Diya Gupta

Mobile: 7033095109/9840421612, Email: todiyagupta@gmail.com

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Presently working with Tata Steel Limited.

Professional Synopsis Well versed in drafting reviewing, vetting and critical analysis of agreements. Front ending and negotiating customer/commercial contracts Handling IPR portfolio. US Immigration Education

Graduation (B.A.LLB)From IMS Law College (Noida)

Senior Secondary (XII) in Commerce From National Public School (Bangalore)

Organizational Experience

Jan 2016 till date: Manager Legal Tata Steel Limited

Involved in reviewing vetting and negotiating various legal documents/contracts related to Projects, Procurement, IT such , Bank Guarantee, Corporate Guarantee, Lease Deeds, Operation and Maintenance Contracts, Engineering Procurement Contract, Business Transfer Agreements, Gas Supply Agreements, Consulting Agreements, Research Agreement, License Agreements.

Rendering legal opinion/advice on various matters arising out of contractual issues and disputes.

Arbitration- Preparing Point of contention, record of proceedings, briefing arbitrators/adjudicators on factual and legal aspects related to the case.

Trust & Societies- Vetting/Drafting of Trust Deeds, Framing of Rules & Regulations, advising on issues arising out of it.

Actively involved in making of the Legal Information System for creating online database of all the cases & contracts

March 2013 until Dec 2015: Legal Associate at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Contracting: Involved in drafting, reviewing, structuring and negotiating all kinds of contracts - including Alliances, Resellers, Licensing, Services, Subcontracting, Confidentiality Agreements, RFPs and RFIs. Preparation of statement of compliances for the RFP floated by Operators. Negotiate with the client on the company standard terms and conditions, prepare the level of approval and close the deal. Risk Analysis of contract from contractual and commercial prospective at different stages.

Business Support: Front-end negotiations with both internal and external stakeholders of Cognizant. Understand Cognizant's and client's/partner's business requirements and engage in principled negotiations based on merits and positions. Resolving queries and update the internal business team on contractual & commercial exposure in the contract.

Process Improvement: Actively get involved in the outbound licensing sphere of Cognizant‘s non-linear solutions, including advising on contractual arrangements to be in place, IP ownership, license restrictions, open source components etc.

October 2010 to March 2013: Senior Legal Executive at Nucleus Software Exports Limited • Contracting: Extensive experience in independently reviewing contracts for clients based in Middle East, India to cater the requirement of banking and financial institutions, telecom, IT and Insurance. The nature of contracts includes, Software License Agreements, Support Agreement, addendum to License Agreement, Supplementary Agreement, Subscription Agreements, Tripartite agreement, Master Service Agreement/Statement of work Request for Proposals (RFPs).

• Business Support: Resolving queries from internal business teams relating to RFPs, RFQs, and in many cases providing an opinion to senior management on the interpretation to be taken on contractual issues. • Process Improvement: Drafted compliance checklists. Drafted Standard MSA for organisation. These checklists have been used for tracking compliance with contractual obligations in client MSAs.

IPR

Filing of Trademark Applications Providing requisite documentation /information in case of opposition Ensuring timely renewal of trademark applications Filed search for different marks Opposition & Evidence by way of Affidavit, Filed application for granting of Patents,

March 2009 until October 2010: Legal Executive at Birlasoft (India) Ltd.

Contracting: Assisted in drafting and vetting of agreements such as Non-Disclosure Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Alliance Agreements,), Statements of Work, and Memorandums of Understanding.

Immigration: Worked on drafting and overall preparation of petitions for US Visas including H1 B L1 EAD and Green Cards.. Miscellaneous: Drafted cases for opinion for external counsel in respect of employment and HR matters.