Legal Specialist- Customer Contracts

Experience - 4-8Years

Customer Contracts

• Candidate should be able to independently review and negotiate the IT contracts pertaining to Americas (US, Canada, LATAM)
• Candidate will have to review procurement side contracts mostly but may have exposure to customer side contracts as well.
• . Candidates will have to work on contracts with customers, subcontractors, vendors & alliance partners, based globally.
• Review and negotiation of Master Services Agreements, SOWs, Partner Agreements, Reseller Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Rainmaker Agreements.
• Co-ordinate with procurement, business and delivery functions for closure of transactions.
• Co-ordinate with other legal team members
• Prepare monthly report on transactions received in particular month

The role also involves monthly cadence reporting & meetings with the management, conducting presentations & trainings as may be required and legal projects on a case-by-case basis (assigned by the Senior Legal Counsels in the team)

Inter-personal competencies

• Identifying contractual, commercial and operational risks and exposures in contracts;
• Providing inputs/mark-up on contracts to negate contractual, commercial and operational risks and exposures;
• Working with internal and external clients to structure, prepare, negotiate and finalize agreements, letters of intent, commercial proposals, etc.;
• Major Experience in Contract Negotiation is required
• Review and Negotiate Customer Agreements
• Providing legal support for ongoing contract management related activities; Working in close co-ordination with external legal counsel;
• Participate in discussions with internal stakeholders, external counsels and advisors during the entire contracting process;
• Manage and give guidance to junior lawyers;
• Experience in negotiating IT Outsourcing contracts and other types of IT contracts with customers.