Company Secretary and Corporate Legal

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This is a Company Secretary and Corporate Legal – ABB India role, reporting functionally to the Regional General Counsel APAC (Motion) and operationally to the Country Managing Director of ABB India Ltd and will be based in Bangalore. As Company Secretary and Corporate Legal, you will provide advice to the board of directors on corporate governance and director’s duties. This comprises managing the interest area of the shareholders, issues related to conflict of interest, investor guidelines, tax, and regulatory decisions, reporting and compliance and handling the affairs in accordance of the company laws. The position will interact closely with the Board of Directors with respect to conducting Board meetings, reviewing, and advising on the board resolutions and relevant paperwork and also help ensure standardization secretarial processes in line with industry practices.

Your responsibilities

• Company Secretary:
• Develop the strategic vision for compliance, which effectively manages & mitigates risk, establishes proper controls, supports business initiatives, and protects company from legal & regulatory risk.
• Manage secretarial and statutory compliance requirement of the company. To develop systems and process towards the capture and analysis of relevant financial information towards ensuring, sound and informed decision making by the stakeholders.
• Preparing statutory notices, complaints, and suits based on varied types of facts, petitions, written statements, affidavit-in- reply, affidavit-in-rejoinder and appeals & miscellaneous application. Maintenance of statutory registers and records.
• Managing secretarial matters including registration of new company including drafting of AOA/MOA and revisions amendments thereto, changes in Directorships,, approvals for Managerial Remuneration, resignations & appointments of Directors, compounding of various matters, filing return of allotments, handling IEPF claims, change in registered office, filing replies & other correspondences with MCA etc.
• Drafting, vetting, legal negotiation and closure of funding & investment documentations – Term Sheets, Debenture Documents, Term Loans, and Shares Issue/Acquisition related documentation, Securities Purchase & Subscription Agreements, Exit Agreements, contract, legal notices, notices, written statements, appeals, affidavits for legal proceeding etc.
• Corporate Legal:
• Independently having an oversight of key legal matters at the corporate level. Provide guidance to business legal teams for litigation matters, including arbitration corporate, research, vetting & contracts.
• Management and mitigation of foreseeable and potential risks arising from incident(s) pertaining to the organization, brand, employees, assets, and clients.
• Support the team in handling critical legal disputes & litigation, coordinating with the external counsels, assisting in drafting of petitions, writs, suits, appearing in the courts on behalf of the company and undertaking the strategy aspects of litigation.
• Provide guidance and oversight on vetting, reviewing, and drafting of contracts such as Lease deeds, MOU, PoA, Confidential Disclosure Agreement, Manufacturing Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Service Level Agreements, C&F Agreements, and Notices for Breach of Contracts.
• Provide legal support in managing enquiries, investigations, and visits by law enforcement agencies in relation to organization or its employees or third-party related incidents or issues pertaining to personal matters. Instances fake recruitments, cybercrime, social media use, etc.

Your background

• Qualified Company Secretary.
• LLB with 15 plus year’s relevant experience in legal and secretarial matters, with atleast 7-8 years of leading the function for a medium to large size multinational organization.
• Ability to network and engage with law firms for representation at the negotiation.
• Relationship management & negotiation skills in liaising with government departments, regulatory authorities & external agencies.
• Working knowledge of related Labour/industrial laws, IPR matters (trademarks, domain name, copyrights) & direct and indirect taxation and other general laws.
• Highest ethical standards promote ethical behavior and high professional integrity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle critical situations and manage investor relations. Should be result oriented and have a proactive attitude and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective Team Management skills. Ability to work effectively as part of a diverse multicultural team.
• Ability to think strategically, take strategic risks and make tough decisions.

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.