Responsibilities
Reporting to the Africa & Middle East General Counsel the role will involve the below:
- Management of corporate governance for Africa & Middle East companies: monitor and advise recommendations for the entities compliance with corporate governance to ensure all relevant legal and statutory requirements are met.
- Implementing Group procedures related to governance (legal representatives appointment delegation of authorities intellectual property rules) continuous improvement and innovative best practice in governance.
- Draft and vet corporate resolutions in respect of board meetings committees annual general meetings and circular resolutions and follow up on action points.
- Assist in creation incorporation dissolutions of corporate bodies in the region including drafting or review of articles of association shareholders agreements sale or purchase shares agreements.
- Lodge required corporate forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.
- Manage changes of directors registered offices increase of capital and general company secretariat functions.
- Prepares and submits required corporate filings. Assist supervising attorneys with creation and dissolution of corporate entities.
- Keep updated the corporate entitiess registrations with governmental authorities.
- Maintain up to date the group digital tools for recording corporate information.
- Liaise with external governmental authorities regulators and advisers lawyers public notaries.
Qualifications :
Qualifications
At the minimum Masters degree in Law knowledge of common law system preferable
Experience and skills
- At least 5 to 10 years of experience in a corporate department/company secretary role for
- Effective and efficient delivery of top-quality corporate expertise
- Professional command of legal French and legal English (spoken and written) and ability to translate both
- Be hands-on detail oriented & able to function in a lean environment
- Must uphold the ethical standards of the legal profession.
- Team-oriented and works well in cross-functional teams
- effective use of personal computers computer databases word processing and spreadsheet programs in legal research and library applications.
Additional Information :
We offer you the opportunity to join a company whose goal is to become the leader in ecological transformation!
What we offer:
- Being part of a collective that cares about your future career and development
- Opportunities for growth within Veolia Headquarters and more broadly within the Veolia Group in France and internationally
- Opportunity to be part of enriching projects outside of your daily work
- Veolia is committed to a global social pact for all its employees worldwide
- We are committed to providing you with the best possible experience
But also:
- 100% reimbursement of urban transport subscriptions
- 10 days off (RTT) in addition to the 5 weeks of paid vacation
- Company restaurant and meal vouchers for teleworking days
- Profit-sharing
Veolia Environnement SA recognizes that some candidates only apply if they think they have checked all the boxes. But we prefer to see your application rather than risk missing out on your potential!
As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time