BHUMIKA DATWANI

Mobile: 9826030302
Email Id: bhumikadatwani@gmail.com
LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/bhumika-datwani-0b7437211

Corporate legal professional working as an In house legal counsel. Having expertise in dealing with day-to-day
legal and compliance issues specifically contract management (drafting, vetting and negotiation), secretarial,
regulatory and labour compliances, due diligence, day-to-day general corporate advisory, transactions (M&A),
intellectual property (trademarks and copyrights), data privacy data privacy compliances, GDPR, COPPA, DPDP
2023 and Information Technology Act, 2000.

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka (can relocate as per requirements).

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Conducting in-house Due Diligence- (legal and HR) for acquisition.

• Ensuring that Company is Data Privacy Compliant and checking compliance with global laws applicable.
COPPA ( Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule) and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
Compliance, drafting of Website’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Cookie Policy, Subject Rights Management
and dashboard creation, Cookie Consent Banner, coordinating with tech team and product team for
integrations and ground level execution.

• Commercial understanding and negotiation along with legal clause negotiation with different vendors.

• Drafting company’s policy with constantly coordinating with varied teams involved and helping to grow
the business of the company.

• Contract Management (Agreement Drafting, Negotiation and Vetting).

• Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Master Service Agreement (MSA), Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),
Software as a Service Agreement (SAAS), White Labelling Agreements and other such service agreements.

• Employment Agreement, Consultancy Agreement, Offer Letter, Affiliate Partner Agreement, and other
such HR/employment agreements.

• Statutory/Labour and Secretarial Compliance by connecting with legal consultants in Singapore, Bangladesh,
Indonesia, USA, Vietnam, and India.

• Drafting of legal notices and reply to legal notices along with successful recovery of outstanding payments.

• Preparing and maintaining of compliance, legal, labor/HR and secretarial trackers for
all entities.

• Providing legal notes and clarifications/guidance on different policies running internally in the Company.

• Monitoring the website, dashboard, platforms, and internal process with respect to legal risks and
complying with requisite compliances.

• Drafting of Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Self-Declaration forms, Assignment deeds for Trademark filings
with the Consultants.

• Addressing fraud/breach/legal cases in the Company and preparing a tracker of such instances and taking
suitable legal action necessary to curb the issue and implementing change in process to avoid such breaches
in the future.
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 WORK EXPERIENCE

• BrightChamps Edtech Pte Ltd, Singapore. (Bangalore Office)

Joining Date: 15th July, 2022 to till date.
Designation-Legal and Compliance Associate

RESPONSILBLITIES:
• Understanding the KMP requirements and getting the D&O insurance and ensuring that it is annually
renewed.
• Presenting Company’s Legal and Secretarial data to EY (Auditors) along with preparing data sheets as per
requirements for India and Global audit of the Company.
• Checking Condition precedent and Condition subsequent of acquisitions and making sure that it is
closed.
• Helping the Company get License to Establish and License to operate physical centers in Vietnam along
with acquiring a Vietnam based entity with the help of consultant.
• Renewal of day-to-day operational licenses and compliances globally and domestic.
• Preparing the repository of all the agreements till date and acquisition documents till date.
• Opening of bank accounts for the Company globally, dealing with HSBC and SCB.
• Procuring of Subscription Account Number License to extract data from DNC (Do Not Call) registry of
United States, for cold calling and increasing sale leads in consonance with Federal Trade Commission
Laws.
• Re-evaluating Company’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, cookie consent banner on website wrt GDPR
(General Data Protection Rules) and privacy laws and onboarding a technology partner to help us with
display of compliant banners, maintaining dashboard, preparing DSAR (Data Subject Access Request)
workflow in 50+ countries inclusive of 27 EU nations.
• Conducting COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule) Audit and Compliance being the SPOC for
Federal Trade Commission's Certified Agent for the Company.
• Procuring International Standard Book Number (ISBN) License for book printing and publishing; drafting
of printing agreement and NoC from the vendor/printing agency to waive of publishing rights.
• Procurement of Copyright Registration for Company’s published Book.
• Assisting with consultants on getting Company’s trademark with composite mark and logo along with word
mark registered, Trade Mark assignment, change in POA, TM-M and TM-P form.
• Assisted in acquisition of a B2B Company by preparing DD report covering Legal, Labour and Secretarial
Compliances.
• Drafting, Vetting and negotiation of various contracts and MoU pertaining to day-to-day B2B and B2C
business of the Company, including but not limited to MSA, SLA, NDA, affiliate partnership agreement,
vendor agreements and HR-related agreements and policies.
• Assisting with consultants to incorporate a private limited company in India till completion of post
incorporation process not limited to bank account opening, drafting BR (board resolution) for bank
account opening, appointment of authorised signatory and commencement of business filing.
• Assisting with Consultants to dissolve a private limited Company under Section 248 of the Companies Act,
2013, with preparing of all the documents required not just limited to STK-2 form enclosing attachments
STK-3 (Indemnity Bond), STK-4 (Director Affidavit), special resolution, self-declaration, KYC of directors,
bank account closure certificate, etc.
• Day-to-Day Compliance activities with respect to foreign and Indian entities, preparing trackers for
legal/secretarial and Labour related compliance for entities in India, Singapore, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
• Currently assisting with consultant in revival of a Singapore entity of the Company, working with the
consultant on making it an operational entity for the group companies.
• Drafting of Legal Notice, Reply to Legal Notice and Termination Notice for smooth functioning of the
activities of the Company.
• Got the Passport Apostille process done from E-Sanad portal of Ministry of External Affairs for the CFO
and CEO of the Company.
• Currently assisting in RoC shifting of the Company from Hyderabad to Bangalore.
• Currently assisting in procurement of Shops and Establishment and Trade License for Goa office of the
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• Research on Vietnamese law/decree for establishment of physical centers in Ho Chi Minh City for teaching
Company’s courses in hybrid mode.
• Currently connecting with the Vietnamese consultants for filing M&A documents of Vietnam’s acquired
Company with the statutory authorities.
• Currently negotiating with courier and shipment vendor for domestic and air shipments of educational kits
to students enrolled with the Company.
• Currently negotiating a deal with Singapore’s vendor for digital signature software procurement and
integration on commercials, overage and other legal requirements.
• Assisting and coordinating with academy team, sales (b2b, b2c) team, marketing team, tech team and
finance team with day-today legal and compliance requirements.

• Allied Law Practices (Formerly Veeksha Law LLP, Bangalore Corporate Office)
Joining Date: 8th March, 2022 to 30th June, 2022
Designation-Legal Associate (General Corporate).
Selected before my graduation through multiple interview rounds, started working in my last semester of
BA.LLB.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Assisting the senior Partner to get client (who is India's biggest Angel Investor group) GDPR compliant by
drafting their Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Cookie Consent Banner.
• Preparing NDA, MSA, MoU as per client’s requirements.
• Preparing Employment and Consultancy agreements.
• Negotiation and redlining of service agreements.
• Due Diligence and preparing report.
• Proofreading and Vetting of SHA, SSA’s, SSHA’s and preparing deviations lists.
• Preparing procedural research notes for client’s queries.

PAST INTERNSHIPS:

Vidhiśāstras-Advocates & Solicitors, New Delhi (5 weeks)

Drafting of Legal notices and extensive research on various topics to assist associates with finding precedents in
relation to Maritime Labour Convention 2006, Merchant Shipping (Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers
Rules, 2016 and Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, Consumer Protection Act 2019, Hindu Minority and Guardianship
Act 1958, FSSAI in consonance with Customs Act, 1962.

Qui Prior Law Associates, Advocates & Solicitors, New Delhi (5 weeks)
• Obligations Extractions for IT Services Contract for leading Software Company in India
• Prepared note on Single Brand Product Retail Trading (SBRT) Policy in India
• Prepared note and Advisory on Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) introduced in India during
October 2020
• Extraction of rights, duties and obligations from The Factoring Regulation Act, 2011
• Study of M2M Policy Roadmap
• Draft on Differential Voting Rights (DVR) or Disproportionate Rights.

Jain & Partners, Trade Marks & Patent Agents, New Delhi (9 weeks)
• Drafted an Examination Report reply for the firm
• Conducting a lot of Trademark Public Search for making search and journal reports
• Handling the LinkedIn Page and the official Website of the Firm with posts, news, and case briefs and also
mailing the NGOs for Legal Assistance in regards to the CSR policy
• Communication with the clients via mail to make them aware of their Registered Trademark infringement
• Extensive research to provide with enough precedents to help associates with drafting

Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission, MPHRC Bhopal (3 weeks)

• Proof-read documents that were either Suo-motto complaints or others for human right violation.
• Learned about theoretical aspect about Human Right Commission, and had a viva voce of the same with
the Internship Supervisor at MPHRC. Reports made of all the proof-read documents and historical aspect
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 of human rights.

VIBHA Power Solution Private Limited Company, Madhya Pradesh (5 weeks)

• Proof-read cases regarding electricity act 2003; also made briefs for them and did research on the same.

EHSAAS Samaj Kalyan Samiti NGO, Madhya Pradesh (3 weeks)

• Helped and attended awareness raising campaigns in nearby academic centres and schools, for women
and girl child.

Ajay Jain Giriya and Associates, Chamber District Court, Madhya Pradesh (4 weeks)
• Proof-Read cases involving Negotiable Instruments Act and Protection of women from Domestic violence
act 2005 and learned the basics of drafting, in the District Court.
STATE GOVERNMENT PROJECT UNDERTAKEN:
• Research Assistant in Government led Research Project with Team of State of Uttarakhand from June-
December, 2020 as part of a National level Research project on ‘Police System in India’ being undertaken
in the year 2020-2021.

RESPONSIBLITIES UNDER STATE PROJECT:

• Data collection for the police developments and reforms at state of Uttarakhand.
• Research work for Police reforms and Crimes recorded at the official website of NCRB.

RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATIONS:

• Covid 19’s Impact on E-Commerce; Think Before you Click in IJLE ISSN: 2582 8894|UIA: AA1003/2020
(International Journal of Legal Enforcement)
• Comparative study on the interstate migration and governing challenges involved in context to labour laws
in IJSLR VOL 7 ISSUE 2 (ISSN-2393-8250) (International Journal on Socio Legal Research)
• Conceptual and Ethical Issues in Patenting of Life Forms VOL 3 ISSUE 3, 2021, ISSN- 2582-7111, Law Granth
Journal
• Rights of Aliens in International Law (ISSN: 2582-5534) VOL 1 ISSUE 2, 2020, Burnish Law JournalCriminal
Justice System in India: Emerging Dimensions in Indian, Journal of Law and Human Behaviour VOL 5 ISSUE
2 (Special Issue) May-August2019; p ISSN: 2454-7107, e ISSN: 2455-4189 (registration no. RF 36) (Paper
Presented and Published)

MOOT COURT ACHIEVEMENTS:

• “Semi Finalist” in “Justice N. Santosh Hegde National Moot Court Competition” Nov. 2021
• Selected for External Moot Court Competition VITSOL National Moot Court Competition on Competition
Law 2019, Chennai
• Participated in Xiii Internal Moot Court Competition, 2018 and got qualified for Nationals.
• Contributed as a volunteer (court bailiff) for III National Techno Legal Moot Court 2018

CLIENT COUNSELLING/MEDIATION COMPETITION ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Quarter Finalist in International Virtual Client Counseling Competition 2020, GD Goenka University
• Secured all over 4th rank in the 3rd Intra Client Counseling Competition at UPES, 2020
• Secured all over 14th rank in the competition and was eligible for Externals in the 4th UPES NATIONAL
MEDIATION COMPETITION 2019

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSES/DIPLOMAS:

• WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). General Course on Intellectual Property

• Children's Human Rights - An Interdisciplinary Introduction with 87.49 % authorized by “University of
Geneva” and offered through Coursera

SCHOLARSHIPS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

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• Got an Excellence award for Academic Excellence at University
• Star Performer of the batch at University for training session 2017
• Made it to the prestigious Dean’s List “thrice” and got Commendation Letters for the exemplary
performance at school of law for the academic year 2017-2018 and 2019-2020
• Annual Merit Scholarship Holder Consecutively from 2017 for my academic standing at University

EDUCATION:

Year Course School/College Board/University CGPA/ %age

2017- University of Petroleum and SGPA-9.00
2022 BA.LLB. (HONS) UPES CGPA-9.20
Energy Studies, Dehradun
St. Mary’s Convent Senior
2016 Class XII Secondary School, Ujjain CBSE 83%
St. Mary’s Convent Senior
2014 Class X Secondary School, Ujjain CBSE 8.2 CGPA

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