Hello! I'm Kumar
Offering an impressive global career in spearheading Corporate Legal, Compliance & Corporate Governance, including successfully managing legal departments. An exceptional result-oriented Global Legal Counsel and a graduate from New York University School of Law with 16+ yrs. of work experience in IT (Atos IT Solutions, Quatrro BSS), Telecommunication (Amdocs), Pharma (Eversana), Oil & Gas, Power (Geenville LNG), Construction (Land Development One LLC), Banking & Finance (Deloitte, S&P Global), and Law Firm (BrownGreer PLC) with on-site & off shore work experience in USA, EMEA, APAC Africa and UAE.
Kumar Pallav
GLOBAL LEGAL COUNSEL
International Corporate Law, Contract Management, Global M & A, Compliance, Employment Law, International Arbitration & Litigation
On-site experience:
New York (USA), Dubai (UAE), India & Philippines (APAC) & Nigeria (Africa)
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EXPERIENCE
2023-2024
QUATRRO BUSINESS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
Vice President - US & India offices
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Managing legal function and global contracts for 10 corporate entities (Quatrro Group in US & India, USWired LLC, Egger Accounting, Qein LLC), Stock purchase acquisition of IT company ContinuServe LLC in USA, UK, Dubai and India
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Leading litigation, secretarial filings, annual returns, board meetings and resolutions, mediation, employment law, separation from employees & investigations in India, CA, FL, MA, GA, NY states in USA
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Astutely negotiating and drafting contracts (MSA, SOW, SaaS, Software Licencing Agreements, Managed Services Agreement, Trademark Purchase Agreement) in USA, Settlement Agreement in USA , EU & India
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Advising on corporate law, data privacy, risk, real estate, tax, immigration, policies, ethics and code of conduct issues
2022-2023
Sr. Managing Counsel - EU & Afica
GREENVILLE LNG
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Managing ethics & compliance (Ethics Hotline, EHS, Policy formation & Governance, Factories Act, Trade Union, AML, FCPA, Third Party/ Vendor, global policies, Client policies, New labor codes etc.)
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Leading litigation & investigations, supporting govt. audits, employment legal advisory and global corporate laws
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Leading largest International Commercial Arbitration with White & Case LLP and Baker Botts, New York in the history of Liquified Natural Gas before American Arbitration Association/ ICDR in New York for International Engineering & Construction S.A, Belgium
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Astutely negotiating and drafting complex IT (SaaS, Software Licensing), Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts (Oil & Gas, Construction of Plant, Power Plant - EPC), IT automation agreement (Integration of Plant), Sale of Bitumen, Loan, JV, Credit Rating and Banking Contracts globally in Dubai, Ukraine, Nigeria, Chad, and USA with GEOG, Shell, TOTAL Energies, Technip S.A., Microsoft & Bua Group.
2021-2022
Managing Counsel - India and US offices
EVERSANA INDIA PVT. LTD.
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Legal advisory in litigation, managing compliance (HIPPA, ERISA, FDA, TUPE), global privacy (CCPA, GDPR, PIPL)
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Formation of Company policies, legal strategy and coordinating with global law firms (Magic Circle Firms)
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Leading Employment Legal Function (150 termination, code of conduct violations, investigations, US HR policy formation)
2019-2021
ATOS GROUP OF COMPANIES
Manager
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Heading legal function & advisory: Merger & Acquisition (Worldline, Syntel), Contract Management (Software Licensing, MSA, ISDA, RFP, Govt. Bid, Procurement, IT, SaaS, Real Estate, Sales, lease), Policies & process formation (EHS, Code of Conduct, Data Privacy, Disability, Stock Options and Sales Goal sheet etc.)
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Responsible for mitigating global risk (FCPA, AML, Anti-Bribery, GDPR, FEMA), Conflict of Interest, Employment Law
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Supervising and conducting investigations, training & advising management on workforce, IPR & real estate (SEZ) matters
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Litigation & managing govt. affairs & labour inspections/ audit, Corporate Law (Board resolution, CSR compliance)
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Global compliance (whistleblowing, cybersecurity, trademark, copyright, EHS, investment, immigration & tax law)
2014-2019
Legal Expert - HRO (Legal)
AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE INDIA LLP
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Counsel on Corporate & Employment Laws, Litigation, Contract (MSA, Software licensing agreement for software product, SaaS, EPC, RFP, Employment, IT Product) drafting & astute negotiation, Contractor Compliance, Union & Compliance issues to various functional verticals including Finance, IT, Information Security, Payroll, Operation, Marketing & Audit for more than 30 Amdocs Entities in 20 countries
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No penalty in more than 10 labor & immigration department inspections in 15 countries in APAC
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Conducted & concluded investigations as a member of disciplinary committee (Audit, Ethics Hotline, ICC) against management level employees for separation on conflict of interest, sexual harassment & financial fraud
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Represented company before Fair Work Commission (Australia), DOLE (Philippines), Industrial Court (Korea), MOM (Singapore), Labor and Immigration Dept. (Malaysia, Dubai, China, India, Vietnam, Macau, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, NZ)
2012-2013
SENIOR CONSULTANT
DELOITTE
• Direct reporting to Tax Functional Risk Leader, responsible for providing advice to Partners in Deloitte & end to end direct
support to front and back offices of Deloitte in more than 50 countries for various service verticals including M & A, Tax, IT,
Audit, Litigation, Accounting and Corporate Finance
• Drafted & astutely negotiated multifunctional transactions & agreements (RFP, MSA, MTFA, NDA etc.) up to $5 billion with
fortune 500 companies & foreign governments while complying with global Independence (DCCS), Risk Management
(DRMS, DESC) & Regulatory Compliances (including AML, FCPA, SEC & SOX)
• Created & developed the first integrated Risk & Contract Management System for Deloitte with support of IT Team
• Headed, prepared and submitted the Internal Practice Review & Portfolio Risk Review Report to Deloitte Global
2011
VICE PRESIDENT
MAKAN LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC, NY, USA
• Solely negotiated multimillion dollar investment deal at Monroe, NY, USA and represented deal for the approval of Zoning Board.
• Planning, scoping, estimation of +NPV & EBITDA, tax planning, billing, tracking & implementation of project plans & sixsigma process within preset budgets and deadlines and coordinating projects with the help of more than 200 employees as team
leader. Achieved highest growth in total revenue (24%) in year 2011
• Supervised sales, marketing, litigation, employee’s management, real estate & investment compliance in NY, DC & PA
2010
BROWNGREER PL, RICHMOND, VA, USA
CORPORATE CLAIMS ANALYST
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Project - British Petroleum Oil Spill Case in Gulf - Review and approve claims submissions, financial records and apply complex methodology of corporate finance in order to value claims up to $2 million, while maintaining the integrity of claims data for fortune 500 companies
2006 - 2010
ATTORNEY AND SOLICITOR
HIGH COURT OF RAJASATHAN, EU & INDIA
Successfully completed two years practical training under UK based Solicitors Firm (Robinson & Ravani Co.) in EU financial
regulations and eligible to become solicitor under Solicitor Regulatory Authority, England & Wales
• Drafted and successful in appeals before Royal Netherlands Embassy in EU, Supreme & High Courts of India in Civil, Criminal
and Corporate law matters related to international business transactions
EDUCATION
2009-2010
Master's Degree
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, NEW YORK, USA
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business Law (Security Regulations & Banking), Top scorer in negotiation class
NYU Leonard N. Stern Business School Courses: Investment Banking, Restructuring Firms and Industries
2003-2006
BHARATI VIDYAPEETH UNIVERSITY NEW LAW COLLEGE
Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law (D.I.P.L.), Summa Cum Laude, Rank 2/100, GPA: 4/4
Bachelor of Laws (J.D. / LL.B.), Summa Cum Laude, Dean’s list (2003-06), Rank 2/360, GPA: 4/4
Bachelor's Degree
2000-2003
Bachelor's Degree
UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry), GPA: 3.3, Top scorer in Abstract Algebra
BAR STATUS AND AFFILIATION
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Member, YAAF, The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
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Admitted to practice, Bar Council of India
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Member, Arbitration Council of India, FICCI, NASSCOM in India and Lawyers Society in USA
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Qualified to appear for New York State Attorney Bar exam, UK Solicitor’s exam & Patent Attorney exam in USA
SKILLS
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE LAW
MERGER AND ACQUISITION
GLOBAL COMPLAINCE
GLOBAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
EXPERTISE AND COMPETENCIES
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Global IT merger & acquisition (pre & post-merger and acquisition integration, due diligence, asset & stock purchase – employee transfer Agreements, benefit/ gaps analysis, retention letters, notices and HR communications/ faq)
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Contract management (SOW, NDA, SAAS, Software Licensing, IT, Govt. Bid, joint venture, procurement, LOI, MSA, RFP, EPC, credit rating, lease & real estate, advertising and marketing, consulting, settlement – contract playbook & risk matrix, creating templates), exceptional negotiator
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Global employment legal advisory (member ICC/POSH, HR policy formation, labor dept. & courts, termination, code of conduct, employment & vendor contracts in 20 countries)
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Led corporate litigation, mediation & strategy – court proceedings in 15 countries including india
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Global legal risk mitigation, Ethics & Compliance (sox, sec, sebi, fema, shops & establishment act, sez, new labor codes, AML, FCPA, Ethics hotline, leading trainings, vendor compliance)
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Leading 500 investigations in 20 countries (posh, audit, whistleblowing, code of conduct, ethics hotline, setting up policies, govt. investigations)
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Data Privacy (gdpr, dpo, ccpa, pipl), copyright & trademark infringement, defamation cases
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Global corporate law: company law, filing, board resolution & International arbitration
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Strong strategic & ethical leader, liaison lawyers globally & decision maker