Legal Counsellor

Location-Pune(Onsite)

Requirements:

Min. qualification - LLB+ CS

- Min/ 3 years of relevant experience as in-house legal counsel and/or at a law firm handling company matters.

- Knowledge of contracts with governing laws of UK/US is preferred

- Strong proficiency in the English language.

- Excellent knowledge of all the corporate laws including the Companies Act, RBI compliance

Key-responsibilities:

- Company Secretarial (10% of scope)

- Support at Board Meetings, Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting and

- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) meetings.

- Maintenance of statutory registers.

- Filing of necessary forms with Registrar of Companies.

- Act as a Company Secretary under Companies Act, 2013 if required to be appointed mandatorily.

- Corporate & Commercial (90% of scope)

- Provide commercial and practical legal advice and support and advise on day-to-day commercial matters including issues arising with customers, vendors and other partners

- Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial contracts and agreements keeping in mind the best interest of the company, internal requirements and local laws

- Review, update and create precedent agreements and legal processes as need and appropriate

- To advise and support dispute resolution processes

- Provide training to the business on applicable legal and contractual issues.

- Ensure company is functioning in compliance with applicable laws

- Support and assist for handling of claims and/or internal investigations.

- Researching and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the Company in its operating area /sector and industry

- Assistance and working on protecting Intellectual properties of the company

- Ensure compliance with foreign exchange laws for transactions outside India such as with RBI

- Ensure compliance with ESG and CSR policies (if applicable)

- Engaging with stakeholders to implement, manage and ensure timely statutory compliances by the Company and its subsidiaries overseas

- Ensure compliance with various contracts entered by the Company with investors/lenders

- Assisting and supporting various internal stakeholder meetings, corporate governance issues, etc.

- Analyze requirements in relation to setting up any company overseas as per business requirement