Real Estate Manager

SHYMAINE PANDEY

Sunnyvale, CA ***** ( 415-***-**** ( ***********@*****.***

Versatile corporate attorney with 5 years extensive experience in corporate

and commercial legal practice

CORE COMPETENCIES

Corporate Transactions ( Commercial Transactions ( Commercial Litigation (

Arbitration ( Intellectual Property M&A ( Foreign Investment (

Legal Compliance ( Legal strategy & Planning

EXPERIENCE

Emaar Mgf Land Ltd, New Delhi

International real estate developer with asset portfolio in 14 countries

including Burj Khalifa, Dubai

In House Counsel - Manager

March 2011- June 2014

o Legal Strategy & Planning - Conceiving and executing

o Liasoning with authorities & major groups - Hyatt Hotels, DLF,

Statesman Group, Mani Group, Tirupathi urban development authority,

CBI Dept., L&T, AZB & Partners, Barista etc.

o Pan India Jurisdiction of all legal matters with specific

responsibility of Hyderabad, Goa, Chennai, Tirupathi and Calcutta.

o Advised on foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign exchange,

securities transactions, banking, and other related matters.

o Oversee Trade Mark portfolio of the company - Pan India &

International Projects

o Execution & vetting of agreements- development agreements,

collaboration agreements, agreement to sell, sale deeds, MOU's,

Undertakings, Indemnity bonds, Service agreements, bank guarantees,

storage & warehouse contracts, leases, Addendum Agreements etc.

o Legal Notices, Plaints, Written submissions, Writ petitions,

Arbitration Claims, appeals affidavits etc. for legal proceedings

o Drafting of non-disclosure agreement relating to data management and

financial advisory services.

AZB & Partners, New Delhi

Leading corporate law firm - India

Associate

January 2010 - December 2010

o General corporate advisory, commercial contract drafting and

negotiations, legal research, client counseling.

Clients: Bharti, Zain Africa, Novartis, Elder Pharma, Ranbaxy &

other fortune 500 companies.

o Prepared Due Diligence report for Bharti's Zain Africa Acquisition of

$9 billion for the African operations from Kuwait's Zain (ZAIN.KW)

whereby, it got the Kuwaiti company's mobile operations in 15 African

countries, making it India's second biggest overseas acquisition ever.

o Negotiate and vet transaction documents - share purchase agreement,

escrow agreement, option agreements, trademark license agreement, etc.

o Execution of commercial transaction documents like deeds, MoUs, joint

venture, confidentiality, loan, escrow, technology transfer,

employment, SHA, SPA, and related documents.

Soli J. Sorabjee

Former Attorney General for India

Trainee Advocate

October 2007 - January 2008

o Brief and research work, Infrastructure and IT investment reviews.

o Correspondence relating to legal issues on constitutional questions of

centre - state relations etc.

Pandya & Poonawala, Bombay

Trainee Associate

June 2007 - October 2007

o Due Diligence of a multinational corporation for an acquisition in the

corporation by an overseas investor - advised client on possible

acquisition strategies.

o Due Diligence of a U.K. based multinational group engaged in the

hospitality industry for a series of acquisitions in India.

o Executing documents - Conveyances, Leases, Leaves and Licenses,

Mortgages, TM registration process etc.

EDUCATION

Cornell University - Law School

Ithaca, New York

LLM. ( 2009

Vice President - LL.M. Executive Committee, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York

Delhi University - Faculty of Law

LLB ( 2008 New Delhi, India

Treasurer of Law Students Association of India (2005-2007)

Convene of Moot Court Society (2007- 2008)

Harvard University

June 2006

Cambridge, MA

Post Graduate Credit Course in International law & Human Rights

St. Stephens College - School of Legal Studies

March 2005

New Delhi, India

Certificate Course in Intellectual Property - Law, Practice & Management

UCSC Santa Clara, CA

Certificate Course in Project Management ( 2014

ACHIEVEMENTS

o Youth Leadership Award presented in recognition of meritorious

achievement in Scholarship, leadership citizenship by "Congressional

Youth Leadership Council', US Congress, Washington DC, June 2003.

o Publications - Worked as a columnist in the Youth Edition of Hindustan

Times (National Daily) called "HT-Next". Publications on: Capitalism

post 9/11 in USA, Sports & Politics in India, Freedom of choice &

liberalization, Effects of Liberalization in telecom Industry in

India, Globalization etc.

o 'Ambassador of Goodwill' - by Rotary International for contribution

towards World Peace, 2001-02.

o Admitted to practice in New Delhi and awaiting result of the July 2014

California Bar Exam

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