations and key partnerships.
• Supported enterprise compliance and IP matters, including the implementation of compliance processes across domestic and emerging markets, and handling trademark filing responses.

• Supported end-to-end contract lifecycle activities, including drafting, negotiation, and execution for client engagements.
• Assisted with contract management system updates, client coordination, and ongoing stakeholder communication.