DIVYA. A.

JAIN
E-mail Id: adv.divyajain98@gmail.com | Contact No.: +91 9148920662
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-jain-75b59014b
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

• Cleared the XVII All India Bar Examination conducted by Bar Council of India
• Enrolled in the Karnataka State Bar Council with Enrolment No.: KAR(P)/5265/2021

LL.M. (Intellectual School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune 3.56/4.0 GPA
Property and Trade Lavasa Campus (1st Rank in the
Law) Batch)
(July, 2022)
B.B.A. LL.B. Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College, 52.04%
(September, 2021) Bengaluru (Karnataka State Law University)
12th Standard Air Force School, Hebbal, Bengaluru (CBSE Board) 92.08%
(June, 2016)
10th Standard Air Force School, Hebbal, Bengaluru (CBSE Board) 8.8/10 CGPA
(June, 2014)

WORK EXPERIENCE

RETAINERSHIP

1. Legal Associate, Spectrum Legal, Bengaluru (01.01.2023 – 31.12.2023)

• Drafted, filed, argued and assisted Senior Counsels in matters before the Hon'ble High Court
of Karnataka, including writ petitions, civil contempt petitions, civil miscellaneous petitions,
among others.
• Drafted, filed, argued and assisted Senior Counsels in matters before the Hon'ble City Civil
and Sessions Court, Bengaluru, including suits for permanent injunction, defamation,
trademark infringement, suits for declaration, recovery suits, commercial suits, arbitration
applications, among others.
• Drafted and filed pleadings before the Hon’ble Arbitral Tribunal, NCLT, DRT and appeared
in such proceedings.
• Drafted and reviewed employment agreements, conveyance deeds and service contracts.
• Drafted and sent out legal notices and replies, including cease and desist notices, defamation
notices, recovery of money notices, among others.

2. Junior Legal Associate, EC-Council (E-Commerce Consultants Pvt. Ltd.) (13.07.2022 –

31.12.2022)
• Reviewed, drafted, and negotiated agreements including non-disclosure agreements,
professional services agreement, consultancy agreements, services agreements, license
agreements, termination notices, among others.) liaise and co-ordinate with other departments
and subsidiaries (within the Group) to obtain relevant information for documentation and
filing.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated policies including data privacy policies across different
regions, vendor onboard policies, code of conduct, anti-bribery policies, among others.
• Identified businesses that infringed EC-Council registered trademarks, copyrights and other
IPR and sent out DMCA and Cease and Desist notices.
• Worked on Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Quote (RFQ) while coordinating with
the concerned business teams.
• Assisted in registration, cataloguing, renewal, and maintenance of all EC-Council Trademarks
and Patents.
 • Assisted in providing legal counselling, legal research, and lawsuit documentation as and
when required.
• Identified legal risks within different departments and discussed/advised on appropriate
course of action.

TRAINEESHIP AND INTERSHIPS

1. Legal Trainee, E.C-Council (E-Commerce Consultants Pvt. Ltd.), (3rd January 2022 – 3rd July
2022)
• Assisted in providing legal counselling, legal research and case documentation.
• Assisted in legal matters including conveyance, corporate and advisory.
• Assisted in drafting and sending Office Action Replies to the USPTO in Trademark and Patents
filing.
• Assisted in redlining of various agreements including Software as a Service Contracts,
Training Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Reseller Agreements, Lease Agreements,
among others.
• Researched on various aspects of data privacy and policies regarding different regions across
the world.
• Worked on identifying infringers of EC-Council registered trademarks, copyrights and sent
out Cease and Desist notices.

2. Legal Intern, Singhania & Co. LLP, IPR Firm (January 11 - January 31, 2020)
• Assisted in drafting of affidavits, opposition reply under trademarks, agreements and detailed
synopsis.
• Assisted in filing Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
(Application to Adjudication Authority) Rules, 2016.
• Researched on various issues pertaining to the Trade Marks Act, 1999, Companies Act, 2013,
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.

3. Legal Intern, Law Square Advocates and Solicitors, IPR Firm (July 10 – July 31, 2019)
• Assisted in drafting reply to trademark examination reports, General Power of Attorney,
contracts and affidavits among others.
• Researched on matters pertaining to the Trade Marks Act,1999, The Designs Act 2000, Indian
Contract Act, 1872, NGT Act, 2010 and other civil laws.
• Attended proceedings at Civil Courts, NCLT and High Court.

4. Legal Intern, Rego and Rego Associates, Litigation Firm (July 16- August 4, 2018)
• Observed client counselling sessions and was part of the client interactions.
• Researched on various issues relating to Civil laws, Criminal laws, Family laws, among others.
• Attended proceedings at the Civil Courts, Family Court, Sessions Court and High Court

5. Research Intern, Centre for Environmental Education and Research (CEERA), NLSIU,
Bengaluru (July 15- August 5, 2017)
• Researched and presented papers on “Fair and Just Price to Farmers”, “Urban Poor” and
“Facets of Environmental Law and Policy in India”.
• Assisted the Professors at NLSIU by providing them with the required case briefs for journals
and books.
• Field Visits at MSMEs and NGOs with Nordic Summer School Programme students.
 PAPER PRESENTATION

1. Secured 2nd Place in Paper Presentation at the National Conference on Sustainable Development,
organized by PES University, faculty of Law and Economics. (March 2018)
2. Presented paper at 2nd International Conference on Rethinking on Criminal Justice
Administration, organized by Jus Dicere. (November 2018)
3. Secured ‘Certificate of Merit’ in National Essay Writing Competition, 2019 organized by Asha
Foundation and CSR Research Foundation.

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1. Secured 3rd Place in 2nd Amity National Judgement Writing Competition, 2018 organized by
Amity Law School, Gurgaon. (October 2018)
2. Secured 1st Place in Consensus, Jagruti- 3rd All India Youth Conference, organized by Students’
Council, IISc and Think India. (January 2019)
3. Quarter Finalist at National Level Online Debate Competition organized by Alliance for Cause.
(July 2020)
4. CERTIFICATE COURSES:
• Three Day Bridge Course on, Arbitration Law and Practice, organized by NLSIU, Bengaluru
in association with Bishop Cotton Women's Christian Law College, Bengaluru from 26th to
28th October, 2017.
• One Day Human Rights Sensitization Programme, sponsored by NHRC, organized by NLSIU,
Bengaluru on 28th March 2017.
• Drafting Skills Training Program organized by the Bar Council of India – All India Reporter
on 24th August 2019.
5. ONLINE DISTANCE COURSE:
• Introduction to Intellectual Property, offered by the University of Pennsylvania, USA:
Exposure to the US IP laws (trademark, copyright, patents)
6. MOOT COURT EXPERIENCE:
• Adjudged as Best Mooter in the Intra Collegiate Moot Court Competition, 2016
• Participated in 21ST Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, 2016
• Participated in 7th M.S. Ramaiah Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2017
• Participated in 13th Pro Bono Enviro International Law Moot Court Competition, 2019

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. Para Legal volunteer under District Legal Services Authority, Bengaluru.

2. Student Coordinator at LawInternships (July- October, 2020).
3. Associate Secretary, Student Council, Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College,
Bengaluru (2017-18)
4. Cultural President, Student Council, Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College, Bengaluru
(2020- 21)