Siddhesh Borkar

• Facilitated creation of governance policy for adoption by board of directors and committee chairperson.
• Reviewed, identified, updated and prioritized strategic initiatives to provide comprehensive support to senior leadership.
• Oversaw hiring, adding valuable, talented professionals to strengthen management team.
• Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
• Contract Management, Finalizing terms & conditions of MSA & SOWs w.r.t Commercial, Sales, Purchases contracts, settlement agreements; performing analysis to ensure that contracts are within the protocols of company
• Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating of RFP’s, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), MOU’S
• Working on the Companies Legal Compliance,
• Lawfulness, Accuracy, Storage limitation, Integrity and Confidentiality and Accountability
• Drafting SOP’s and framework Templates
• Conducting the due diligence and Legal compliance
• Performing legal research
• Working on Different CLM
• Sharing legal advice to Executive Management and Divisional Directors in key decisions pertaining to strategic initiatives, operating model and operational execution
• Supporting and analyzing investigations made by various divisions and advising to the management in the formulation of statutory compliant policies
• Working out measures for reducing litigation expenses and effectuating plans to achieve a faster closure of the cases
• Participated in the development of the Corporate Governance policies & procedures framework and guidelines (for example; Board of Directors size, composition, membership criteria, appointment, independence criteria, suspension, removal and retirement)

· Contract Management

· Drafting Contracts, Power of Attorney, Lease Deed, Conveyance, Deeds, various applications for the NCLT, Engagement Letters of Clients, rebuttals of the notices or reciprocate / reply to letters, statements of facts, grounds of appeal.

· Drafting of Reviewing and Negotiating of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), MOU’S and other Documents.

· Managed Corporate Laws Compliance & Audit for ensuring statutory compliances by group companies

· Drafting Reviewing and Negotiating of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), CDA’S, MOU’S ISDA’S Documents .

·Drafted and implemented Termsheets for M&A work.

·Drafted various Agreements for the M&A work.

·Drafted and implemented documents for the PE / VC Work.

· Rendered legal advice and gave case for opinion in case of legal queries

· Drafted and implemented non-disclosure agreements, MSA, SOW, MOU

· Conceiving appropriate legal strategies for client’s case after assessment of case history; drafting pre-acquisition and post-acquisition documents for all kinds of property deals

· Provided strategic business advice to Executive Management and divisional Directors in key decisions pertaining to strategic initiatives, operating model and operational execution

· Reviewed tenders contracts, applications to be filed in NCLT, Engagement letters

· Vetted legal paper book, grounds of appeals, statements of facts; Prepared search report for property

· Worked on cases related to Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act

· Coordinated with the external lawyers/customers about the important terms and conditions of the definitive documents

· Filed customer and consumer complaints to various forums

· Reviewed and vetted the agreements, MSA, SOW, Contracts, Mou’s, Novation Deeds, Addendum Engagement letters for the Healthcare, Financial and Banking and Insurance Clients.

· Drafted the Contracts & engagement letters of clients for Pharma Media, Telecommunications, Consumer Durables, Real Estate and FMCG Sectors.

· Rebuttals of the notices reply to letters for the Healthcare, Financial and Banking and Insurance clients.

· Lead the Asia Pacific Region along with India region with a team 10 Legal Associates & Executives and Members.

· Preparation and filing of Factsheets, paper book Submissions, Notes in the courts for the hearing.

· Transfer Pricing work (Advisory, Research, Litigation).

· Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), CDA’S, MOU’S ISDA’S Documents.

· Participated in Due Diligence on the M&A transaction Documentation

· Preparing Termsheets and relevant Agreements

· Mergers and Acquisitions Check lists preparation.

· Managing the Mergers and Acquisitions work for clients.

· Managing and working on PE / VC clients.

· Checking on the Due Diligence List of M&A

· Managed the litigation newsletter work (Entire EY) from assigning to publishing

· Responding to inquiries from other offices, both nationally and internationally

· Providing a high level of Case Laws research

· Coordinate with the External Lawyers/Customers about the important terms and conditions of the Definitive Documents

· Preparing the cases for Opinions for partners

· Planning and managing client engagement

· Attending business meetings

Selected Achievements:

· Drafted the Contracts & engagement letters of clients

· Expedited and troubleshoot the process as SME

· Lead a team size of 35 Associates.

· Interacted with the client and associates from USA, EMEA, UK

· Appointed as Trainer for SAP; part of the milestone process for TCS / DOW (Switching for SAP R2 to R3)

· Preparation of the reports and also maintaining the excel sheets and PPT ‘s for Clients and Manager

· Responding to inquiries from other offices, both nationally and internationally

· Providing a high level of Case Laws research

· Coordinate with the External Lawyers/Customers about the important terms and conditions of the Definitive Documents