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In-house Legal Counsel
Bangalore
Summary
A highly efficient and skilled In-house legal counsel with 19 years of diversified experience in providing quick business solutions to Clients in various legal matters including Corporate and Commercial, Legal & IT Consultancy & Advisory Services, Contract & regulatory compliance and Vendor and Corporate Governance.
Overview
19
years of professional experience
3
Certifications
6
Languages
Work History
Harman Connected Services Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Manager - General Counsel (Global)
09.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Company Overview: (A Samsung Company)
- Responsible for providing legal and/or business support to the Digital Transformation Solutions Strategic Business Unit ('DTS SBU') of Harman globally (US, Europe, UK, Middle East/UAE, APAC).
- Handling complex negotiations and successfully with a broad understanding of Harman's business objectives and the impact of external factors on the DTS SBU and on Harman's corporate function including, but not limited to corporate tax and/or treasury, engineering, marketing, human resources, finance, and information technology.
- Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements and amendments, including master services, licensing, professional services, consulting agreement, software and hardware support and license agreements, marketing, joint venture, and vendor agreements.
- Providing practical, creative legal advice on a broad range of topics in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
- Working closely with the senior leadership to support the teams charged with generating business and proactively establishing relationships across the legal team and with other departments including operations, marketing, finance, product, and engineering, among others.
- Assisting with corporate, compliance, internal and external audits and other legal matters as requested.
- Provides specialist legal support in terms of consulting and advising internal clients, coordinating with external counsel on case strategy, negotiating with contractors, and/or representing the company in important legal matters.
- Promptly and effectively addresses unforeseen legal risks if they arise and communicates to legal colleagues within the legal department in a timely manner; processes, uncertain, or incomplete information quickly to identify potential implications for the business.
- Staying updated on emerging laws and regulations affecting the Group as well as support the development of legal policies and contract standardization.
- Negotiates and drafts contracts for SBU or function as assigned by the senior leaders.
- Understands key regulatory, ethical, and reputational risks facing their primary business client.
- Collaborates with other legal and compliance staff and organizational partners to develop, update and maintain templates, negotiation resources and playbooks.
- Manage legal disputes, settlements, and negotiations, and coordinate with external legal counsel when needed.
- Contributes to development and implementation to scale commercial legal processes.
- Acting as a liaison between commercial colleagues and senior legal leadership, including the Group Director/VP/CCO - Legal and SVP Digital Technology.
- Supporting technology initiatives such as partnerships with private and government authorities, market expansions, and new product development.
- Ensuring legal and compliance standards are met, while providing regular updates to key stakeholders.
- Effectively using technology and other resources to achieve the most efficient delivery.
- (A Samsung Company)
Infosys Limited
Senior Corporate Counsel - Europe
09.2022 - 09.2024
Job overview
- Strategic role for Corporate and Commercial Contract matters including contract drafting, review and negotiation of strategic deals over 50 million ACV to 500 million in Europe.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various legal documents, both corporate and commercial, including business, investment proposals and term sheets, policies, agreements and contracts (MSA, GMSA, Distribution Agreement, Partnership Agreement, Amendments, SOWs/WOs, Service Orders, Change Requests, licensing agreements, NDAs, Vendor Contracts, Subcontracting Agreements, Formulate and revise policies and guidelines and coordinate with relevant departments to ensure compliance with new and revised legal and regulatory requirements.
- Business Alliance Agreements, Teaming Agreements etc.
- Drafting legal notices including assisting in legal disputes matters, termination assistance services.
- Rendering of in-house legal advice and opinion to Senior Management in ensuring the Group's interests are fully protected in all contingencies, legal or otherwise.
- Research and advise on regulatory or legal matters that may specifically affect the Company's industry sector, including the development, protection, exploitation and infringement of intellectual property.
- Initiate legal action or defense (whichever applicable) in respect to any dispute involving the Company and its affiliates worldwide and monitor the progress of legal proceedings in the Courts through appointed external solicitors.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (including Sales, Finance, Business, ISG, Tax, Employment Legal, Data Privacy Office, IP and Compliance team) to assess and manage legal risks associated with business decisions and operations.
- Formulate and revise policies and guidelines and coordinate with relevant departments to ensure compliance with new and revised legal and regulatory requirements.
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel and other third-party advisors.
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL)
Manager ICT Contracts & Commercial (Legal)
02.2020 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Skilled leadership in managing pre and post execution phase of Contract including IT Contracts Drafting, review, negotiations and renewals for Airport and Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure Contracts, EUC/Cloud Computing Contracts, Managed Printer Services, Network and Communications, Service Desk Services, Datacenter Services, Field Support Services, Telecom Agreements, Concessionaire and Retail Agreements etc.
- Responsible for the overall management of the Contracts/Commercial Agreements for 64+ IT Service Providers.
- Manage, monitor and lead the Transition and Transformation process for IT.
- Legal and advisory opinion on key IT Contract clauses including non-performance, delay/default in services, non-compliance of service levels, applicability of Force Majeure, termination, contract renewals, changes in RU counts, addition or deletion of Services from Contract, D&O compliance, regulatory compliance etc.
- Review of RFQ and RFP for New IT Services and Supply of IT Manpower Services and presiding over the Technical and Commercial Bid Presentations and finalizing the evaluation criteria for bids.
- Drafting and review of Information Security Policies.
- Research and analysis of various policies, bills, amendments, notifications, relating to and impacting the Organization.
- Providing clarifications on Contract queries as well as on Legislative and Regulatory guidelines.
- Creating Contract Summaries for Key IT Contracts between BIAL and all Vendors.
- Responding to Legal Notices.
- Management of compliance policies and procedures.
- Worked with a Service provider to create and implement a 'Contract Document Repository' for all IT Vendor Contracts. Monitoring and tracking of Contract expirations, renewals and terminations are done through this repository.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the IT Infosec & Governance Team for management meetings.
ISG (Formerly known as 'TPI Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd.')
Assistant Manager-Managed Services
02.2012 - 11.2019
Job overview
- Skilled leadership in managing pre and post execution phase of contract and primarily into Contract drafting, review, negotiations and renewals.
- Added 8 clients to the account over a short span of 10 months and many more in the pipeline since the inception of this service line.
- Training a team of 15 members in the 14 CLMS processes improving their skills and expertise that included: Contract Data Management, Contract Renewals and Negotiations, Contract Authoring, Contract Metadata, Contract Amendments, Invoice Management, Requisition to Pay, RFP, Contract Risk Assessment, Contract Portfolio Optimization.
- Working as a part of the initial phase of the ISG GovernX testing and business requirement document creation and worked with the tools and technology team offering contract management expertise for the Holmes-Wipro and IBM Watson Platforms.
- Monitoring the functioning of processes, identifying improvement areas, and implementing adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level.
- Worked for one of the largest airlines in Australia and also for the Government sector in Australia for Contract compliance, governance, data privacy and regulatory compliance matters.
Legalwise Outsourcing India Pvt. Ltd.
Level III Lawyer - Team Leader
12.2010 - 01.2012
MANTHAN LEGAL (Now Known as 'EXIGENT')
Assistant Project Manager
08.2006 - 12.2010
Education
National Law School of India UniversityBangalore
LLM from Business Laws
Kerala Law Academy/ Law CollegeTrivandrum
BA LLB (Hons.)
Skills
Contract Drafting
Contract Reviewing
Contract Negotiations
Personal Accountability
Commitment to achieve
Decision making
Strategic thinking
Business Acumen
Global Commercial Laws
Employment Laws
Risk assessment
Team work
Effective communication
Legal Operations
Resilience
Flexibility
Process Enhancement
Stakeholder management
Legal judgments
Legal Training
Development
Information Technology
Commercial Law
Intellectual Property Rights
Data Privacy
Regulatory Compliance
Legal Compliance
Corporate Law
M&A Due Diligence
Food Laws
Certification
Certified Operations Leader under the 'Accelerated Leadership Program (ALP)', TXALPC01139
Previous Experience
- Infosys Limited, Bangalore, Senior Corporate Counsel - Europe, 09/01/22, 09/01/24, 2 years, Strategic role for Corporate and Commercial Contract matters., Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various legal documents., Business Alliance Agreements, Teaming Agreements etc., Drafting legal notices including assisting in legal disputes matters., Rendering of in-house legal advice and opinion to Senior Management.
- Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), Manager ICT Contracts & Commercial (Legal), 02/01/20, 09/01/22, 2.6 years, Skilled leadership in managing pre and post execution phase of Contract., Responsible for the overall management of the Contracts/Commercial Agreements for 64+ IT Service Providers., Legal and advisory opinion on key IT Contract clauses., Review of RFQ and RFP for New IT Services.
- ISG (Formerly known as 'TPI Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd.'), Assistant Manager-Managed Services, 02/01/12, 11/01/19, 7.5 years, Skilled leadership in managing pre and post execution phase of contract., Training a team of 15 members in the 14 CLMS processes., Worked for one of the largest airlines in Australia.
Area Of Expertise
- Information Technology (Applications, Infrastructure, Mobile Communications & Network, AMC, SAAS, PAAS, IAAS, Software Licensing etc.)
- Commercial Law
- Intellectual Property Rights & Data Privacy
- Regulatory & Legal Compliance
- Employment Law
- Corporate Law
- M&A Due Diligence
- Food Laws
Notable Accomplishments
- Received the 'Be Brilliant Bravo Award' from senior leadership, 01/01/25
- Drafted, reviewed and negotiated a complex commercial contract for a large banking customer in Europe, 01/01/23
- Successfully drafted, reviewed and negotiated 3 strategic multi-million commercial deals resulting in Infosys winning the Contract, 11/01/22
- Received the Infosys Highest Honor, 'Awards for Excellence (AFE) 2022-23 for 'Best Business Enabler Function Gold Winner-Team Legal.', 01/01/23
- ISG's Highest Honorary Award '2017-2018 Chairman's Club Award', 01/01/18
- 2018 Best Team Award for the Second Quarter and nominated for Best Manager, 01/01/18
- Star of the Quarter Award for being a start performer and outstanding contribution to the Contract Management Discipline., 01/01/18
- 14 'Spot-on Award' for successful Client Projects and appreciation from onsite on quality of Contract Management deliverables., 01/01/18
Personal Information
- Bangalore
- UAE
- Europe
- Date of Birth: 02/26/81
Timeline
Senior Manager - General Counsel (Global)
Harman Connected Services Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2024 - Current
Senior Corporate Counsel - Europe
Infosys Limited
09.2022 - 09.2024
Manager ICT Contracts & Commercial (Legal)
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL)
02.2020 - 09.2022
Assistant Manager-Managed Services
ISG (Formerly known as 'TPI Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd.')
02.2012 - 11.2019
Level III Lawyer - Team Leader
Legalwise Outsourcing India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2010 - 01.2012
Assistant Project Manager
MANTHAN LEGAL (Now Known as 'EXIGENT')
08.2006 - 12.2010
National Law School of India University
LLM from Business Laws
04.2006
Kerala Law Academy/ Law College
BA LLB (Hons.)
04.2004