Associate - Contract Drafting Job in Noida at EY (Ernst & Young)

EY is hiring for the role of Associate - Contract Drafting!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Perform First Line Review of contracts, e.g. Patent License Agreements, IT Procurement Agreements, Web Hosting Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, etc
• Assist senior team members in negotiating contracts for our clients from various sectors such as Banking, Telecom, Healthcare, Aerospace, Heavy Industries, Manufacturing Companies, Finance Companies, Human Resource Solutions and IT Services Industries, Universities, Film Production House, Global Web hosting Company, Power Management Company etc.
• Contribute towards the creation of project playbooks and other knowledge tools to successfully meet client expectations.
• Draft responses to parties’ stand to ensure conformity to client specifications to ensure the best representation of client requirements in agreements to be reviewed by senior.
• Accompany Senior for client/customer negotiation calls and prepared call notes.
• Act as a team player while working with a team of lawyers within the organization as well as the client's legal representatives and business team on projects involving the agreements described above.
• Provide professional, timely, and prompt service and responses to the Delivery Managers so that they can support the client contact and the sales team
• Attend and participate actively in mandatory and non-mandatory training and certification courses.
• Confirm deadlines on client deliverables without delays and renegotiate deadlines (when necessary) well in advance of the originally scheduled deadline; escalate client issues promptly and appropriately; consistently complete real-time client call notes

Requirements:

• Bachelors/Master’s degree and Law degree (LLB or LLM) from accredited, reputable institutions
• Attorney with 0-2 years of relevant contract review, redlining, and negotiation experience (preferably in a multinational corporation, in-house legal team, or law firm handling similar work)
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Responsiveness - Sensitive to client deadlines
• Team Player - Ability to co-operate and work as a team member and encourage colleagues, maintains a positive attitude, contributing to team morale