AVP - Legal - BPO/IT - LLB

Basic Function

- To assist the Legal Function. Should be capable of handling multiple legal assignments and ensure minimization of legal risks to the organization.

- Meeting deadlines with minimum turnaround time in handling legal matters.

Essential Functions

Contract Reviews:

- Primary reviewer/negotiator for commercial agreements including client Master Services Agreements, SOWs/Work Orders, Vendor Contracts, Facility Leases, Software License Agreements, Service level agreements, NDAs and RFPs.

- Ensure legal risks are addressed while balancing business needs and objectives.

- Ensure contracts are negotiated within EXL contracting standards, while facilitating deal-to-deal specific exceptions and customizations and pro-actively working with Business team members to creatively solve issues.

- Ability to take ownership of projects and "run with them" to completion.

- Specific Projects: Assist with Special Projects as the need arises to support the businesses strategic growth while keeping within the acceptable risk profile.

- Talent Management: Conducting training and awareness sessions on upcoming legal and compliance areas. Ensure team engagement; provide team development, orientation and mentoring. Continue to build and improve processes to minimize team conflicts.

Education Requirements

Graduate/ Post Graduate in Law (L.L.B.) with good academic background.

Work Experience Requirements

- ~ 10 years of experience; a combination of time with a major law firm as well as in-house experience with a reputable corporation preferred.

Primary External Interactions

- Interaction on a day to day basis with the Business teams and Support functions on legal and policy matters.

Primary External Interactions

- Interaction with clients and/ or external counsels, both local and international.