Lawyer - FMCG/Retail

Job Description:

Ensure that our company complies with all financial and legal requirements, Maintain high standards of corporate governance. You also need to have a thorough understanding of the laws that affect your areas of work so that you are equipped to provide appropriate legal advice whenever needed.

Responsibilities:

- Often liaise with board members.

- Prepare or Review of agendas and papers for board meetings, committees, and annual general meetings (AGMs) and follow up on action points.

- Convene and service AGMs, Review or take minutes, Review / draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.

- Provide legal, financial, and/or strategic advice during and outside of meetings.

- Ensure policies, regulatory, or statutory changes that might affect the organization are up to date and approved by the committee.

- Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors, and secretaries.

- Handle correspondence, collate information, write reports and communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders.

- Liaise with external regulators and advisers such as lawyers and auditors.

- Implement processes or systems to ensure good management of the organization.

- To deal with Due Diligence, Co-ordinate with Auditor relates to Co-corporate matters.

- Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements.

- Pay dividends to shareholders and manage share option schemes opted by various shareholders.

- Take an active role and provide valuable input to management decisions related to sharing issues, mergers, and takeovers.

- Monitor the administration of the company's pension scheme.

- Manage contractual agreements with suppliers and customers.

- Compliance with requirements of RBI/ FEMA regulations

- Supporting compliance with all statutory requirements and working with internal and external agencies to carry out legal compliance audits.

- Implement policies and procedures for the company.

- Drafting of Agreements and leading discussion with legal lead of customers and vendors

- Maintain repository of all agreements and co-ordinate with various departments for their renewal

Requirements:

- Strong administrative skills and an aptitude for using MS Office (specially PPT)

- Good verbal and written communication skills

- Commercial awareness

- Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure

- Interpersonal skills and the ability to work with people at all levels.

- Influencing skills

- An ability to take initiative

- Discretion when handling confidential information