Primary Responsibilities (Day Job)
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a full range of commercial contracts that may include some or all of the following:
- Software Agreements
- Hardware Purchase Agreements
- Multimedia Agreements
- Services Agreements/Engagement Letters
- Training, Events and Sponsorship Agreements
- Renewals/Amendments/Schedules
- Termination Letters/Novation
- NDAs
- Legal Research – Conducting legal research and assisting in other ad hoc project work
- Data Privacy – Privacy Impact Assessment , Review/Negotiate Data Privacy Exhibits and handle other miscellaneous tasks
- Assisting in the organization and maintenance of form/template contracts
- Handling large-scale contract remediation and data extraction projects
- Duties such as tracking status of legal matters
Requirements:
Experience
- Qualified lawyer LLB (LLM will be an added advantage)
- 3-5 years’ post qualification experience at a law firm or in-house role in financial services or technology sectors
- Solid track record working in a professional environment
- Candidate with prior legal research/projects/data background is preferred
Knowledge
- Understanding of legal documents and terminologies
- Basic understanding and exposure to international commercial and technology law and terminologies will be an added advantage
- Should exhibit comfort working with technology and the ability to learn and display proficiency on technical systems and programs.
- Proficient with MS Office (Excel proficiency is required – specific focus on excel macros)
- Knowledge of document automation, contract analysis and other legal tech software an advantage
Organization
Skills and Qualities:
- Team player who can successfully manage multiple projects and priorities
- Ability to think independently, form opinions and make decisions
- Ability to anticipate ahead of time and escalate issues as appropriate
- Pragmatic and analytical problem solving skills – candidate needs to consistently apply sound judgment
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills – ability to effectively correspond with various groups and senior professionals over email and the telephone
- Must be able to maintain a high level of organization under pressure
- Successfully meet established deadline requirements – display efficient time management skills
- Possess the ability to research and resolve issues independently
- Experience in stakeholder management with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues across regions and Business Units
- Have the ability to effectively handle a fast paced environment
- Ability to identify and recommend process efficiencies
- Attention to detail
Coverage
- Monday to Friday from 11.30AM to 8.30PM India time with flexibility on standard working hours for time sensitive matters (including India Public Holidays).
- Periodic evening calls with US and EMEA internal clients and vendors