Head - Company Secretary & Legal

Company Secretary & Legal Head

Department:Legal & Company Secretary

Reporting To:President and CFO

Key Responsibilities:

Secretarial:

- Effectively handled IPO, issue and transfer of security like right issue, bonus issue, preferential issue.

- Well conversant with SEBI Guidelines and compliances.

- Conversant in drafting executing shareholders agreement with strategic investors

- Conversant with FEMA Regulations, RBI Guidelines, Security control regulation Act, Company Law Board guidelines

- Handling ESOP, Rating agencies and book building process.

- Complete knowledge of corporate governance and statutory compliances.

- Maintenance of Statutory Registers under the Companies Act, filing of statutory forms with ROC, MCA; E-filing (MCA 21, compliances Digital signatures, DIN etc.).

- Drafting of Notice, Agenda and Minutes of Board & General Meetings.

- To convene and handle Board meeting, AGM/EGM.

- Ensuring all Statutory Compliances under Companies Act, 1956 and maintenance of secretarial records of Group companies, interfacing with external consultants and responding to internal queries.

- Drafting and finalization of Contracts / agreements.

- Preparation and documentation for filing legal case for trademarks infringement.

- Compliance of all the Related Party Disclosures.

- Execution of the formalities relating to appointment of Managing director & Whole-time Director.

- Handling matter related to Inter-Corporate loans and Investments.

- Execution of all formalities with respect of issuing duplicate Share Certificates.

- Interaction with banks, financial institutions, external and internal auditors and other government bodies.

Legal:

- Overall control and administration of matters of Company Law (Legal , Intellectual Property Rights and FEMA, Central Excise, SEBI Regulations and Co-operative Societies Act and Merchant Laws) and Statutory Compliances here under.

- Drafting general and Commercial Agreements contracts confidentiality agreements, Lease Deeds, undertakings, Conveyance Deeds, Deeds of Assignments, licensed user of Intellectual property Law, Joint Venture agreement, Minutes of various Meetings, Plaints, and Criminal Complaints etc.

- Liaise with Solicitors, counsels, Courts (Civil and Criminal), Police, RBI, Banks and various Government Authorities, Investors.

- Attend litigation in Courts City Civil, Sessions, Small Cause, High Court, Supreme Courts, Consumer Court, Registrar of Trade Marks, and Company Registrar.

- Submit quarterly and annual returns to RBI in respect of JVCs.

- Represent before Govt. and other authorities and to co-ordinate with Ministry of Finance, Company Law Department and other Government Bodies at Delhi for various approvals.

- Handle various matters relating to Trade Marks of the Company such as Search of Trade Marks, Filing & Registration formalities, attending the objections of Trademarks Registry, Liasioning with Trade Marks Authorities, maintaining Trade Marks data and documentation, taking legal action through Advocates in case of Passing Off or Infringement of our Trade Marks, briefing the Advocates, attending and appearing along with Advocates before Trade Marks authorities and/or Courts also assisting JVs Trade Marks registration in respective countries and maintaining data of JVs Trade Marks.

- Also inspecting Trade Marks journals and studying Trade Marks and copyright Law reporters, bulletins and recording Trade Marks information and important Case Laws in Trade Marks package.

Desired Qualifications:

- Bachelors of Laws degree from a recognized University plus a Qualified CS

- A Masters degree will be an added advantage

Desired Experience:

- Minimum of 15 years experience, experience dealing with large amounts of contracts as well as internal and external stakeholder management.

Desired Skills:

- Experience of reporting to a Board of Management

- A track record of delivering high performing and customer focused services

- Experience of working effectively at a senior level in a multi-disciplinary environment

- Experience of successful financial management and track record of delivering value for money

- Provide visible effective leadership to motivate and inspire people

- Ability to be able to communicate effectively internally and externally

- Ability to demonstrate effective working relationships internally and externally

- Demonstrate ability to innovate and solve problems