Mar 2018 – Jul 2018 · 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India

•  Drafting and vetting of escrow agreements, loan agreements, vendor agreements relating to outsourced functions such as cash pick up services, IT services, housekeeping services etc., and premises related agreements including vetting of title search reports.
•  Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various agreements for over-the-counter derivatives trading, bank guarantees, counter guarantees etc.
•  Advising on stamp duties in respect of various states and banking operation queries pertaining to a number of branches.
•  Vetting of materials relating to promotion and marketing of banking activities, including signing off on print media and motion pictures advertisements.

Sep 2012 – Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Prime brokerage and derivatives documentation lawyer at Deutsche Bank Group supporting legal team based in UK (for Europe and Middle East region) with respect to financial products transactions undertaken by Deutsche Bank AG globally by drafting and negotiating Service Level Agreements, Terms and Conditions, Confidentiality Agreements, Prime brokerage agreement for Foreign Exchange (FX), ISDA Master Agreements, Credit Support Annexes, Futures and Options agreements, FX E-Platform agreements and all other relevant documentation like master give-up agreements, designation notice, counterparty agreement, 3 way and 4 way give up agreements, autobahn terms and conditions, Application Program Interface service agreements and electronic platform terms etc.
• Negotiating directly with DB’s global clients.
• Liaising directly with business, credit risk, treasury, market risk, operations and other relevant internal stakeholders to ensure that all requisite corporate consents and approvals are in place prior to finalization of agreements.
• Conducting legal authority and capacity checks, reviewing constituent documents, investment management agreements, prospectuses etc.
• Supervising and managing interns who are responsible for counterparty agreement notices, designation notices etc.

Sep 2012 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• I support Deutsche Bank’s Prime Brokerage business divisions for the EMEA region.

Jun 2011 – Jan 2012 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted extensive research on various aspects of companies law, contract act, securities law, IPR, and Transfer of Property Act.
• Drafting legal opinions on company law related matters, contractual law matters, transfer of property matters and matters relating to non-banking and finance companies.
• Assisted in drafting of Securities Appellate Tribunal appeals and preparing replies to queries from market regulator - SEBI on behalf of clients.
• Assisted in drafting documents and agreements relating to articles of association for companies, hotel operation agreement, lease agreement, copyright assignment agreement, share purchase agreement, share transfer agreement, addendum to agreement, termination notice etc.
• Worked on a due diligence report for an initial public offering by a client.
• Interacted with clients along with seniors to explain, agree upon, and confirm the due diligence information and documentation received.

Jan 2010 – Feb 2010 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• Conducted extensive research on matters pertaining to companies’ law, Sale of Goods Act, contract law and securities law.
• Assisting seniors in drafting legal opinions on company law related queries.
• Proof reading and Cross referencing of agreements for share purchase agreements, loan agreements and other documents such a memorandum and articles of association.
• Prepared summary and synopsis of cases and compendium of judgments.