Legal Manager

Legal Manager & Company Secretary

About SATS - Feed And Connect Communities

SATS is a leading provider of food solutions and gateway services. Using innovative food technologies and resilient supply chains, we create tasty, quality food in sustainable ways for airlines, food service chains, retailers, and institutions. With heartfelt service and advanced technology, we connect people, businesses, and communities seamlessly through our comprehensive gateway services for customers such as airlines, cruise lines, freight forwarders, postal services, and eCommerce companies.

Fulfilling our purpose to feed and connect communities, SATS delights customers across the Asia Pacific, the UK, Europe, the US and the Middle East. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit .

Job Location: Bengaluru Devanahalli

About The Role:

This role requires you to manage the legal and corporate secretarial functions of SATS (India) Co. Private Limited and SATS Food Solutions India Private Limited ("Group") and be a key business partner to the management of the Group to ensure compliance within all regulatory and organizational framework while meeting the Group's corporate and commercial objectives.

Legal Role

Provide accurate, prompt, and robust legal advice to the Business Units within the Group while ensuring legal risks are identified and managed.

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, with a particular focus on contracts for the construction of a central kitchen in Bangalore, and if required by the Group, spearhead intellectual property protection projects.

Instruct and manage external lawyers and legal costs.

Work closely with the legal team of the parent company of the Group where required to ensure compliance with applicable listing requirements and internal policies and guidelines.

Provide legal training on compliance and updates on new laws and regulations in accordance with the Group's business needs.

The role will also be to provide sound, business-oriented legal services to the Group as well as to constantly improve precedents and processes. You may also be required to travel at short notice and be assigned to new roles from time to time.

Group Secretarial Role

• Be responsible and manage the secretarial functions of the Group.

• Schedule, plan, and organize ad-hoc/quarterly Board and Board Committee meetings.

• Prepare agenda and draft minutes of Board/Board Committee Meetings and Directors' Report.

• Prepare and undertake all statutory and other filings including to the Registrar of Companies and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

• Maintain and record Statutory Registers as required under the Companies Act & Rules thereunder.

• Collect disclosures, consents, etc. required under the Company Law from Directors and submit them before Board.

• Keep records of all corporate secretarial matters.

• Assist to compile and distribute presentation matters for Board and Board Committee meetings.

• Ensure complete hard copy documentation is kept at the corporate secretarial department and timely updating of soft copies onto the shared point folder.

• Liaise with various statutory bodies like the Registrar of Companies and other Government departments, etc.

• Assist in the preparation of the Annual Report and organizing the AGM/EGM.

• Other day-to-day secretarial work of the Group.

Requirements:

A recognized law degree from India with at least 7 years' post-qualification experience in a reputable law firm and/or in an in-house position in a corporation.

ACS/FCS Membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Called to the Indian Bar.

A strong corporate and commercial background.

Strong interpersonal communication and management skills as the role will involve close interaction with Management and business units.

Sound commercial sense and critical thinking skills, a proactive practical approach, and the ability to manage a range of issues involving multiple areas of law, are critical traits necessary for this role.

Mature, meticulous analytical and a team player.