Shruti Dusane
Pune
Summary
Senior Lead with expertise in commercial contract drafting, negotiation, and legal compliance. Manages complex agreements, drives risk assessments, and ensures contract quality. Delivers strategic legal advice to support organisational objectives while collaborating effectively across Finance, Facilities, and Sales. Experienced in corporate governance and data privacy, leveraging CLM tools to enhance operational efficiency.
Overview
3
3
Languages
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
FREELANCER
08.2025 - Current
- Commercial Contracting: Draft, review, redline, and negotiate high-value commercial contracts, MSAs, SaaS agreements, and NDAs tailored to startup requirements.
- Banking & Due Diligence: Assist banking clients with due diligence procedures and the execution of digital Notice of Intimation processes for loan accounts.
- Providing legal services to Startup companies
Sr. Lead Legal Counsel
Neurealm Private Limited
04.2017 - 06.2025
- End-to-End Contract Lifecycle Management: Drafted, vetted, and negotiated high-value global commercial contracts, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and software licensing agreements, alliance/teaming agreements, subcontracts, RFPs, and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).
- Deal Structuring & Negotiation: Partnered directly with internal leadership and external clients to structure, negotiate, and execute complex commercial proposals, letters of intent, and binding multi-party agreements.
- Risk Mitigation & Advisory: Identified and mitigated complex contractual, commercial, and operational exposures through strategic markups and risk-adjusted terms aligned with organisational risk tolerance.
- Pragmatic Business Advisory: Delivered solutions-oriented legal counsel to executive leadership, balancing legal protection with pragmatic, revenue-enabling business strategies.
- Cross-Functional & External Stakeholder Engagement: Directed contract alignment among stakeholders in consultation with senior business executives, external legal counsel, and specialised advisory teams across global jurisdictions.
- Cross-Level Communication & Management: Effectively communicated complex legal issues, regulatory risks, and strategic trade-offs to non-legal business units, cross-functional partners, and executive suites.
- AI & Legal tech Leadership: Served as an internal champion for AI fluency, integrating modern legal tech tools and AI workflows to enhance contract drafting efficiency and operational turnaround times.
- Organizational Impact & Growth: Trained and mentored junior legal talent, fostered cross-departmental collaboration, and implemented continuous improvement initiatives aligned with long-term corporate growth and culture.
Legal Analyst
Fujitsu Consulting India
01.2016 - 03.2017
- Commercial Contract Lifecycle: Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a high volume of complex commercial agreements, ensuring strict alignment with England and Wales regulatory frameworks and enterprise compliance standards.
- Conducted in-depth legal and compliance analyses of corporate documentation to identify and mitigate contractual and regulatory exposure.
- Streamlined deal-closing processes by executing precise contract redlines, reducing operational bottlenecks and accelerating negotiation cycles in multi-party transactions.
- Collaborated with product, service, and operations teams to resolve complex legal issues, align risk parameters, and facilitate scalable product rollouts.
Associate Legal Officer
DWF's Mindcrest Limited
01.2014 - 07.2015
- Executed multiple tool-based projects for e-discovery, contract clause extraction, and confidential legal document extraction, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
- Collaborated on over five live projects, contributing to improved outcomes through effective teamwork and communication.
- Achieved highest ranking and recognition as top performer during training for live projects, demonstrating commitment to excellence.
Junior Advocate
Advocate Ajit Kulkarni
Pune, India
04.2013 - 12.2013
- Represented clients in Family and civil court, effectively arguing cases and securing favourable outcomes in various legal matters.
- Protected clients' interests during legal proceedings.
- Engaged in negotiations with opposing parties, representing clients professionally.
- Provided accurate, helpful and up-to-date legal advice on legal matters.
- Assisted senior lawyers in trial preparation, compiling evidence and witness statements for review.
- Interviewed clients and witnesses to gather data and evidence.
- Conducted thorough legal research utilising databases and law libraries to support case preparation.
- Conducted legal research to determine how facts of cases interacted with current laws.
- Drafted legal documents, including contracts, wills, and pleadings, adhering to strict deadlines.
- Communicated clearly in high-pressure situations, always acting with confidence.
- Respected court procedures and adhered to confidentiality practices.
- Participated in client meetings, taking detailed notes to aid in case strategy development.
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information, upholding professional and ethical standards.
Education
LLB - Bachelor of Laws - Law
ILS Law College
Pune01-2013
Certificate Courses - Human Rights and Corporate Law
ILS Law College
Pune01-2011
Xth -
St. Ursula High School
Akurdi01-2005
Skills
- Contract lifecycle management
- Contract drafting and negotiation
- Legal due diligence
- Statutory compliance
- Legal clauses awareness
- Dispute resolution
- Legal awareness for sales and business
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Customer focus
- Staff training and mentoring
- Customer focus
- Client relationship management
- Staff training and mentoring
LANGUAGES
English
Hindi
Marathi
Awards, Accomplishments and Feedbacks
- More than five Spot Awards by Business, Management and Legal by Neurealm Private Ltd.,
- Multiple weekly Spot awards for best performer at DWF's Mindcrest Ltd.,
- Star Award for Best Performance by Neurealm Private Ltd.,
- Multiple Pat on the Back award in Quarterly Meetings by Legal, Finance, Business and Facilities Neurealm Private Ltd.,
- Over and Above bonus awarded for exceptional performance during negotiation contracts with Banks and Financial Institutions.,
- Positive feedbacks from Customers and Internal Business verticals by Neurealm Private Ltd.,
- Trained more than 10 fresher's, juniors and seniors for on-boarding in Legal Team of Neurealm Private Ltd.,
- Bonus for exceptional performance and efforts over five years from management of Neurealm Private Ltd.
Timeline
FREELANCER
08.2025 - Current
Sr. Lead Legal Counsel
Neurealm Private Limited
04.2017 - 06.2025
Legal Analyst
Fujitsu Consulting India
01.2016 - 03.2017
Associate Legal Officer
DWF's Mindcrest Limited
01.2014 - 07.2015
Junior Advocate
Advocate Ajit Kulkarni
04.2013 - 12.2013
LLB - Bachelor of Laws - Law
ILS Law College
Certificate Courses - Human Rights and Corporate Law
ILS Law College
Xth -
St. Ursula High School