Paralegal

ARPITA MISHRA

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Phone: 815-***-****

E-Mail: ******.*****@*****.***

An enthusiastic & high energy driven professional targeting challenging assignment in Legal Affairs with a reputed Organisation

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

LLM & BA LLB (J.D. Equivalent) with 1 Year 2 months experience in Product Promotion

Areas of interest include Corporate Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Immigration Law and Contract Management

Ability to assess all legal issues and produce professional results while adhering to rigid guidelines formulated by law

Well versed with MS Office, LexisNexis.

Gained sufficient knowledge in handling all legal matters relating to civil issues

Successfully completed various internships and gained a practical exposure towards the civil law, case study, documentation and due-diligence

Proven interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work under pressure

AREAS OF EXPOSURE

Liaison & Coordinating Documentation Client Relationship Management

Litigation & Vetting Statutory / Legal Compliance Drafting / Legal Advisory

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

LexisNexis, Gurgaon, India

Position: Adoption Executive, Editorial Academics

Duration: April 2014 – June 2015

Responsibilities:

Accountable for getting the content/ text books adopted/ propagated in the target institutes - Law Colleges & Judicial Academies

Maintaining relationship with prospective authors and book recommenders

Acquiring more customers from the student community by offering them products like QRG and MCQ/s

Carrying out college events & moot court competitions for promoting the products

Highlights:

Individually organized Exhibition at a College Level which resulted in a huge success

Worked with some of the famous authors like Shri Avtar Singh, Mr. Showick Thorpe, Dr. Ritu Gupta

INTERNSHIPS

Organization: Quotient Technology Inc., Mountain View, California

Duration: February 2018 – April 2018

Responsibilities:

Worked on Section 16 Equity Form Filings.

Assisted in implementing a new cross – functional process between legal, finance and Executive officers and board members regarding SEC form filings.

Assisted with the formation of nomenclature and taxonomy and created a collaboration folder and a worksite for both internal and external clients.

Organization: Dr. C.B Pandey, Retired Judge, High Court Allahabad, India

Duration: 4 Weeks

Conducted case study on various civil cases

Organization: Luthra and Luthra, New Delhi, India

Duration: December 2009 – January 2010

Carried out a research on the:

oAmendments and legislation made under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

oRegistration and Documentation under SEBI

oArbitration and Conciliation Act regarding “Rights of Shareholders in filing the Notice for AGM and EGM”

Organization: Infini Juridique, New Delhi, India

Duration: June 2010 – July 2010

Performed detailed research on PPV, FR Act and various other legal issues

Organization: Kochhar & Co., New Delhi, India

Duration: December 2010 – January 2011

Handled implementations and judgments by SC related to direct taxes

Worked as per the Indian Companies Act S.628 and S.629

Organization: Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., New Delhi, India

Duration: 2 Weeks

Carried out research and prepared notes on various topics

Responsible for proofreading the documents

Organization: AZB & Partners, New Delhi, India

Duration: May 2012 – June 2012

Facilitated assistance in conducting due-diligence of a NBFC

Conducted a detailed research on the novation and assignment of contracts

Researched on “hyper linking” amounts to infringement of trademark

EDUCATION

Currently pursuing Paralegal Certificate Course from West Valley College, California

LLM from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, India (Symbiosis International University) in 2013 with 2.96 out of 4.0

BA LLB (Hons.) (J.D. Equivalent) from New Law College, Pune (Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune) in 2011 with 66.025% marks

12th from Spring Dale College, Indira Nagar Branch, Lucknow, India (ICSE Board) in 2005 with 69.8% marks

10th from Spring Dale College, Indira Nagar Branch, Lucknow, India (ICSE Board) in 2003 with 66.8% marks

Other Credentials:

Registered Attorney with Bar Council of India

Diploma in Arbitration Law from ASCL Law School, Pune, India in 2008

Special Diploma in Corporate Laws from New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India in 2007

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY

Actively participated in National Law Fest “JUS AMICUS”, conducted by New Law College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India.

PUBLICATION

Master Thesis published on “Web Crawling” with LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing

Article published on International Trade Law on Website: Legal India on 9th March 2012

SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

State Level Seminar on “Mergers and Acquisition” organized by ILS Law College, Pune, India

Workshop of Capsule Course on “International Taxation” organized by Symbiosis Law School, Pune, India

Seminars on Global Warming, Intellectual Property Rights, Law and Media conducted by the college

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