Associate - Legal - Financial Services

Responsibilities:

- Drafting, Reviewing, Vetting, Red lining of various domestic Contracts like Services Agreements, Consulting Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Software Subscription Agreements, NDAs, Vendor Contracts, Financing Agreement, Agreements relating to Events etc.

- Drafting of legal notices and counter notices.

- Assists in lower risk Global Vendor Contract Review.

- Close working relationship with Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Finance and Event teams.

- Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills, both in one-on one and group situations.

- Maintain excellent working relationships with internal/external clients to ensure their needs are met.

- Maintains and updates database for the company's contract management system.

- Assists in drafting and updating of legal templates and the Policies and Standards.

- Transfer data from raw formats into database systems; Create and manage spreadsheets, MIS report and update weekly and Verify data by comparing it to source documents.

- Maintains a filing system and protects confidential information of the organization.

- Handling filing of applications, search, etc. relating to IPR work.

- Maintenance of tracker showing updated case status for each legal case for the company.

- Initiate all legal reports to lawyers and arranging reports from panel lawyers.

Requirements:

- A qualified law graduate with 2-3+ years of relevant legal contracts experience at renowned company, corporate houses, law firms (Preferred Degrees: LL. B, BA. LL. B (Hons.).

- Candidates with experience at a law firm, in-house, or preferably a combination thereof before joining industry shall be preferred.

- Experience with reviewing, drafting, and negotiating various contracts.

- Experience with Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint)

- Ability to multi-task and should be Flexible and eager to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.

- Highly organized, process-driven, and client-focused team player.

- Fluency in English language (spoken and written) is essential.

- Technically sound, organization, Planning, Attention to Details.

- Legal Administration Skills

- Good interpersonal interaction skills

- Exemplify creative problem-solving abilities.

- Experience required with corporate organizations or corporate legal firms only.