Manager/Senior Manager - Legal & Secretarial - LLB - FMCG/Consulting

LLB and ACS qualified with 80%focus on Legal and rest secretarial.

Reporting to CEO and also to Group person in Global HO.

LEGAL

- Litigation - Handling litigation of diverse nature of both Civil and Criminal nature including:

a. Criminal litigation viz. defamation matters, under Cyber Laws, Copyright Act,( Insecticides Act, Fertilizer Control Order and Seeds Act-preferred)

b. Labour litigation under Industrial Disputes Act

c. Consumer Cases under Consumer Protection Act

d. Cheque Bouncing Matters under Negotiable Instruments Act

e. Other Civil matters like property litigation, civil recovery matters etc.

- Drafting and vetting of Agreements of diverse nature relating to various functions of the Company like:

a. Distribution Agreements for registration and distribution of products in foreign countries

b. Supply Agreements for supply of raw materials to institutional buyers

c. Job work/ Tolling Agreement or Third party manufacturing Agreements

- Trademarks - Handling following activities in respect of trademarks of the Company

a. Application for registration of Trade Marks or renewal of Trademarks;

b. Follow-up with the Trademark Office with regard to the objections raised by them;

c. The issue of Show Cause Notices to people using similar marks restraining them from using registered marks of the organization.

d. Co-ordination with our Trademark Consultant for preparing notices and counter-notices regarding opposition and defending our marks

- Legal Metrology and Package Commodity Rules - Advising the management on the legal aspects of Package Commodity Rules. Approving the artwork of labels in respect of several products of the Company to prevent non-compliances under Standard of Weights and Measurements Act and Package Commodity Rules made thereunder.

- Advisory Services - Providing advisory services on diverse legal matters concerning day to day affairs of the Company including drafting of legal notices and suitable replies as required

Work Exposure: SECRETARIAL

- Preparation of Notice, Agenda and Minutes of the Board Meetings, General Meetings and other Committee Meetings constituted by the Board as well as subsidiary Companies;

- Drafting the relevant portions of the Annual Report viz. Notice, Directors- Report, Corporate Governance, Investor Information;

- Pre / Post AGM / EGM compliances, particularly preparation of various Forms and getting the same registered with the Registrar of Companies;

- Ensuring registration of various charges on the assets of the Company pursuant to finance decisions of the management and maintenance of the Company's Register of Charges ;

- Implementing management's decisions regarding change of name, main objects, incorporation of companies etc.

Mergers and Amalgamation