Legal Advisor

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Job Description:

Crowe Capability Center - India, operates under the legal entity C3 India Delivery Centre LLP (formerly known as Crowe Horwath IT Services LLP) ("Crowe"). Crowe is seeking a candidate to support and assist the Commercial Transactions team within Crowe Advisory LLC’s Legal Department, the US-based parent of Crowe. This is a transaction-focused contracting role. It also involves support on data privacy, and, occasionally, general corporate matters. The Legal Advisor’s main job is to review, draft, and revise professional services, vendor, and technology-related agreements. The Legal Advisor will report to attorneys based in the United States of America. Regular working hours will need overlap with US business hours. The role’s duties and responsibilities may expand Legal Advisor learns Crowe’s business and shows sound judgment in managing business risk.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Review client and vendor contracts, terms and conditions of the Agreements, as well as requests for proposal documents (“RFPs”).
• Identify issues and areas of risks and propose modifications to the contract terms.
• Develop a detailed understanding of Crowe’s professional service lines and technology products, and the risks associated with them, so they can be reflected in contracts, terms and conditions, and RFP responses.
• Draft and negotiate professional services, vendor, and technology-related agreements, including master services agreements, engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, business associate agreements, SaaS agreements, data protection agreements, software licenses, subcontractor agreements, as well as related statements of work.
• Understand and apply the professional standards that are relevant to specific service lines, including independence and other standards that apply to US audit and tax services.
• Learn and apply international laws and regulations related to privacy, data protection, and information security and artificial intelligence laws and requirements when reviewing client and vendor contracts. This includes US federal and state privacy laws, the EU/UK GDPR, and others.
• Identify both apparent and hidden risks associated with the task presented and collaborate / discuss with reporting managers to manage the risk.
• Identify and advise on practical risk mitigation measures that may be adopted for the benefit of Crowe and the clients.
• Utilize contract lifecycle management (CLM) and legal AI review tools as a core part of daily contract review. This includes refining and maintaining the playbooks that guide automated and manual review processes
• Keep accurate matter records in the CLM system and meet internal service-level expectations for turnaround.
• This position will assist with managing Crowe’s contractual risk. Successful candidates must also commit to learning Crowe’s multiple business lines and products at a detailed level.

Education Qualification:

• LL.B. degree and qualification as a registered lawyer in India.
• Privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM) are also given priority.

Key Qualifications:

• At least five (5) years of relevant post-qualification experience at a reputable law firm, a Big Four or professional services firm, a global capability center, or an in-house legal department. Experience must include contract review, drafting, and risk management in a high-volume, fast-moving environment with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Candidate will be required to take initiative and manage a large volume of requests. Candidates must have the ability to multi-task, manage substantial workloads with changing priorities while staying focused on quality, clients, and teamwork.
• Candidate must be well organized and able to meet deadlines, while possessing sound business judgment, discretion, flexibility, and willingness to learn.
• Excellent written and spoken English. Must be comfortable communicating directly with US-based attorneys and business stakeholders.
• Candidate must have strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Candidate must have the enthusiasm for learning new technology, including our contract management system and legal AI solutions. A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office is also required.
• Candidates with additional experience in reviewing state or federal government contracts, working on governmental, accounting, or financial regulatory sectors, advising on international laws and regulations related to privacy and data protection, and on a range of intellectual property matters as they relate to marketing, trade secrets, licensing, patents, and copyright will be preferred.
• The selected candidate will report to the Associate General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel based on the United States of America.
• Willing to work hours that regularly overlap with US business hours.

Preferred Experience

• Reviewing US federal, state, or local government contracts, or public-sector RFPs.
• Working in the accounting or financial-services regulatory sectors.

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

Our Benefits:

At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:

Crowe Capability Center - India, operating under the legal entity C3 India Delivery Centre LLP (formerly known as Crowe Horwath IT Services LLP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowe LLP (U.S.A.), a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe LLP is an independent member firm of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.

We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role’s responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination.