Prateush Sharma

About Prateush Sharma

Two decades of experience and a multi-dimensional approach having served in the Federal…

Experience

1. Chief Legal Officer

   MANKIND PHARMA LTD

   Mar 2016 — Present · New Delhi, IN

   Develop and lead corporate legal strategy. Harmonise transactions and policies in compliance with the state and central laws to protect the company’s interest, avoid litigation and reduce potential areas of risk. Anticipate and mitigate potential legal issues. As a strategic business partner monitor the changes in the statutory and regulatory environment and provide advice and oversight, tailored to business needs. Develop and lead internal reviews and corporate compliance programs.As a litigator, strategise litigation/arbitration, perform discovery of various data/information, synthesize legal research with the relevant statutory provisions and judicial precedence into a coherent draft/opinion/advise, representation before various quasi-judicial authorities and other legal assistance to the company and internal stake holders. Manage outside counsels.As a transactional professional, analyse, adapt, negotiate and draft complicated legal documents, including contracts. Maintain proper corporate interactions with the relevant local, state and central government bodies and other stake holders both internal as well as external. Implementation of Group Reporting framework to ensuring that the Management at all times has vantage appraisements of developments within the function’s remit. Institute a standard reporting mechanism for reporting compliance issues that need investigation and resolution, including confidentiality measures. Monitoring possible areas of compliance risk and implementing corrective action plans for the resolution of current and potential problems.Familiar with a variety of field concepts, practices, and procedures. Process based approach for defining and adopting systems for statutory compliances and risk management.Raising the profile of the legal function to partner with the wider business function and interests.Key driver in change management initiatives in the Company primarily from a process improvement and cost efficiency perspective.

Education

• Institute of advanced Studies

  LLB, Law

  1991 — 1993

• HG University

  LLM, Law

Skills

• Team Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Risk Management
• Foreign Trade Policy
• Wto
• Due Diligence
• Contracts
• Auditing
• Vat
• Transfer Pricing
• Tax Law
• Legal Advice
• Management
• Customs Regulations
• Arbitration
• Internal Audit
• Erp
• Tax
• Procurement
• Litigation
• Indirect Taxation
• Legal Writing