Legal Intern

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Legal, Vendor and Worker Compliance Intern to join our Legal and Compliance team. This role provides hands-on experience in handling legal negotiations, vendor and worker governance, contract lifecycle management, and ensuring regulatory compliance and internal ad-hoc legal and compliance requirements across multiple geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Negotiations & Drafting:
• Responsible for negotiating various resource augmentation and IT service contracts with customers and vendors globally.
• Responsible for reviewing pre-bid customer SOWs and supporting sales in negotiating terms and conditions in line with vendor delivery capabilities.
• Draft and review legal documents, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and other commercial agreements.
• Contract Execution & Lifecycle Management:
• Ensure 100% flow-down of applicable customer SOW terms to vendor SOWs.
• Responsible for timely execution and renewal of vendor SOWs.
• Prepare a detailed analysis of risks arising from non-availability or delays in vendor SOWs.
• Ensure appropriate internal approvals before executing documents.
• Compliance & Governance:
• Manage vendor and worker governance related to compliances through timely review of SOWs impacting customer delivery.
• Liaise with vendors for onboarding and review of onboarding documentation.
• Support in strengthening vendor onboarding checks and closing any gaps in documentation.
• Create a culture of high performance and ownership within the compliance process.
• Support liaising with Vendors for Customer and Internal audit requirements.
• Dispute Resolution & Risk Management:
• Responsible for developing innovative approaches in contract dispute resolution.
• Manage and resolve vendor SOW disputes in favor of the company.
• Should be able to identify potential legal risks in vendor contracts.
• Prior experience in negotiating penalty terms and claiming service credits is an advantage.
• Monitoring & Reporting:
• Responsible for reporting weekly progress of SOW sign-offs with vendors.
• Observe and propose changes to existing SOW clauses to enhance vendor performance and adherence to SLAs.
• Ensure accountability and success of the Vendor Contract Management Process.
• Other Support Activities:
• Liaise with existing vendors to close gaps in onboarding documentation.
• Support onboarding of vendors for new programs and apply contract management skills to source the best field engineers.

Qualifications & Skills

• Final year student of LLB/LLM from a recognized university.
• Strong research, legal drafting, and contract negotiation skills.
• Exposure to corporate law, resource augmentation, IT service contracts, and compliance frameworks preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, global environment.

What You'll Gain

• Real-world exposure to resource augmentation contracts, vendor and worker compliance processes.
• Mentorship and collaboration with experienced legal, CS and procurement professionals.