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General Commercial Lawyer and Technology Enthusiast
Lakhan Shah
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London, United Kingdom
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Currently, I'm a legal advisor working with rapidly growing technology companies. My experience began with an organisation which had a flat structure, saw problems as creative challenges and lived by a refreshing set of values. Consequently, being an enabler of business formed the foundation of my attitude as a lawyer and my ability to exercise sound commercial judgement matured alongside the speed at which the organisation developed.
From facilitating critical revenue generating transactions to fostering innovative contractual relationships with partners and designing efficiencies to help legal departments remain agile in a constantly changing environment has allowed me to make a tangible positive impact in the businesses that I have had the privilege of supporting. Knowing that my honesty, positivity and willingness to work hard is able to assist a company’s continued success, inspires me to be the best I can for those I serve.
From facilitating critical revenue generating transactions to fostering innovative contractual relationships with partners and designing efficiencies to help legal departments remain agile in a constantly changing environment has allowed me to make a tangible positive impact in the businesses that I have had the privilege of supporting. Knowing that my honesty, positivity and willingness to work hard is able to assist a company’s continued success, inspires me to be the best I can for those I serve.
Markets
United Kingdom
Industries
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
job
Sole In-House Legal Counsel
Access Intelligence Plc.
My roles and responsibilities include:
• Provision of advice and assistance across a multi-product SaaS organization with an emphasis on commercial/IT/privacy law/M&A integration.
• Building the legal function and managing business risk through compliance, training and process implementation.
• Provision of advice and assistance across a multi-product SaaS organization with an emphasis on commercial/IT/privacy law/M&A integration.
• Building the legal function and managing business risk through compliance, training and process implementation.
Training, Saas, M&A, Integration, Compliance, It, Implementation, Process implementation
2015 - 2019
job
Legal Advisor
Cloudreach Europe Limited.
My roles and responsibilities included:
Commercial
• Negotiating agreements relating to the cloud and IT sector including NDAs, MSAs, SoWs, Partner Agreements, Software/Platform Resale Agreements, SaaS Agreements, Subcontractor Agreements and Implementation Services Agreements. Clients would range from multinational enterprises in various industries to government entities and sovereign wealth funds.
• Creating and maintaining legal templates for products and services by working with senior leadership and product teams.
Compliance
• Drafting an Open Source Software Management Policy and overseeing the creation of an OSS Council to ensure business-wide consistency in open source software use.
• Creating executive summaries of MSAs and other complex agreements for senior leadership, sales and delivery teams.
• Presenting legal training for new hires as well as designing bespoke training programs and materials for departments such as sales.
Risk Management
• Procuring appropriate global insurance policies based on contractual risks/obligations.
• Maintaining a clause library consisting of fall-back terms authorised for use.
• Creating a contracts tracker which outlines key features of vendor agreements to avoid auto-renewal of obsolete contracts.
• Helping to develop a low risk contracts policy empowering business representatives to enter low value, low risk agreements.
• Assisting to formulate a contractual risk matrix to identify appropriate approval hierarchies depending on the terms to be agreed.
Internal Projects
• Producing business cases on potential areas of efficiency through automation such as contract lifecycle management, agile project management and contract review software.
Misc.
• Reviewing employment agreements, commission plans, leases and employee handbooks.
• Negotiating vendor agreements.
• Aiding with due diligence exercises regarding M&A transactions.
Commercial
• Negotiating agreements relating to the cloud and IT sector including NDAs, MSAs, SoWs, Partner Agreements, Software/Platform Resale Agreements, SaaS Agreements, Subcontractor Agreements and Implementation Services Agreements. Clients would range from multinational enterprises in various industries to government entities and sovereign wealth funds.
• Creating and maintaining legal templates for products and services by working with senior leadership and product teams.
Compliance
• Drafting an Open Source Software Management Policy and overseeing the creation of an OSS Council to ensure business-wide consistency in open source software use.
• Creating executive summaries of MSAs and other complex agreements for senior leadership, sales and delivery teams.
• Presenting legal training for new hires as well as designing bespoke training programs and materials for departments such as sales.
Risk Management
• Procuring appropriate global insurance policies based on contractual risks/obligations.
• Maintaining a clause library consisting of fall-back terms authorised for use.
• Creating a contracts tracker which outlines key features of vendor agreements to avoid auto-renewal of obsolete contracts.
• Helping to develop a low risk contracts policy empowering business representatives to enter low value, low risk agreements.
• Assisting to formulate a contractual risk matrix to identify appropriate approval hierarchies depending on the terms to be agreed.
Internal Projects
• Producing business cases on potential areas of efficiency through automation such as contract lifecycle management, agile project management and contract review software.
Misc.
• Reviewing employment agreements, commission plans, leases and employee handbooks.
• Negotiating vendor agreements.
• Aiding with due diligence exercises regarding M&A transactions.
Training, Saas, Risk Management, Cloud, Leadership, Management, Sales, Compliance, Open source, It, Implementation, Presenting, Insurance, Software, Contracts
My education
2015
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Summer Certification in Business Management, General Business Management
Summer Certification in Business Management, General Business Management
2013
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2014
Kings College London
Masters, Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology
Masters, Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology
2012
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2013
Inner Temple
Call to the Bar, Law
Call to the Bar, Law
2009
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2012
Kings College London
Bachelors in Law, Law
Bachelors in Law, Law
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