Maitrayee Pathak

• Advised the company as a part-time Legal Counsel between 2019 and 2021 on topics related to my PhD dissertation, and joined full time as Legal Counsel in July 2022.

• Researched and provided counsel on European Open Banking laws and regulations including Payment Services Directive (PSD2), and the relevant European Banking Authority guidelines. Performed detailed legal analysis on the different national transpositions of PSD2 regulations and EBA guidelines.

• Researched and provided counsel on applicable General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) provisions and best practices, drafted data protection policies covering both Customer and Employee data, and drafted Data Protection Impact Assessment guidelines.

• Researched and provided counsel on different international intellectual property law frameworks to identify IP protection scenarios, especially in relation to the company’s copyrights, trade secrets and patentability of its solutions.

• Researched the increasing adoption trends of Open Banking regulations internationally, and the notable differences from the European laws and regulations

• Worked on a short-term project to improve the quality of the English language legal and business process documents, prepared excel sheets and invoices in English to help the company in their international sales and invoicing efforts.

• Worked as a senior legal expert responsible for the most complex cases in a team of 8 legal professionals to provide review, analysis, drafting, interpretation and negotiation of commercial contracts and other documents for external clients of Cognizant, legal department of software companies in the United States.
• Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.

• Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively
• Arranged the different legal areas (e.g. licensing, consulting agreements, supplier agreements) in a new legal document repository to ensure the successful establishment of a new legal team
• Reviewed the existing contracts of the company for contract expiration, licensing events such as license fees due, liability expiration and provided suggestions on contract re-negotiations to the legal team

• Researched competing patents and prepared patent applications for Naftva Integral, a machine designer start-up company
• Performed due diligence on potential partners in case of joint ventures for new machine designs
• Researched networking and promotional opportunities (e.g., conferences, funding) for approaching potential partners for new business deals
• Budgeted conference related costs, and prepared marketing materials Built a legal documentation repository for the company, reviewed legal documents and ensured that the validity, content and accuracy are following the company procedures.

• Offered in-house training to company personnel on relevant aspects of law.
• Researched financial and legal documents pertaining to complex multi-jurisdictional
• Performed online reviews of the complete internal document repository of clients, selecting the relevant evidence by interpreting and applying multi-jurisdictional laws to each case
• Supported multi-jurisdictional legal research using tools like Lexis Nexis and Westlaw
• Learned and was responsible for the compliance review of the E-discovery process
• Developed compliance best practices for company.

• Researched innovative methods of adding value to key client relationships by providing timely material to facilitate frequent interactions with clients.
• Collected, drafted, and maintained resources to provide comprehensive materials accessible to all firm lawyers.
• Analyzed and applied legal principles and performed legal research to support litigation strategy.
• Prepared and reviewed contracts and other legal documents following applicable regulations.