Rahul Sharma

Senior IT Counsel | GDPR & EU AI Act

Salary / Daily rate

37 Göttingen, Germany

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Languages

English

About me

Intro

IT Senior Counsel with 13+ years in tech contract negotiations and GDPR compliance. Managed 400+ enterprise agreements including SaaS licenses and IT service contracts for Fortune 500 clients. Specialized in EU data protection law, AI Act compliance, and cross-border tech legal matters.

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Work experience

Contracting Manager

SIGAL SMS

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

3 years

04 Leipzig, Germany

Unit Manager

MetLife

Mar 2016 - Dec 2020

4 years 10 months

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Worked as LEGAL UNIT MANAGER, since March 2016, as part of the Procurement Contracts Management Group comprising of four US-based attorneys and one attorney in India (myself) at MetLife. • My function here is identical to that of an in-house counsel as I take care of each step of the redlining and negotiations effort for various kinds of Procurement-related legal documents, such as Confidentiality Agreements, Trial Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments, Standalone Agreements, Software License Agreements, Software As a Service (SAAS) License/Subscription Agreements, Information Technology (IT) Service Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Master License Agreements, etc on behalf of my employer. • Redlining, Review and Negotiations for 400+ projects, including 150+ MSAs, Software License Agreements, Software As a Service (SAAS) License/Subscription Agreements, Trial Agreements, Information Technology (IT) Service Agreements, and MLAs, SOWs, etc; • I was on two weeks long On-Job training to the MetLife offices in United States to transition a new captive process ‘Procurement Contract Negotiations’ at MetLife GOSC, Noida, India in June 2016. • I also went on a one week long OJT-Secondment to the MetLife offices in United States to participate in the overhaul and revamp of all procurement templates in January 2018.

Assistant Manager - Drafting Attorney

Thomson Reuters

Aug 2013 - Mar 2016

2 years 8 months

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Engagement Manager for multiple drafting engagements where my clients were some of the biggest Software, Software As a Service (SAAS), Information Technology (IT), Oil & Gas, Heavy-machinery, financial and pharmaceutical names in the world; • Engagements Transition Manager, • Contract -Administration & Management, • Contract Drafting, • Contract Bluelining & Redlining, • Contract Review & Negotiation, • Third-Party Negotiations, • Project Accounting, • Project Management • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Vendor Management • Handling Multiple Teams of different sizes ranging from 2 to 6 (total persons reporting to me varied from 7-10)

(Legal & Compliance) - Assistant Manager

Serco

Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

2 years 1 month

New Delhi Area, India

• Serco BPO Private Limited (AM-Legal & Compliance) : Worked as ASSISTANT MANAGER – LEGAL & COMPLIANCE with Serco where I took care of the following activities: • Drafting, vetting and standardization of company’s legal documents as per arising and evolving needs of the parties concerned, such as: • Service Agreements with various customers/vendors as per nature of activity/business; • Agreements for BPO – Agreements for outbound calling campaigns – for U. K., U.S.A etc, telemarketing for electricity, loans, telecom – mobile and fixed line, magazine survey, insurance etc; • Lease Deeds and Maintenance agreements; • Confidentiality Agreements (Non Disclosure Agreements); • Agreements with Consultants; • Settlement Agreements; • Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Indemnity Bond, Letter of Authority, etc; • Amendments, Renewal and Termination of Agreements; • Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Serco’s all biggest client-base – for their entire contract related queries and requests. This role requires me inter alia to take weekly conference calls attended by global spocs of various other teams to discuss and evolve future strategy. • Handling all client related documentation varying from LOI to Termination Notice for every single domestic as well as international client or service provider of the Company

Legal Executive

Essel Shyam

Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

1 year 1 month

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Worked with Essel Shyam as Legal Executive from July 2010 to July 2011, wherein essential job-responsibilities included inter-alia Liaison-ing and Court Appearances as well as Contract-vetting, drafting, editing of various types of Legal Documents such as: • Shareholders and Share Purchase Agreements; • Agreements with Suppliers of the Organisation i.e. License Agreements with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Antrix Corporation etc; • Agreements and other documents for and with Public Sector Undertakings – ONGC, Army and Navy Authorities for award of tender, etc; • Memorandum of Understanding with Media – News Channels, Entertainment Channels, Stock Brokers etc; • Filing of bail bond in District Courts (Tis Hazari) for legal cases of Company; • Preparation of claims and counter claims; • Co-ordination with Senior Advocates for briefing, preparing and filing the claim with the arbitrators for arbitration proceedings of the Company and also attended arbitration proceedings; • Co-ordination for applying for various licenses required for running the services of the Organisation; • Co-ordination for filing applications for registration of trade-marks of the Company; • Loan Documentation with Financial Institutions


Education

The University of Göttingen

Master of Laws - LLM

2020 - 2021

1 year 3 months

Campus Law Centre - Delhi University

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

2007 - 2010

3 years 1 month

Annamalai University

Master of Arts - MA

2007 - 2009

2 years 4 months

Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal

Bachelor's degree

2004 - 2007

3 years 3 months

Bihar Intermediate Education System (BIES)

Intermediate - XI & XII

2001 - 2003

2 years 1 month

BD Public School

Xth - Higher Secondary School Board

1998 - 2000

2 years 4 months

DAV Public School, Begusarai

Higher Primary School - VIII

1997 - 1998

1 year 2 months

St. Paul's School

Kindergarten to 8th. standard

1988 - 1997

9 years 1 month

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