Head - Legal & Company Secretary - Manufacturing Firm

Head Legal & CS

Location : Gurgaon

Position : Head Legal & CS

Organisation : Our client is a manufacturing domain client with art of manufacturing in Uttrakhand & Andhra.

Experience : 15 - 22 Years

Education : CS, member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ACS), and Preferably a Post-Graduate with Legal specialization.

Job Role : This role is responsible to facilitate the management and resolution of a diverse range of legal, regulatory and compliance matters. Role holder needs to ensure compliance to corporate laws, draft and vet contracts, manage insurances and litigations.

Responsibilities :

- Advise management and board members frequently about new provisions and amendments in relevant acts, ensure implementation of directions of the Board.

- Manage compliance of Corporate laws, Securities Law, FEMA and all the applicable laws.

- Handle administration of Compliance management system.

- Manage Insurance policies and claim settlement.

- Manage litigation, drafting, vetting and negotiation of agreements and legal documents .

- Ensure compliance to Company law, FEMA laws, Securities laws, Secretarial standards and other applicable laws.

- Ensure quarterly board meetings and annual general body meetings are successfully conducted as per schedule and maintain all pre and post meeting compliances.

- Establish the Corporate Governance standard and make improvements in legal practices of the company as per changes in legal environment.

- Ensure that the operations of the Company are done within the established Corporate Governance.

- Ensure all returns to RBI, stock exchanges, registrar of companies are done in a timely manner and maintain statutory registers as required.

- Ensure completion of Secretarial audit, Corporate Governance Audit and responding to the queries of Statutory Auditor.

- Coordinate with lawyers for drafting and responding to notices, provide support for filing and defending the company in any litigation.

- Supervise filing of civil/criminal/company petitions, suits and criminal complaints before courts/arbitration or any other appropriate authority.

- Ensure renewal of agreements on time in coordination with concerned departments.

- Manage all insurances for the organization and ensure that all the assets should be adequately covered under insurance.

- Manage insurance claim settlement related to IAR and Marine policies.

- Act as the custodian of the compliance management system software, ensure implementation of changes in the system and update compliance users about applicable changes.

- Handle compliances and transaction of group companies and audit of group companies.

- Review team's performance on a monthly basis and provide regular feedback.

- Manage performance development, career aspirations and mobility of the team members as per business needs.

- Identify functional training needs and facilitate training to ensure capability development of the Legal team members.

- Identify behavioural developmental needs and facilitate necessary training to enhance effectiveness/motivation levels of the team.

- Promote a responsive work environment in which employees' productivity is enhanced through organizational culture, people philosophy and values.

Knowledge Area :

- Awareness of latest changes in applicable laws.

- Ability to present information and communicate effectively with a variety of teams and individuals, across functions and geographies.

- High level of attention to detail.