Bujji Babu Mailapalli: Legal Counsel in Mumbai, MH

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Commercial Contracts • Review, draft, negotiate and conclude business contracts comprising of memorandum of understanding, contract term sheet, letter of intent/ association, master services, statement of work, confidentiality & non-disclosure, amendments/ addendums, sub-contractors (suppliers/ vendors), consultancy agreements, software end user license, event management • Pre/ post bid documentation support to the business teams participating in tenders • Create and maintain standard contract templates as per the industry standards and policies for various business verticals of the organization • Manage cloud-based contract management system software to analyze the status of ongoing contracts and access to executed contracts/ agreements/ legal documents Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) • Initial search of database to find information on registrations/ conflicting applications for identical/ similar IP, followed by application filing for patent/ copyright/ trademark/ design registrations with the appropriate authorities • Advise and assist business teams on the recourse/ exceptions to copyright/ trademark infringement in the creative materials for marketing/ promotion • Analyzing IPR infringements and ensuring minimizing the infringements through claims and cease & desist notices Compliance • Monitoring and maintaining legal compliance as per the industry set standards, policies, regulations & statutory obligations within the operational markets and formulating standards operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure implementation of planned legal & policy framework methods throughout the organization • Monitoring advertising compliance's as per the industry set standards, policies & statutory obligations with Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) guidelines Litigation • Preparing summary of claims/ petition and chronology of events for filing of responses in litigation • Identifying relevant external legal counsels, briefing the claims & pleadings, reviewing opinions and advising the internal stakeholders/ management for further course of action • Assisting external legal counsels in drafting & vetting of affidavits, pleadings, plaints, written statements, appeals, statement of claim, compromise petition & so on • Maintaining a database of outstanding/ongoing litigation and monitoring all matters to ensure timely actions • Coordinating with external legal counsels and reviewing progress