Managing Counsel
Monaco Engineering Solutions
08.2022 - Current
- Legal Contracting and Negotiations
- Have led and supported the drafting, review, redlining and negotiations of various contracts e.g., :
- NDAs, B2B NDAs, RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, Hold Harmless Letters, Non-Reliance Letters, Engagement Letters, AORs and prepared risk trackers, deviation trackers, clarification questionnaires etc.
- Recruiting agencies, lease, leave and license agreement, marketing and branding agreements, travel & accommodation agreements with travel agencies etc.
- Database License Agreement, Software License Agreement, Professional Services Agreement, Data Privacy Agreement, Business Associate Agreement, Data Transfer Agreements, SaaS, PaaS Agreements in the IT industry
- Consulting Services Agreements in the Oil & Gas industry including Subcontracting agreements, Purchase Orders, Change Orders, Variation Orders, etc.
- Assisted legal operations team in creating and managing playbooks, fallback provisions, introducing CLM and CPQ functionalities to the system to simplify self-service document generation process.
- Have assessed mitigated third-party risks by conducting legal due diligence and advising on terms and conditions.
- Ensured contracts comply with internal policies and regulatory requirements while safeguarding company’s interests.
- Created a contract database to record communications and documentation relating to the contracts for future reference.
- Created playbooks for effective redlining and negotiation of all commercial and non-commercial contracts.
- Introduced forms and processes to streamline the CLM activities.
- Legal Documentation
- Drafted legal documentation as and when required by the company including but not limited to:
- Board Resolutions, Minutes of Meetings, Special Resolutions, Consent Letters, Authorization Letters etc.
- Letter of Intent, Commitment Lettes, Memorandum of Understandings, Power of Attorneys etc.
- Prepared a due-diligence questionnaire for onboarding subcontractors, clients, vendors, law firms and other agencies.
- Work with outside agencies, notaries and other firms in notarizing and legalization of documents through ministries and embassies overseas.
- Compliance Management
- Oversaw and monitored the work of different global agencies associated with MES in providing company secretarial support.
- Ensure all the group companies always remain compliant as per the applicable laws and regulations.
- Created an expiry tracker to track expiry and renewal of all statutory and legal documents e.g., commercial registrations, trade or economic licenses, ISO certifications, ICV certifications, personal documents of Directors and GMs, POAs, etc.
- Preparing documentation for Annual report filing, UBO filing, labour compliances filing, statutory disclosures etc.
- Prepare and send proposals to insurers for procuring and renewing business insurances for all group companies.
- Prepare letters for banks for issuance of performance bank guarantees, tender bonds and other guarantees or bonds and ensure they remain compliant as per contractual requirements and work with the banks to revoke or cancel the guarantees or bonds post expiry of contracts.
- Litigation Management
- Prepared case briefs for law firms for pursuing litigations.
- Prepared legal notice, demand for payment notice to be sent to clients compelling contract performance, drafted settlement letters for out-of-court settlement with clients.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Acted as a trusted advisor to the senior management team on legal matters.
- Worked closely with the sales, support, collections and billing, InfoSec, Privacy, products, finance, HR and operations team to align legal support with business priorities.
- Manage relationships with external agencies or firms to ensure timely support and cost-effective legal support.
- Conducting interviews, managing performance appraisals, creating succession plans, providing timely feedback.
