Uma Pavithra Kannan

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Senior Counsel at Morgan Stanley | ex-Mphasis

Morgan Stanley
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
11+ years experience
IIT Delhi
English, Hindi, Kannada
AdvisingOpen to work
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Overview

I work on commercial contracts at Morgan Stanley in Bengaluru. Built the privacy programme for launches in 27 countries. Before that: Mphasis and Capgemini. Most at home with negotiation and procurement. Learning to draw.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in commercial contracts
  • Advice on commercial contracts
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Questions about commercial contracts
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Crypto token projects
  • Courses and coaching offers

Replies on weekends

Skills
commercial contractsSaaS agreementsGDPRprocurementnegotiation
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: commercial contracts and GDPR

Topics
commercial contracts, negotiation, procurement
Format
Async reviews
Terms
Free for early founders
Capacity
One advisory role at a time
Best for
Seed to Series A teams

11 years of commercial contracts. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Bengaluru, Indiaprocurementgdprcommercial contracts
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Counsel roles at growth-stage marketplaces companies

Target roles
Counsel
Level
Senior
Industries
Climate tech, E-commerce
Work mode
On-site
Available
90 days notice
Work authorization
Indian citizen
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (Series A) where commercial contracts is core to the product.
Not interested in
Night shifts

11 years in commercial contracts. Strongest at GDPR and negotiation. Available from next month.

Bengaluru, Indiaprocurementcommercial contractssaas agreements
Open

Experience

  1. Senior Counsel
    May 2025 - Present
    Morgan Stanley · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Secured 3 payments licences.
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 19 countries.
    • Negotiated 168 commercial agreements a year.
  2. Product Counsel
    Dec 2022 - May 2025
    Mphasis · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Ran 106 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
    • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
  3. Product Counsel
    Dec 2019 - Dec 2022
    Capgemini · 3 yr · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Grew AI products revenue from $4 million to $36 million ARR.
    • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
  4. Associate
    Mar 2017 - Dec 2019
    Salesforce · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Secured 4 payments licences.
  5. Associate
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2017
    Kotak Mahindra Bank · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Secured 6 payments licences.

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Education

  1. IIT Delhi
    B.Tech, Political Science
    2010 - 2014

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