Yogesh Pandit
Thane
Summary
Legal & compliance professional with 10+ years' experience in regulatory compliance, contract drafting/negotiation and litigation support in regulated environments. Increasing specialisation in privacy and data protection with a GDPR and DPDP first approach and currently pursuing IAPP CIPP/E to strengthen privacy governance and cross-border data protection readiness
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant General Manager - Compliance
Institute of Actuaries of India
Seawoods
09.2016 - Current
- Ensuring overall compliance with the various Laws, Rules, Regulations, including provisions of the Actuaries Act, 2006, Corporate Laws, Insurance Act, IRDA Regulations, Labor Laws including The payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, The Employee's Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and other insurance industry related laws.
- Legislative drafting of various regulations, rules, guidelines and practice standards applicable to members.
- Leads multiple MoUs (e.g., III-IAI product dev program), RFQs/RFPs, PR/brand agency RFQs, vendor/consultant contracts, and internal policy alignments (Procurement Policy, Admin/IT/HR SOPs).
- Coordinates clause-level interpretations and Council approvals.
- Representing before High Courts and Central Information Commission (CIC) on the legal matters pertaining to writ petitions and right to information.
- Attending to compliance with Professional Conduct standards and any other standards that are applicable to members of the Institute.
Practicing as an Advocate
06.2012 - 08.2016
- I represented as an advocate before Civil, Criminal, Family Courts, Arbitration and various tribunals on behalf of my client/s.
- I prepare and vet various legal Documents which includes drafting of legal documents, notices, replies, MoU, service agreements, contracts, lease agreement, sale agreement, leave and license agreement and similar other documents, etc.
- I handled matters of Companies relating to S.138 of the Negotiable Instruments, Act 1881 and Summary suits.
- I advised and attended RTI related matters before State Information Commission as well as Central Information Commission.
- Verifying and checking the responsiveness of various documents which are related to international banks.
- Analyzing and studying the Legal projects which are in compliance of American as well as Indian laws.
- Quality checks of responsive and not responsive documents as per the client's requirement.
- Vetting the privileged documents and its relevancy to the case.
- Checking consistency of the documents as per the six sigma methodology.
- Checking the documents which are Attorney Work Product and Attorney Client communication.
- Due diligence of the cases which are mainly concerned with the international banks.
Legal Associate
E&Y - Thomson Reuters (Pangea 3)
Andheri
07.2011 - 06.2012
- Drafting of Notices, Agenda, Minutes of Meeting of the Council meeting, Committee meeting as per the Actuaries Act, 2006 and rules and regulations made thereunder.
- Reporting non-compliance issues to respective departments and Professionalism Committee.
- Regulatory compliances of all Actuarial Practice Standards and Guidance Notes in concurrence with IRDA regulations and circulars.
- Ensuring all statutory norms or obligations of the Institute in accordance to Insurance Act, 1938 and IRDA.
- Regular liaison with Department of Financial Services (DFS), statutory regulation amendments (Admission & COP Regs 2017, Delegation of Powers, Section-21/51 rules), and knowledge-partner tie-ups (e.g., Mercer Summit) - advising President/Council on governance and legal exposure.
- Preparing and vetting of various legal Documents which includes drafting of legal documents, notices, replies to Ministry of Finance, IRDA and RBI, MoU, service agreements, contracts, lease agreement, sale agreement, leave and license agreement and similar other documents, negotiation with vendors etc.
- Preparation of Request for Proposals (RFP) and various commercial agreements / contracts.
- Designs/updates multi-department SOPs (HR/IT/Admin/Finance & Accounts), Exam SOP (copying-case policy), digital decision libraries; builds compliance checklists; regularly instructs teams to map regulations with SOP; drives version control and process training.
- Ensuring Compliances of IAI Actuarial Education and Research Organisation which is a Wholly Subsidiary company of the Institute incorporated under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
- Co-ordination with external counsels for advisory and related matters.
- Coordinating with departments in effective implementation of administrative policies.
Education
Company Secretary -Executive Examination -
Institute of Company Secretary of India [ICSI]
02-2026
LLM -Final - Constitutional Law
Kakatiya University
01-2013
LL.M -Previous - Constitutional Law
Kakatiya University
01-2012
LL.B - Banking and Insurance Laws
Mumbai University
01-2011
M.A. - Philosophy
Mumbai University
01-2007
B.A. - Philosophy& Logic
Mumbai University
01-2003
Skills
- Legal writing
- Regulatory compliance
- Contract negotiation
- Legislative drafting
- Risk assessment
- Client representation
Certification
- Certified Insurance Anti-Fraud Professional (CIAFP) from Insurance Institute of India (III) Jointly with North American Training Group (NATG)
- NISM-Series-III-A: Securities Intermediaries Compliance (Non Fund) Certification Examination as required under the SEBI (Certification of Associated persons in the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2007
- Certificate in FinTech and the Law
- Certificate in Information Security and Data Protection by Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants
- Certificate in Advanced Contract Drafting and Legal Writing
- Certificate Course on Drafting, Pleading and Conveyance
- Certificate in Drafting Techniques in Commercial Contracts
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Contracts
- Certificate Course on Commercial Contracts
- Certificate Course on Law of Contracts
- Certificate on Technology Contracts
- CPCM (Certificate Program in Contract Management)
- NPTEL online certification course in Advanced Contract, Tendering and Public Procurement
- Regulatory Compliance For Insurance Brokers-CVT
Extracurricular Activities
Internationally rated chess player, 46679650, 1701, 1671, 1641
References
Available upon request
Languages
- Hindi
- Marathi
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Timeline
Assistant General Manager - Compliance
Institute of Actuaries of India
09.2016 - Current
Practicing as an Advocate
06.2012 - 08.2016
Legal Associate
E&Y - Thomson Reuters (Pangea 3)
07.2011 - 06.2012
Company Secretary -Executive Examination -
Institute of Company Secretary of India [ICSI]
LLM -Final - Constitutional Law
Kakatiya University
LL.M -Previous - Constitutional Law
Kakatiya University
LL.B - Banking and Insurance Laws
Mumbai University
M.A. - Philosophy
Mumbai University
B.A. - Philosophy& Logic
Mumbai University