Sonal Srivastava
Bangalore
Summary
Legal professional experienced in contract lifecycle management and compliance, proficient in CLM tools and legal research. Demonstrated success in enhancing supplier and client relationships through effective communication and thorough contract review. Currently contributing to a legal operations team with a strong focus on data privacy and intellectual property rights. Passionate about the intersection of artificial intelligence and legal frameworks.
Overview
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Analyst
Spruce Infotech for Information Service Group
Bangalore
05.2025 - Current
- Part of Legal Operations Team :
- handling Supplier and Client Management, Client communication.
- Review of contractual agreements MSA, SOW, Addendum, Purchase Order, NDA, DPA.and Document managment
- Extraction of Meta data on related to compliance and risk
- Working on CLM Tool GovernX
- Demostration of tools to client/supplier stakeholders
- Given internal training to peers
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure excellence in contract management
Contract Analyst
Pramata Knowledge Solutions
Bangalore, 560055
07.2024 - 11.2024
- Extracted and reviewed the relevant information from contracts such as MSA, NDA, SOW, Order, and Amendments using the CLM tool.
- Part of the cleanse process in order to make contracts radically simple
- Document redlining
Legal Consultant
Bridge Policy Think Tank
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Worked on a project relating to Arbitration for the National Institute of Financial Management, Ministry of Finance Government of India;
- worked on project liaison with Ministry of Housing and Urban Developments and Government agency of Germany (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) regarding commercialization and capitalization of solid waste management in India.
- Reviewed documents- Drafted Request for Proposals (RFPs), Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), and Notices.
- Contributed to a digital health project for India-EU under twinning initiatives.-Collected large amount of data with high accuracy to give key findings for Drugs pricing in India.
Research Associate (Contractual)
Department of Commerce, Services Desk
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Assisted in analysis of offers and Free Trade Agreements for RCEP countries (Brunei Darusslam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and ASEAN countries which includes Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand) for Trade in Services for Services Desk along with this worked on state sensitization regarding trade in services (Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam and Meghalaya) for Department of Commerce. Prepared PowerPoint on state sensitization for GDP.-
- Assisted in reviewing the schedule of services while working at the services desk.- collected data for status of Primary Health Care sector in India.
- worked in DGTR, Assiting officers in preparation of reports and final findings related to Anti dumping investigations.
Research Assistant
National Law University Delhi
02.2017 - 08.2017
- Primarily worked for creating social impact and in furthering the objective conducted an empirical research on Right to Legal Aid services provided by the legal aid counsel on the quality of the legal aid system in India and Good Governance;
- • Organized free legal aid camp as an awareness program to help the indigent about how the legal aid is available at the doorstep.
- • Book reviewed: Comparative Right to Information Laws in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Nations, Edited by Centre Head Dr Jeet Singh Maan
Teaching Associate (Contractual)
K.R.Mangalam University
09.2016 - 01.2017
- Assisted Professor Subash Gupta and conducted classes for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
- Organized Legal Aid Camps in the interiors of State of Haryana.
- Trained and mentored students to maximise team performance.
- Picked up additional tasks to aid team success.
Education
LLM - Legal
Hidyatullah National Law University
Raipur01-2016
B.A.LLB - Legal
National Law University Odisha
Cuttack, OR01-2015
Skills
- Contract negotiation
- Risk assessment
- Regulatory compliance
- Document management
- Legal Document Drafting
- Public Policy
- Legal Review Technical & Analytical Risk
- Legal research
- Supplier management
- Data analysis Contract drafting CLM tools
- Stakeholder engagement and Client communication
- Problem solving Detail orientation Legal drafting Time-management
- Effective communication and Decision making
- Risk Management Client Relationship Management
- Vendor relationship management
- Legal compliance understanding
Certification
- Contract Law: Trust to Promise to Contract, Harvard Law School, 2024 01-01, https://courses.edx.org/certificates/0 07bc326bfd04740a9258eb1d6c2ee29
- GDPR: Data Protection and Privacy, Udemy, 2023-07-01
- The Interface of Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Rights, Udemy,
- 2024-01-01 Learn the Patent and Trademark Process, Udemy, 2024-05-01
Accomplishments
- Participated in the National Conference at Christ University, Bangalore on: The Changing Role of the Media In India: Constitutional Perspective.
- Attended Management Development Program on Basics of WTO and International Trade organized for Research Associates/ Fellows at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT, New Delhi).
- Attended Informal WTO Ministerial Meeting organized by the Ministry of Commerce on 2018-03-19 and 2018 03-20.
- Attended Copyright X course (March 2024) from NLSIU but have no certification.
- Completed IP Management training organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management, Nagpur (March 2016).
- Attended master class in social policy organized by the Nordic Centre of India and NLSIU.
- Participated in Draft Labour Code on Social Security and Welfare 2017 organized by VV Giri National Labour Institute and NLUD in Collaboration with Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Timeline
Contract Analyst
Spruce Infotech for Information Service Group
05.2025 - Current
Contract Analyst
Pramata Knowledge Solutions
07.2024 - 11.2024
Legal Consultant
Bridge Policy Think Tank
01.2023 - 06.2023
Research Associate (Contractual)
Department of Commerce, Services Desk
09.2017 - 12.2018
Research Assistant
National Law University Delhi
02.2017 - 08.2017
Teaching Associate (Contractual)
K.R.Mangalam University
09.2016 - 01.2017
LLM - Legal
Hidyatullah National Law University
B.A.LLB - Legal
National Law University Odisha