CS Rekha Menda

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including client and vendor agreements, leveraging contract review playbooks and approved fallback positions to ensure consistent risk assessment and efficient turnaround. • Review, interpret, and update internal company policies and procedures to ensure alignment with applicable laws, regulatory requirements, and evolving business needs. • Ensure compliance with internal policies and applicable laws, supporting day-to-day operations and maintaining strong legal and regulatory standards. • Conduct legal research and provide practical, risk-based advice to business stakeholders on contractual, regulatory, and operational matters. • Support corporate governance activities for the Company, and handling general legal matters.

Drive end-to-end contract lifecycle management, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, vendor contracts, and strategic partnerships. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Delivery, Finance, Operations, HR) and senior leadership on high-value negotiations and risk mitigation strategies. • Utilize LinkSquares CLM tool to automate and streamline contract processes, reducing turnaround time and improving contract management efficiency. • Provide strategic legal advice to business teams, resolving complex contract disputes and commercial issues. • Lead global legal and compliance functions across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to local and international regulatory requirements. • Oversee corporate governance initiatives, manage regulatory compliance programs, and ensure alignment with global data privacy frameworks such as GDPR and India's DPDPA. • Monitor global regulatory changes and proactively implement compliance measures across CriticalRiver entities.• Conduct training sessions for internal teams on legal best practices, regulatory updates, and compliance standards. • Managed the process of granting, vesting, and tracking RSUs for all eligible employees across the company. • Draft and review white labelling agreement, reseller agreement and product agreement to ensure the terms clearly defined. • Suggested improvements to contractual templates and compliance policies, aligning them with evolving customer requirements and company risk posture. • Led and supported claims management and dispute resolution processes, ensuring timely resolution while protecting company interests. • Utilized SharePoint and Workday for knowledge management, matter tracking, and contract repository administration

• Compliance with the Companies Act, 2013, FEMA Act 1999 and RBI guidelines for FDI • Contract Lifecycle Management • Implemented CSR policy and ensured compliance of Corporate Social Responsibility provisions as amended from time to time. • Convening and conducting Board & Shareholders meetings • Compliance with SEZ guidelines and Labour Law. • POSH Compliance • Data Privacy & Protection • Treasury Management • Liasoning with Statutory authorities • Vendor & Procurement process improvement.

• Contract analysis under U.S. Treasury Regulations § 1.41 and the Internal Revenue Code (“I.R.C.”) § 41(d) to determine eligible businesses for the research and development (R&D) tax credit in the United States. • Performed contract review, analysis, and quantified research and development tax credit benefits. • Drafted Contract Summaries and Memos for R&D Tax credit claims and assisted US counter parts in finalising documents. • Trained new team members on funded research review, case laws and IRS regulations. • Recommended changes and worked with US quality control attorneys to build templates. • Led and oversaw the trainings for drafting various memos and documentation that would form a part of final deliverable to client(s).

• Contract Management - Review and draft NDA, software license agreement, order forms, work orders, change orders, amendments/addendums, EULA, purchase order, and consortium agreement • Assisted Bid, pre-sales and Sales teams by redlining and negotiating RFPs/NITs and other pursuit-related documents received from prospective clients. • Finalize contract structure, complete review and risk assessment of contractual documents and support negotiations with the clients. • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure that the contracts are in compliance with Company’s internal policy and procedures • Coordinate issues as they arise to ensure resolution and work with the team to improve process, efficiency, and productivity • Maintained an accurate contract database • Litigation management, coordination with external legal counsel for legal cases • Drafting and reviewing internal policies. • Liaison with stakeholders, bankers, customers, vendors, insurance agents and other third parties • Facilitating board of directors and management with information for decision-making, • Conducting Annual general meetings and board meetings • Compliance with the Companies Act, 2013, FEMA Act 1999 and RBI circulars applicable for FDI and ODI • Compliance with Labour laws • GDPR Compliance • Mentored subordinates on their roles and responsibilities

• Ensured transaction compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission, America Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. • Reviewed the scope of proposed services to ensure the proposed services are permissible. • Maintained the record of services provided to the clients in the prescribed formats

• Ensured compliance with the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to reporting and disclosure norms • Convened board and shareholders meetings • Prepared notices and agenda items, minutes of meetings, and maintenance of statutory registers • Prepared directors’ reports and annual returns for filing with ROC and other applicable filings of group companies • Liaison with shareholders, financial institutions, business partners, government company Lenders and Private and Public Sector Banks and assisted in Loan documentation and Disbursement documentation • Coordination and liaising with statutory auditors • Reported the status of on-going legal cases to Senior Legal Counsel

Drafted and vetted various agreements and deeds (ex; Lease and rental agreements, Sale Deeds, LLP agreements, contract manufacturing, technology transfer agreements etc.) • Drafted and vetted Shareholders’ Agreement and Debenture Subscription Agreement • Coordination and liaising with statutory auditors and secretarial auditors • Assisted in filing creation and satisfaction of Charge(s) • Assisted in the appointment of Directors (including independent directors) and Key Managerial Personnel and other applicable compliance under the Companies Act, 2013 • Convened board, committees (Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee) and shareholders meetings • Drafted terms of reference, board committee(s) policies, etc., required under Companies Act