Preethi Gopalakrishnan

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  • Timeline

    Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

    Legal Editor

    Thomson Reuters
    Mar 2013 - Nov 2013

    Legal Associate

    Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors
    Dec 2013 - Jan 2016

    Contract Specialist

    Cyient
    Feb 2016 - Jul 2017

    Lead - Contract Management

    KeyPoint Technologies
    Current Company
    Jul 2017 - now

    Head of Global PMO & Legal

    ValueLabs
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Skills

    Corporate law
    Westlaw
    Intellectual property
    Legal assistance
    Legal writing
    Research
    Litigation
    Litigation support
    Legal research
    Document review
    Legal advice
    International law
    Negotiation
    Document drafting
    Contract management
    Management
    Legal contract review
    Indexing
    Abstracting
    E discovery
    Legal deposition summarization
  • About me

    Preethi heads the Legal Department and Client Services Group at ValueLabs. She has extensive experience in Contract Life-Cycle Management, Litigation Support, Compliance, Intellectual Property Rights, Data Privacy, Immigration and Corporate Legal Risk Management & Advisory Services. She specializes in setting up dynamic in-house Legal Departments which can mitigate and manage risks without impeding growth. Designing and implementing processes that increase efficiency and productivity of is her forte. Preethi holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a Post Graduate Diploma in Patent Laws from NALSAR University.

  • Education

    • Nalsar

      2012 - 2013
      Post graduate diploma in patents law intellectual property law
    • Narayana junior college

      2004 - 2006
      Intermediate civics, economics and commerce
    • St. ann's high school

      1992 - 2004
      Icse
    • Osmania university

      2011 - 2013
      Master of laws (llm) banking, corporate, finance, and securities law
    • Osmania university

      2006 - 2011
      Bachelor of laws (ll.b.) law

      Activities and Societies: I have been a member of an international student organization called AIESEC (August 2008-August 2009) and was engaged in organizing and conducting workshops involving interaction of students with international interns at various schools across the city.

  • Experience

    • Thomson reuters

      Jun 2012 - Dec 2012
      Legal editor

      Job responsibilities included:- Updating Legal Content on Westlaw India- Conducting Quality Checks on content available on Westlaw India and Indlaw- Meeting daily and weekly deadlines to ensure data currency- Managing individual areas of responsibility as assigned- Preparing Head notes for Supreme Court, High Court and Tribunal Cases for Westlaw India and Indlaw- Accomplishing the required levels of self-management of priorities and workload- Performing additional editorial tasks as requested by Team Lead Show less

    • Brewer, attorneys & counselors

      Mar 2013 - Nov 2013
      Legal associate

      Job responsibilities included:- Interacting with US based clients frequently with an endeavor to align the project goals and client expectation- Leading team to achieve targets set by clients keeping in view both company and client interests- Consistently meeting deadlines of projects assigned- Reporting to client with important updates on a daily basis- Indexing, abstraction, summarization and maintenance of e-documents and contracts in client databases- Litigation Support- Document Review- Objective coding- Subjective coding- Relevance and privilege analysis- Electronic discovery- Summarization/abstraction of relevant/key/voluminous documents- Deposition Summarization Show less

    • Cyient

      Dec 2013 - Jan 2016
      Contract specialist

      Job Responsibilities included:- Working as part of a Multinational Team- Vetting various legal documents like Procurement Contracts, IP related Agreements, Services Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements, Teaming Agreements, Sub-Contracting Agreements etc.- Analyzing complex agreements for identifying and highlighting any potential risk from legal, financial and delivery aspects- Capturing of the details of reviewed Agreements in matrix formats to provide in one place a summary of the key parameters of the company’s services agreements with customers- Updating new contracts in the matrix format on an ongoing basis for new contracts- Publishing the matrix to other company stakeholders, primarily Finance and HR, for their purposes Show less

    • Keypoint technologies

      Feb 2016 - Jul 2017
      Lead - contract management

      Job responsibilities included: - Drafting, reviewing and negotiating various contracts related to IT products and services such as MSAs, SOW/WO, NDAs, Sub-contracting Agreement, Consulting Agreements, Teaming Agreements and Resellers Agreement- Acting as a liaison between the company and the client to ensure timely review / approval and execution of the contract- Providing recommendations to internal stakeholders and negotiating with clients on all standard and non-standard contracts to ensure timely finalization and execution of contracts- Supporting sales and marketing department to ensure company services are offered at competitive terms and conditions as per the company guidelines- Ensuring that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant stakeholders and assisting in interpretation of the contractual terms and conditions for implementation of the contract.- Maintaining and administering access to all contractual records and documentation such as contract correspondence, customer contact information, contractual changes and status reports- Implementing Contract Management processes including - providing contract awareness to the project and delivery teams, managing the change control process, implementing data protection processes, managing and interpreting executed contracts- Monitoring various technical and financial transactions (scope of services, milestones, deliverable, invoicing, service levels etc.) by coordinating with relevant stakeholders to ensure contractual compliance- Ensuring contract close-out, extension or renewal as per the executed contract- Making revisions to Privacy Policy & End User License Agreements for all Software Products offered by the company- Drafting SOPs and ensuring all internal policies and procedures are complied with- Advising on need to update existing policies and protocols to ensure adherence with international regulations on data protection and privacy laws Show less

    • Valuelabs

      Jul 2017 - now
      • Head of Global PMO & Legal

        Apr 2021 - now
      • Vice President - Global PMO & Head of Legal

        Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
      • Associate Vice President - Legal

        Apr 2019 - Sept 2019
      • Associate General Counsel

        Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
      • Senior Legal Counsel

        Jul 2017 - Mar 2018
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Delf (diplôme d'études en langue française) a2

      France éducation international
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Associate

      Issued by AIESEC on Aug 2008
      AIESECAssociated with Preethi Gopalakrishnan