Corporate Legal Counsel
Gulf Marketing Group
Total years of experience :12 years, 10 Months
Contract Management
•Key responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, and commercial contracts negotiations, including procurement and supply contracts; IT contracts; and service agreements.
•Developing form documents and templates to streamline routine transactions and improve the efficiency of the procurement department.
•Engage in contract document preparation/ review/ revision; ensure contract completeness, accuracy.
•Ensure agreement compliance with internal guidelines (legal, regulatory, taxation, business model), including compliances as per legal team requirements.
•Responsible for internal documentation and approval workflow of contracts till execution of both parties.
•Management of service partners/Providers throughout the contract management lifecycle, contract cancellation/ termination/ renewal or migration based on guidelines from legal team.
•Support the legal and user teams to standardize, adapt and document operational and delivery requirements for telecommunication provider services (KPI, SLA, Penalties, change management)
•Interface with Central teams, Local Business Unit personnel, Telecom Provider Managers, third party telecom operators, third party vendors of equipment services, lawyers, product managers, and finance, procurement and control personnel.
Company Secretarial and Compliance:
•Responsible for all Company Secretarial functions, duties and responsibilities and handling compliance under applicable corporate laws.
•Organizing Board meetings, Shareholders meeting, convening, preparing Agenda and detailed agenda notes for and drafting minutes of Board, Committee and General Meetings.
•Preparing the complete set of Annual Report. Maintenance of Statutory Registers under Companies Act.
•Independently handled Alteration in Memorandum & Articles of Association of the Company processes viz. Change of Name of the Company, Alteration in Main Object Clause, Adoption of Other Objects, Alteration in the Capital Clause and Shifting of Registered Office.
•Right Issue for Equity Shares and CCD.
•Filling application with FIPB for FDI approval, following up for the approval and obtaining approval.
•Handled Satisfaction of Charge and co-ordination with Bank for the necessary formalities.
•Creating Activity tracker for various compliance of the Company to ensure timely compliance of various statutes and regulations.
•Reporting on Company procedures & developments in a timely & accurate manner.
•Liaising with Registrar of Companies, DOT, TRAI, RBI.
•Handling FEMA related compliance for FDI in Company and preparation and filing of FIRC and FCGPR returns.
Legal:
•Drafting, negotiating and vetting of various agreements like Lease Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Leave and License Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreement, Advertisements agreements, Manpower Contracts, General Purchase Agreements, Human Resource Consultancy Agreements, Service agreements, Tripartite Agreements, Credit Support Agreements, Finance Agreement, Stand By letter of Credit, Shareholders Agreement and Subscription Agreement.
•Assisting in funding activities of the company. Preparing the KYC documents as required. Interacting with investor attorneys, lawyers, counsels for various funding activities.
•Drafting of other legal documents like POA, affidavits, Indemnity Bond, Vakalatnama, Letter of Authority, Renewal & Termination Letters etc, Reply for Customer Legal Notices.
•Liaison with Consultants/law firms/ legal counsels for cases and Consumer Cases and appearance with them in respective courts.
•Replying to all the notices received from various government authorizes like DOT, TRAI, RBI.
. Drafting and reviewing contracts and lease agreements.
•Worked as legal officer with 3i Infotech Trusteeship Services for less than a year drafting and reviewing mortgage agreements.
(Qualified in first attempt throughout). •Passed
(Qualified in first attempt throughout). •Passed