Manager - Legal - D2C Personal Care Business - CS/LLB (5-9 yrs)
Our Client is a Series B Funded D2C Personal Care brand based out in Bangalore, looking to hire Legal Manager, someone coming with an experience of CS, intellectual properties, contractual due diligence.
Education: CS and LLB (Mandatory).
Roles & Responsibility:
- Conformance with all legal document requirements related to sale, franchising, marketing,service, investment, lease and license, statutory compliance support, and all other aspects relating to the company products and services.
-Successful closure of documents/agreements /notices/cases and replies from a legal perspective.
-Handling investor relations based out of varied overseas jurisdictions from legal, regulator and secretarial perspective - organizing regular update sessions in this regard and resolving any queries from time to time
- Worked on Global compliance tracker as a part of hassle free business operations
- Created relationship with key authorities in the region and business forums for better PR and building relationship
-Legal review, drafting and negotiations on agreements.
-Attention to detail and excellent research skills.
- Solution oriented and business enabler.
- Controlled & reduced litigations by identifying and strategizing speedy disposals and settling matters through Alternative Dispute Management system
-Took aggressive steps to arrest potential disputes thus safeguarding and promoting brand equity and preventing any potential commercial litigations; managed key litigations for the organization
- Initiated and channelized brand protection thereby preventing loss of market share and enabling potential growth for brands
-Preparation and Sending of Cease & Desist Notice for the Infringement of the Intellectual
- Property Rights owned by the Company and ensuring the Takedown of the Website/Page of the Infringer.
- Filing of Trademark, Copyrights, Patents Application through the Intellectual Property Indian Portal.
- Rendering the Management on the IP Law Issues and updates on IP Law.
- Preparation of Board/General Meeting Documents (Notice, Agenda, Minutes and Annexures)
- Conducting the Board Meeting in due Compliance of the Act & Secretarial Standards.
- Preparation of Annual Filing Documents of the Company and its filing to the Ministry under Regular & XBRL Format.
- Ensuring the Bookkeeping of records under the Comp
- Handled the Compliances relating to Appointment/Resignation of Directors/KMP, Auditors (Statutory & Internal)
- Handling the matters related to Receipt of Fundings and share allotment in the Company & its compliance under Companies Act & FEMA.
- Preparation of Secretarial Audit Report and aid in conducting the Secretarial Audit.
- Incorporation of Companies (Private, Public, OPC, LLP's)
Educational/ Experience requirements:
- LLB & Company Secretarial (both necessary)
- approx 5 years experience
- IP focus