Ritam Roy

Background

About Ritam Roy

Expertise: Legal Tech, Legal Template Coding, Testing of Legal Tech Platforms and automated templates. Contract review. Attorney with 13+ years of experience in the field of corporate law, excelling at contract drafting, review, negotiations, client, project and team management. My current focus lies in leveraging technology to drive end to end contract life cycle management, including automation of legal templates thereby increasing efficiency and accuracy. Additionally, I am also responsible for quality control of complex legal agreements, handling complex negotiations and helping my team with decision making capabilities. I am currently employed with EY Global Delivery Services, as a Senior Legal Manager with the Contracts Drafting team. My earlier stints include Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd.(Legal Manager with Colors Television) and Thomson Reuters (Legal Manager- Contract Drafting Team) Areas of experience: 13+ years of core experience in the field of Contract drafting, review and negotiations. I have hands-on experience in building contract templates, playbooks, SOPs and training materials. Extensive experience in supporting procurement (direct and indirect) and sell-side contracts. Proficient in issue-spotting and identifying red flags in contracts. Excellent with stakeholder management. I have extensive experience in drafting, vetting and negotiating various contracts, including Master Service Agreements, Professional Service Agreement, Statement of Works, Non-disclosure Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, Letter of Intent, Consultancy Agreements, Software Licensing Agreements, Software as a Service Agreements, Website Development Agreements, Annual Maintenance Agreements, Framework Agreements, Local Country Agreements, Amendments, Renewals, Termination Agreements, Marketing Agreements, RFPs, Distribution Agreements, Terms of Trade, Logistic Agreements, Data Privacy Agreements. I also have vast experience in creating contract templates, playbooks and other guideline documents. I have also supported harmonization of contract templates to increase contract review efficiencies. Alongside, I am excellent with stakeholder management which ensures that I am able to understand the business context and can come up with a solution-oriented approach while negotiating contracts, while driving timely closure. I have been managing and mentoring a team of 60+ professionals on a day-to-day basis with very limited attrition. Additionally, I am also focused on training and ensuring that my team members benefit from my experience on a day-to-day basis.