Mohammad Abdul Nadeem

• Managing Contracts - NDA, CDA, Cross border service agreements, EPC Contracts, Design Built Contract, MSA, MEP Contracts, Service Agreements, Tender Documents, SCC / GCC, Service/ Consultancy Agreements etc.
• Shoulder the responsibility for advising and assisting on legal issues and labor compliances, including employment law practices to group companies situated in Singapore and UAE.
• Company law compliances, holding meetings, filing various forms and annual returns, various issues - right preferential etc. incorproiation of new company and JV assignments and various other coporate activities.
• Utilize all acts and rules applicable to manufacturing industry both central and state, FCRA Registration and Compliances thereof, including advice and assisting on the foreign funding to NGO.
• Entrusted with the onus of handling court and arbitration matters, commercial, criminal, labor, contract, real estate etc. litigations and defining policies for Corporate Governance and implementation of the same. Fraud and financial misappropriations investigations
• Responsibilities include planning and conducting Board, shareholders and committee meetings.
• Demonstrate exemplary expertise in the Insurance and Risk Management, FCPA, Anti-Trust and Anti Bribery compliances, POSH, PWD, CSR policities and activites thereof
• Actively participate in advising and assisting on employment laws and regulations for foreign nationals’ employment in India - FRRO, Employment visas, tax implications and other allied activities.
• Responsible for providing advisory services to the various organizations on all legal matters & institutes systems to secure the best interests of the organization.
• Accomplish responsibility for drafting of legal documents on various issues.
• Judiciously handle all litigation matter and overall responsible for managing & representing company in different courts i.e. civil, criminal, revenue, administrative etc.

Country Legal Counsel
(Part of ISS Global A/s a Denmark based Company - overseeing Legal for Pan India and Secretarial activity. The Company is into Facility & Security Management Services with an annual turnover of INR 10, 000 million with a head count of 60, 000 persons employed PAN India.)
• Fully responsible for handling & implementation of Contract Management System and creation of archive.
• Closely monitored implementation of risk framework for contracts and commercial dealings, FCPA, Anti-Trust Law, Competition Law compliances with ISS India.
• Pivotal in providing legal support at Pan India Level; contracts, RFP, tenders, government biddings etc., company secretarial support at Board and shareholders level; up-to the level of Group HO at Denmark.
• Established plans for conducting Board, Shareholders and Committee meetings for various group companies, implementation of CSR activiites, and various other companies under Companies Act 2013 .
• Accomplished responsibility for managing the contract governance database both for receivable and payable.
• Accountability for deciding and managing the pre/post litigation strategy and overseeing all existing litigation at Pan India level.
• Meticulously conducted and coordinated meetings of the Board of Directors and General Meetings of the shareholders.
• Put in distinguished efforts to draft petitions, appeals, written statements, etc. for filing before various courts.
• Primarily tasked with drafting, negotiating, devising, finalizing and standardizing various contracts, deeds and legal documents.
• Proved instrumental in handling the entire gamut of legal functions related to Corporate Laws, Regulatory Guidelines/Directives, Labour laws, RTI & Consumer Laws, Tax Laws, etc. in a service rendering company.

From June 2011 to April 2013 - AGM - Legal Counsel & Head Compliances - Unimark Remedies Limited - overseeing Contract Management, Corporate Compliances & Litigation. The Company is into Bulk Drug manufacturing with turnover of INR 700 cr.

Responsibilities
• Contract Management -
A. Negotiating, drafting, vetting and reviewing of Commercial agreements, contracts tenders including Employment, Labour, Loan License, Investment, JV & Project, Tech Transfer, Property Buy and Sell, Manufacturing, consultancy, research, distribution and supply arrangements for domestic and international business; including renewals and due diligence.
B. Controlling agreements and contracts through effective control management and taking effective measures to ensure minimum risk exposure to existing Agreements;
• Overseeing IPR Compliances & registration which is done in-house and representing company before authorities including Intellectual Property Appellate Board along with empanelled lawyers;
• Overseeing Legal litigation, managing outside counsels and coordinating activities before various courts including matters pending before DRT, BIFR, DRI, CESTAT etc.
• Single point of contact for business teams to meet strategic business objectives including optimizing current business operations and providing guidance on various legal issues including but not limited to operations, marketing, privacy, employment, environmental and customs regulations;
• Ensuring compliance to various in house and legal provisions including Corporate Governance and shareholders agreement, RBI (FEMA) compliances, Stock Exchange Compliances, Excise and Customs compliances etc;
• Ensuring effective incorporation of overseas subsidiary and compliances thereof;
• Co-ordination with investors (PE funds)
• Overseeing various compliances activities including overseeing Board meeting right from finalization agendas to execution of minutes of minutes and also shareholders and investors meeting;
• Such other legal and compliance activities as and when they come up.

Legal head

October 2009 to June 2011 - Head - Compliance and Company Secretary with YOU Broadband & Cable India Ltd and looking after the complete Corporate legal, secretarial and compliance related work. The Company is part of Citi Group.

Responsibilities
• Overseeing and responsible for Compliance, Legal and Assurance cum risk Audit management.
• Independently conducted Board and committee meetings;
• Liaison works with solicitors, merchant bankers and other intermediaries for IPO related activities;
• Drafting, negotiation and vetting of commercial agreement (including cross border), contracts, tender documents, debt documents (Banks) information submission to various authorities etc
• Responsible for legal due diligence of the Company for Initial Public Offer;
• Liaison with bankers for term loan related activities, assisting the finance team to prepare proposals for the same.
• Support function to various other compliances related activities to other department
• Coordination and liaison with various corporate shareholders of the Company and overseeing timely compliances of shareholders agreement;
• Overall responsible for compliance, legal and secretarial work of the group which consist of 14 companies.

January 2007 - May 2009- Manager Legal & Company Secretary - Morganite Crucible (India) Ltd, Aurangabad, Maharashtra The Company is listed on BSE and part of Windsor, UK based Morgan conglomerate and involved into manufacturing and import export of foundry crucibles, refractories and allied equipments and their accessories.

Responsibilities: • Responsible for conducting General, Board and committee meeting
• Anti Trust law compliances and UK bribery law compliances;
• Negotiating and Vetting of legal documents including banking documents including contracts, undertaking, indemnity bonds, POA, CDA, Job work etc.
• Transfer pricing compliances and also worked with Deloitte for framing the transfer pricing issues for the group.
• Tax related issues including VAT, Octroi, Customs, Sales Tax, Excise, DGFT etc..
• Drafting of all legal contracts, agreements, AMC agreements, Purchase Terms and Conditions, Sales terms and Conditions, review of MSDS
• Handled litigation commercial, labour and consumer court matter up to the High Court level.
• Finance related activity viz - dealing with bank for working capital loan, budget preparation, fund utilization activity, income tax planning.
• Income tax filing and supervision in assessment cases including up to appeal level.
• Managed FEMA issues like ECB, inward and outward remittances, various cross border credit arrangement.
• Coordinating with PWC statutory Auditors for the purpose of LR and Statutory Audit.

July 2005 - December 2006
Company Secretary - MPS Group of Companies, Kolkata
The group is involved in Agriculture, Fishery, Organic Fertilizers, FMCG, Resorts and Hotels and Financial Services. Managed the entire secretarial responsibilities, and part of the legal functions.

Responsibilities:
• Effectively managed the issue of shares (Bonus, Right & Preferential issues)
• Legal matters relating to Trade marks and Labour issues.
• Excellent knowledge of e-filing
• Effectively conducting internal Audit for various department including accounts. Also successfully carried out internal audit for QMS & EMS in the organization.
• Responsible for the maintenance of various statutory registers required under the Companies Act 1956 and by SEBI
• Hands-on involvement in the finalization of accounts, and creation of charges
• Resolved legal matters relating to the Contracts Act and corporate laws
• Drafting of agreement, bonds, contracts, petitions and other allied documents relating to legal documents.
• Handling of cases relating to consumer forum.
• Responsible as the management representative for conducting internal audits for ISO 9001:2000; 14001:2004 and HACCP system

May 2003 - June 2005 - Compliance Officer - S.T. Services Ltd., Kolkata

The company is an NBFC, listed at the Calcutta, Ahmedabad and Jaipur stock exchanges. S.T. Services is involved in the business of providing consultancy across all corporate, commercial and industrial management activities in addition to investment services.


Responsibilities:
• Ensured compliance under the listing agreements
• Conversant with the compilation and preparation of documents relating to mergers
• Legal issues relating to commercial laws.
• Experienced in the processes related to the registration of sub-brokers with SEBI
• Co-ordinated and communicated with banks and other statutory bodies such as SEBI, stock exchanges etc.
• Responsible for filling and filing various forms and documents with RoC
• Provided support to the smooth conduct of board and general meetings including preparing minutes

April 2002 - April 2003- Office Assistant - M.D. Parekh & Associates, Nagpur, Worked for a practicing Company Secretary Firm.