Jeetendar Khuttan

A corporate/commercial Solicitor, focused on risk mitigation and delivering solutions, having trained in Corporate law (involving M&A and Capital Markets); Civil Litigation; Commercial law; and Bulk Purchase Annuities (BPA).

Previous experience in both private practice and in-house. Worked in corporate, commercial, employment, intellectual property and banking law.

Focused on providing quick legal support to enable a business to achieve its outcomes using a combination of business knowledge and experience. Strategise to help improve the business and add to its strategic execution to plan ahead of risks and liabilities.

2 November 2022 to Present – Sulzer – In-house Legal Counsel

Reviewing, drafting, advising on and negotiating commercial contracts and, advising on data protection, intellectual property, employment, HR, debt recovery, and commercial disputes. In addition, I've worked on private company acquisitions and handled matters, such as: reviewing legal due diligence documentation; reviewing the warranties and negotiating a seller’s disclosure letter and drafting the sale and purchase documents for M&A deals. I have drafted principal documents, such as: the sale and purchase agreement; shareholder’s agreement; articles of association; option agreements; and declaration of trusts. I have also drafted various ancillary documents, such as: board minutes of the buyer and target; written resolutions; direction letters; stock transfer forms; s431 election forms; subscription letters; letters of directors’ resignations and appointments; deeds of waivers; share certificates; and PSC letters. In addition to mergers and acquisition work, I assisted with corporate restructuring matters and provided advice on other company and commercial matters. 

• reviewing, drafting, advising on and negotiating supplier and purchaser contracts, software agreements, financial agreements, non-disclosure agreements, framework agreements, LOGIC oil and gas agreements, NEC3 engineering and construction contracts, data protection agreements, intellectual property agreements, and other commercial contracts;
• assisting the company analyse and reduce risk and providing support and advice on risk mitigation;
• assisting the company to implement, evaluate and advise on compliance matters, such as; company awareness, training regarding matters involving global trade routes via the red sea, international sanctions, export control laws, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and the modern slavery act;
• managing data protection/privacy and the international data transfer project to meet the Information Commissioner’s deadline of 1 March 2024;
• Assisting with protection of the company’s intellectual property rights by protecting the inventions, patents, trademarks and other rights. I also ensure to draft and analyse contractual clauses to protect the company’s IP and draft and negotiate IP licenses.