[Job Post] Associate-Contract Drafting and Abstraction at EY, Noida [Apply Soon]

Mylawman; Dadri; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young (EY) in Noida seeks an Associate for Contract Drafting and Abstraction to support the pre-execution team. You will review contracts, abstract key terms, and assist in drafting and negotiations across diverse agreements.

The role requires strong analytical abilities, good communication, and teamwork, with exposure to CLM platforms and various client processes. On-site role in Noida with growing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree and a law degree (LLB/LLM) from accredited institutions.
• Attorney with 0-2 years of relevant contract review, redlining, negotiation, abstraction and due diligence experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform the first fine review, analyze and abstract a wide range of contracts.
• Assist senior team members in negotiating contracts for clients across sectors.
• Accompany seniors to client negotiation calls and prepare call notes.
• Draft responses to ensure conformity to client specifications.
• Contribute to project playbooks and knowledge tools.

Skills

Analytical skills

Verbal and written communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree and Law degree (LLB/LLM)

Tools

CLM technology

Job description

[Job Post] Associate-Contract Drafting and Abstraction at EY, Noida

Ernst & Young (EY) exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

About the Position

• The Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) team provides end-to-end assistance on all types of commercial contracting to the legal and business teams of large MNCs and law firms.
• The Pre-execution arm (or Drafting team) is set up to function as an extension of the in-house legal team and assist the contracting process from the point business requests a contract, to when the contract is approved and signed.
• The team reviews and negotiates transactional contracts based on our client’s organizational policies and guidelines, get the necessary approval and get the contracts signed.
• Complexity or deal value are not a bar in any sense for us – EY provides these services for contracts ranging from bespoke and complex to more standardized or even related administrative work.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Associates are lawyers who understand the basic contractual and legal concepts and are able to interpret and review the contracts. They are also expected to have good verbal and written communication skills. Associates typically comprise the first stage of the contract review process.
• Perform the first fine review, analyze and abstract a wide range of contracts, e.g. Patent License Agreements, IT Procurement Agreements, Web Hosting Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Software and Data License Agreements, Vendor Services Agreements, Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Purchase and License Agreements, Sponsor Research Agreements, Inter-Institutional Agreements, Supply and Distribution Agreements, Staffing, Consulting and Teaming Agreements, Lease Agreements, Estoppels and SNDAA and other commercial contracts.
• 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, IT Services Industry, Universities, Film Production House, Global Web hosting Company, Power Management Company, etc. Accompany seniors to client/customer negotiation calls and prepare call notes.
• Act as a team player while working with a team of lawyers within the organization as well as the clients’ legal representatives and business teams on drafting, negotiation, abstraction, and due diligence projects involving the agreements described above.
• 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 seniors.
• Contribute towards the creation of project playbooks and other knowledge tools to successfully meet client expectations.
• Confirm deadlines on client deliverables without delays and renegotiate deadlines (when necessary) well in advance of the originally scheduled deadline; escape client issues promptly and appropriately; consistently complete real-time client call notes.
• 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.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelors/Master’s degree and Law degree (LLB or LLM) from accredited, reputable institutions
• An attorney with 0-2 years of relevant contract review, redlining, negotiation, abstraction and due diligence experience (preferably in a multinational corporation, in-house legal team or law firm handling similar work)

Preferred Skills

• Specific experience in CLM technology is attractive, but not essential
• Good analytical & logical skills
• Knowledge of English/Grammar enabling efficient comprehension of clients’ documents, codes, abstracts and other deliverables
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Must be computer savvy and able to learn and adapt to different contract management platforms and client’s respective processes in order to be able to function smoothly and integrate with the client’s system
• Responsiveness – Sensitive to client deadlines
• Team Player – Ability to co-operate and work as a team member and encourage colleagues, maintains positive attitude, contributing to team morale