Legal

Cliantha Research Limited; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cliantha Research Limited is seeking a Contract Manager to draft, review and negotiate NDAs, consultancy and service agreements, vendor contracts and related documents. You will maintain legal records, support CLM, and coordinate approvals and signatures across departments.

The role requires strong contract drafting, legal writing, data privacy awareness, and proficiency in MS Office. You will also handle administrative tasks, invoicing support, and ensure proper filing and digital signing

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent contract drafting and legal writing skills.
• Ability to interpret legal provisions and provide practical business solutions.
• Good knowledge of data privacy and data protection laws.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management abilities.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate various commercial agreements including NDAs, Consultancy/Contractual, Vendor and Service Agreements.
• Maintain, update and organize legal documents, notices and statutory documents with proper version control.
• Manage contract lifecycle through CLM tool; ensure timely renewal and central repository updates.
• Coordinate with internal departments for approvals and signatures; liaise with external vendors/clients for signed copies.
• Upload and ensure signing on the digital signing solution used by the company; ensure filing and retrieval of agreements.
• Liaise with vendors to procure stamp papers and prepare legal MIS reports and dashboards.
• Support invoice processing related to legal services and maintain courier registers.

Skills

Communication

Contract drafting

Legal writing

Data privacy knowledge

MS Office

Negotiation

Integrity & confidentiality

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Contract Management

• Draft, review and negotiate various commercial agreements including:
• Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
• Consultancy / Contractual Agreements
• Vendor Agreements
• Service Agreements

Legal Documentation & Records Management

• Maintain, update and organize legal documents, agreements, notices and statutory documents.
• Maintain physical and electronic legal records with proper version control and confidentiality.
• Monitor document expiration dates and ensure sending of timely renewals emails to operations team.

Contract Administration

• Manage and maintain the contract lifecycle management tool (CLM) tool
• Maintain updated central repository
• Ensure timely contract execution, track and follow up for the same.
• Coordinate with internal departments for obtaining approvals and signatures.
• Coordinate with external vendors/sponsors/ clients for receiving the fully signed copies
• Upload and ensure the proper signing of the agreements on digital signing solution used by the Company
• Ensure proper filing and retrieval of executed agreements.

Administrative Support

• Liaison and procure stamp papers from the vendor
• Prepare legal MIS reports, trackers, and dashboards.
• Maintain the register of couriers
• Coordinate with CLM and E-sign solution vendor to ensure that the tools are functioning properly for the requirement of the department
• Support departmental invoice processing related to legal services

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent contract drafting and legal writing skills.
• Ability to interpret legal provisions and provide practical business solutions.
• Good knowledge or background in data privacy and data protection laws
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Good negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.