Head/VP - Legal & Secretarial - IT

Role: VP Legal & Secretarial

Location: Bangalore

Reporting to: CFO

Role Overview:

The position will provide leadership and vision to the Legal and Secretarial Organization 

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership and ensure efficient and effective management of staff and resources in the Legal department.

- Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management

- Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate course of action have been taken

- Review and draft contracts, agreements and internal policies and ensure that they are in compliance with all statutory or legal requirements.

- Advising the board of directors on their legal and corporate responsibilities and matters of corporate governance

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES :

Legal Risk:

- Review and provide legal advice on documents

- Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management

- Provide and interpret legal information, conduct training and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff

Policy Development :

- Review and provide legal advice on documents

- Review and advice management on legal implication of internal policies and procedures

Secretarial:

- Promotion, formation and incorporation of companies and matters related therewith

- Filing, registering and maintaining any document including forms, returns and applications by and on behalf of the company as an authorized representative

- Arranging board/general meetings and preparing minutes thereof

- All work relating to shares and their transfer and transmission

Regulatory Compliance:

- Formulate compliance check lists and continously monitor compliance with statutory obligations and advice management accordingly

- Corporate Initiatives Drive/ support corporate initiatives with regard to legal activities

- People Management Conduct/ review the performance appraisals of the team and ensure/ manage capability development for the team

Educational Qualifications:

Qualification LLB + CS

Work Experience -

No. of years 15 + Years

Nature of experience :

Good knowledge and experience in the following areas

1. Proven track record of providing accurate and effective legal counsel

2. In-depth knowledge of regulatory law