Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary

Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary is responsible for rendering necessary legal services including high value contract management, compliance tracking, due diligence, arbitration matters, litigations, bank funding documentation etc. S/he is also responsible for performing overall secretarial functions such as conducting board meetings, drafting documents, right issue and ensuring corporate law compliance.

Strategic :-

1) Controlling, managing and directing the activities of the Legal and Secretarial functions

2) Providing professional and strategic advice to the Board and senior management pertaining to the Legal and Secretarial functions

3) Proactively formulate legal risk mitigation strategies that protect corporate capital and profitability

4) Maintain strong network and support the Management in appointment of Independent Directors

Financial - 

1) Negotiate and empanel external legal counsel for representing the company on various matters

2) Manage the Annual Budget for the Department

Customer:-

1) Provide Legal and Secretarial advise to the Business Heads

2) Provide contractual support to the Shareholders, EPC contractor and JV Partners

3) Managing and interface with the Government authority and other external stakeholders on an ongoing basis

4) Instructing, and drafting briefing material for external providers of legal services

Internal Process/ Operations:-

1) Setting up contractual policy, identifying areas of risk in relation to commercial and contractual legal issues and providing solutions to manage the risks

2) Finalizing terms & conditions of contracts, settlement agreements, performing analysis to ensure that contracts are within negotiated & agreed-upon parameters

3) Identified potential legal problems, provided legal advice, guidance and leadership to clients and team related to regulatory policy and business operations

4) Ensuring vendor due