Sr Associate - Commercial Contracting

Job highlights

• Law Graduate / LL.B,with 2-4 years of relevant post-qualification experience in contract review,drafting and negotiation experience .
• Experience and qualifications

Job Title: Senior Associate - Commercial Contracting

Qualification: LL. B (professional qualification)

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team within EY GDS. Part of the GDS GCO Enablement team in India, the role requires you to work with legal/Global General Counsel s Office (GCO) attorneys, and support EY s business on vendor contracts. You will provide legal support to the business and become a trusted adviser of stakeholders (often at senior leadership level). You will be expected to assess and understand how risks can be best managed and mitigated

Your responsibilities

Key responsibilities will include the following:

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiation, finalization and advisory on vendor agreements (including statements of work and terms & conditions), MSAs, framework agreements, sponsorship contracts, services contracts, and other ancillary documentation, providing risk management advice in relation to each of them.

• Act as point of contact for EY s business/procurement teams and support the legal team.

• Have a good understanding of general key business risks that need to be managed (training will be facilitated in respect of EY s specific risk management framework)

• Coordinating with internal specialist functions including Independence, onshore legal teams, Security, Privacy and Risk Management

• Maintaining an understanding of the impact of changes in EY policies, organizational structure, and procedures.

  Skills and attributes for success

• You will be provided with training and coaching on the job.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with internal stakeholders and vendors

• Ability to team effectively with onshore legal team and colleagues in other functions

• Ability to grasp, understand, and accurately articulate and document the transactions

• Ability to assess size, scope and overall risk of contemplated transactions and to tailor contracts accordingly

• Highly responsive with ability to manage high workload volumes efficiently and effectively

• Solution oriented with focus on exceptional client service

• Keen attention to detail

• Strong communication and English language (verbal and written) skills

• Confidence, maturity and high degree of awareness to be able to work effectively with a broad base of senior-level internal stakeholders

• Strong service-oriented personality, proficient at delivering the highest quality of work within deadlines.

• High levels of personal energy and appetite for work and success.

  Experience and qualifications

• Law Graduate/LL.B, with 2-4 years of relevant post-qualification experience in contract review, drafting and negotiation experience

• Knowledge of data protection (GDPR/CCPA), privacy and security terms

• Understanding of compliance related concepts such as Independence, Conflicts.

• Experiences in drafting and negotiating IP terms in contracts

  What we look for

• Someone who wants to grow into a new role at EY and develop new skills and attributes

• A passion to contribute to the growth of the wider GCO and GDS team

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