AddressJob Description:
We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled legal associate to join our Legal Team. You will be responsible for handling a wide range of contracts for our organization. You will collaborate with various internal departments and external stakeholders to draft and negotiate agreements and arrangements being entered into by the organization and provide legal advice to protect the Company’s interest.
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Work closely with the business teams to understand the legal requirements of our business.
- Review and negotiate contracts in accordance with the company standards.
- Review of customer contracts which includes MSA, SaaS, Annual Maintenance Services Agreement, Software License Agreement. Review of vendor, staffing, Business Correspondent, Lease and other contracts concerning banking and mortgage industry.
- Maintaining Intellectual Property portfolio—especially trademarks and copyrights.
- Assist with external legal counsels and law firms in the event of any litigations
- Identify and solve areas of legal assistance to ensure seamless roll-out of new offerings.
- Manage contracts and maintain the reports relating to upcoming renewals.
- Maintain the repository of all executed contracts along with the key features of each contract, including all differences from our master contract.
- Make recommendations and support the operations team on legal documentation to reflect business teams taking into consideration for mitigating risks.
- Prepare and maintain monthly reports regarding the legal contracts and share the same with the management.
- Assist in procurement of any corporate certificates as may be needed.
- Assist in drafting any notices and letters for any delayed payments or disciplinary actions.
- Provide legal opinions on queries raised by business teams on an as-needed basis
- Work with various departments (HR, Admin, Finance) and act as advisory body on legal matters.
- Work on procurement of the insurance policies for the company and keep a track of the renewals.
- Work with external counsels for their opinions as needed.
- Research on matters concerning the applicability of the applicable laws to the business and advise the management accordingly.
- Identify any risk that may be prevalent and propose means to rectify it.
- Work closely with the leadership team in identifying components that should potentially be added to the master contract.
- Negotiation of contracts with customers, service providers and vendors. Ensure that the company’s interests are protected when negotiating the contract.
- Uploading contracts, SOW, Work Orders in the inhouse contract management tool and tracking the contract deadlines
- Any other legal duties that may be required to be fulfilled by you as part of your role.
Requirements:
- Eligibility: 5-7 years total experience as a Legal Counsel in corporate
- Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Driven and motivated. Should be able to independently solve complex problems
- Strong analytical logical reasoning skills
- Good team player, positive attitude and eager to learn
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Data Driven approach
- Time management skills are imperative to success.
- High level of customer service orientation required
