Legal Advisor

Overview

Support the Commercial Transactions team within Crowe Advisory LLC's Legal Department in a transaction-focused contracting role, with occasional support on data privacy and general corporate matters. Reports to attorneys based in the United States.

What you'll do

• Review client and vendor contracts, terms and conditions, and requests for proposal documents (RFPs).
• Identify issues and areas of risk and propose modifications to 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, and related statements of work.
• Understand and apply professional standards 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, information security, and artificial intelligence when reviewing client and vendor contracts, including US federal and state privacy laws and the EU/UK GDPR.
• Identify both apparent and hidden risks and collaborate with reporting managers to manage them.
• Identify and advise on practical risk mitigation measures for the benefit of Crowe and its clients.
• Utilize contract lifecycle management (CLM) and legal AI review tools as a core part of daily contract review, including 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.
• Assist with managing Crowe's contractual risk.
• Commit to learning Crowe's multiple business lines and products at a detailed level.

What you'll need

• LL.B. degree and qualification as a registered lawyer in India.
• 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 in contract review, drafting, and risk management in a high-volume, fast-moving environment with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Ability to take initiative, manage a large volume of requests, multi-task, and manage substantial workloads with changing priorities while staying focused on quality, clients, and teamwork.
• Well organized, able to meet deadlines, with sound business judgment, discretion, flexibility, and willingness to learn.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Comfortable communicating directly with US-based attorneys and business stakeholders.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Enthusiasm for learning new technology, including contract management systems and legal AI solutions.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Nice to have

• Privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM) are given priority.
• Experience reviewing US federal, state, or local government contracts, or public-sector RFPs.
• Experience in the accounting or financial-services regulatory sectors, governmental sectors, or advising on international laws and regulations related to privacy and data protection.
• Experience with intellectual property matters as they relate to marketing, trade secrets, licensing, patents, and copyright.

Details

• Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Regular working hours must overlap with US business hours.
• Reports to the Associate General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel based in the United States.