Surabhi Budhia

Primary in-house legal counsel, advising management on corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters across 5 business functions. Experienced in stakeholder management, representing Recykal before external counsel, investors, and auditors to enable transaction execution and mitigate legal risk. Advising business and product teams on data protection, confidentiality, and information-handling risks in commercial and technology arrangements. Reviewing commercial and technology contracts for data usage, liability allocation, and regulatory risk considerations. Contributed to the development and implementation of internal legal positions, contractual standards, and governance controls. Supported corporate transactions including fundraising and strategic investments through documentation review, due diligence coordination, and risk analysis. Led group structuring and restructuring initiatives, inter-company arrangements, and governance frameworks for investments, acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements including MSAs, SOWs, vendor contracts, technology agreements, and business partner arrangements. Policy advocacy in formulating legal feasibility, statutory alignment for the Digital Deposit Refund System (DRS), in the State of Goa, under Indian waste management frameworks. Enabled the legal team to standardize statements of work for technology and software implementation projects, covering IP management, data protection, and limitation of liability.

KEY ASSIGNMENTS - Institutional fundraising transactions (primary and secondary) involving PE/VC investors - ESG and climate risk assessment for investments and strategic acquisitions - Structuring PE and growth-stage investment transactions - Governance and control frameworks for portfolio entities - Commercial structuring for scalable climate infrastructure - Policy-aligned investments in regulated sustainability sectors