Open To Work
Prerit Sethi
Gurgaon
Summary
Lawyer with 8 years of experience supporting the contracting needs of Fortune 500 clients across the life sciences and logistics sectors. Drafted, reviewed, redlined and negotiated more than 1,000 buy-side and sell-side agreements, including MSAs, NDAs, SOWs and POs, on both client and third-party paper. Experienced in building contracting playbooks, harmonizing templates and independently managing client accounts and contract operations. Works with cross-functional legal and business stakeholders across global geographies to review and negotiate contracts, improve contracting processes, implement CLM tools and test AI-assisted contract review solutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Manager
Ernst & Young (EY GDS)
Gurgaon
08.2018 - Current
- Drafting, redlining, and negotiating of more than 1000+ MSAs, NDAs, SOWs, POs etc., for Fortune 500 companies, including in the life sciences and logistics sector, ensuring compliance with the client's positions and operational risk mitigation.
- Extensive experience working on both buy-side and sell-side agreements, including on own paper and third party paper.
- End to end conceptualization and preparation of contracting legal playbooks from scratch.
- Contract harmonization of 100+ templates by reviewing legal positions across the company spectrum and managing expectations of a diverse range of attorneys, SMEs and business stakeholders.
- Implementing and working on CLM tools to improve lead times and transparency.
- Building standardized knowledge objects for future staff training and AI model training.
- Working on internal AI related POCs and AI-driven contract review solutions, including AI agents, with the aim of enhancing efficiency and accuracy in contract review, legal document analysis, and project management.
- Developed and executed tailored training programs for team members, enhancing their skills in contract drafting and negotiation.
- Independently handing clients, including account management, project management, obligation management etc.
- Collaborating with senior management to develop annual project operational plans, budget requirements, staffing allocation.
Education
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) - Business Law Specialization
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
Punjab05-2018
Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws -
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Kolkata01-2014
Grade XII - Commerce Stream
P.M.L. S.D. Public School
Chandigarh01-2013
Grade X -
Delhi Private School
Sharjah, U.A.E01-2011
Skills
- Contract drafting
- Project management
- Contract negotiation
- Contract management
- Legal research
- Client relationship management
- Training development
Internships
- January 2018 — Karanjawala & Company, Delhi
- October 2017 — Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Delhi
- June-July ’15 & Jan. ‘17 — Subros and Associates Litigation Chambers, Chandigarh
- July 2016 — Anand and Anand, Noida
- January 2016 — Legal Ally, Gurgaon
- June 2015 — Greensole: Volunteer
- July 2014 — State Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh
- June 2014 — Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chandigarh
- January 2014 — Times of India, Chandigarh
Additional Information
- Harvard US-India Initiative, 01/2015, Selected as a delegate for the conference held in January 2015. Also attained 'recognition' from amongst 350 delegates for an essay, which was published in the conference booklet.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Verified certificate from edx.org for the course 'Entrepreneurship 101'.
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workTimeline
Associate Manager
Ernst & Young (EY GDS)
08.2018 - Current
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) - Business Law Specialization
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws -
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Grade XII - Commerce Stream
P.M.L. S.D. Public School
Grade X -
Delhi Private School