Shaheda Begum

Legal Associate @ Astrea Legal Associates LLP

About

Legal Consultant specializing in Contracts, Compliance, Legal Documentation, and Trademark Support. I support startups, small and medium businesses, consultants, and growing organizations with clear, practical, and business-focused legal documentation. My work focuses on making legal requirements easy to understand, implement, and use in real business operations. My core areas include contract drafting and review, compliance documentation support, legal process documentation, and trademark process assistance at trainee level. I aim to help businesses reduce risk, stay compliant, and operate with legally strong documentation. I believe legal documentation should not be complex or intimidating. It should be structured, practical, and aligned with business goals. I am currently open to project-based, part-time, and remote legal documentation and compliance support assignments. Portfolio available on request.

Country

India

City

Hyderabad

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

agiloft, Power BI dashboards for compliance / obligation tracking, Trademark Prosecution (India) — knowledge of US & UK IP practice, SOX Controls & Audit Readiness, Demand Letter Drafting / Legal Document Management, Contract Execution (DocuSign), Contract Drafting, Redlining & Track Changes (MS Word), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) – Icertis, Legal Operations, Legal Affairs, File Review, Legal Document Analysis, in legal operations, ompliance frameworks, Reviw, redlining, blacklining, Nice claffication, WIPO, TESS

Experience

Legal Associate

Astrea Legal Associates LLP

2022-2 - 2025-5 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Legal Analyst – Contract & Compliance Operations | Freelance 2018 – Present | Hyderabad Managed end-to-end lifecycle for MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, licensing, and vendor agreements. Drafted and redlined contracts, improving negotiation clarity and risk mitigation. Coordinated with Legal, Procurement & Finance teams for approvals and compliance. Maintained CMS repositories and created audit-ready documentation using Icertis & Agiloft. Built obligation trackers and risk matrices, improving accuracy by 25% and reducing cycle time by 15%. Conducted legal & compliance research supporting corporate documentation and policy alignment.

Process Developer

Genpact

2015-2 - 2018-10 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

-Process Developer – P2P Operations | Heineken 2015 – 2015 | Hyderabad Validated vendor invoices and purchase orders ensuring regulatory & corporate governance adherence. Improved audit compliance by 15% through process documentation and issue resolution.