Vinish Chitra

About Vinish Chitra

Vinish Chitra is a corporate lawyer, currently working at Northern Arc Capital Limited, graduated from the National University of Study and Research in Law, having virtuoso in Finance, Contract Management, Legal-tech, Fin-Tech, Compliance, Legal Research, Drafting, Content Writing, Mooting, Debates, Legal Movie Making & Governmental Projects. He has previously worked with WIPRO Ltd, J. Sagar & Associates, Kachwaha & Partners, and Desai & Diwanji, The Indian Law Institute, Department of Law and Justice, Judicial Academy of Jharkhand, DLSA, and JHALSA. He has also honed his skills with certifications from leading Institutions. Moreover, had actively represented the University in prestigious International Moot Court Competitions like GIMAC \'21, JESSUP ’21, Stetson ’20, PN Bhagwati \'19, IUMCC, SGLC-NHRC \'18 and have brought laurels to the university. Given prior experience & interests he can contribute immensely to organizations legal practice.

Experience

1. Legal and Compliance Associate

   Northern Arc Capital

   Sep 2022 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Honoured with the Northern Arc Star Award from the CEO and the Business Head for implementing digital lending processes and practices across the company.o Legal Business development: drafted, reviewed, and negotiated agreements in relation to MSAs, NDAs, DSA, MOU, NOCs, addendum/amendment, sourcing, referral, retail loans, education loans, vehicle finance, credit line loans, co-lending, postpaid loans, B2B loans, guarantee deed, hypothecation deed, undertakings, supply chain finance, MSME loans, escrow, and DPN in a minimum turn around time. Service level documents: drafted, reviewed, and negotiated fintech lending services agreements, consultancy services agreements, master services agreements, screening service agreements, and vendor agreements. Technological development: drafted, reviewed, and negotiated agreements in relation to technical services, NDAs, CMS, SDK integration, SaaS, account aggregators, artificial intelligence, software licensing, tele-calling licensing agreements, payment aggregators, and sanction screening services. Legal developments: evaluated different contract and litigation management tools for the company, and on-boarded AI-based contract and litigation management tools for digitalizing the offline and email-based documentation processes within the legal team. Expanded the network of external law firms and worked with them to assist the company in specialized domains.o Compliance Customer engagement: website, grievance lodgment facility, digital lending mobile applications, customer communications. Fintech on-boarding: prepared outsourcing policy, aligned customer journey, mobile application, privacy policy. Internal compliance: worked with external law firms to prepare the company’s policy in relation to data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity obligations under statutory laws. Internal Training: provided FPC, KYC, and AML training to internal teams.

Education

• The University of Manchester

  Master of Laws - LLM, International Business and Commercial Law

• King's College London

  Certification Course, Digital skills in work & business management

• University of Leeds

  Certification course, Communication & Interpersonal skills at work

• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

  Certification Course, Master class on Corporate Law

• National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL)

  Bachelor of Laws - B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Corporate Law

• ICCE and Bar Association of India

  Certification Course, Social law - National Certification Program

• JVM Shyamali

  Higher Secondary & Senior Secondary, Science

  2015