CS Legal

Job description:

Position CS - Legal (Male Only)

Competency required: Cs Bachelors/Master Degree

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Location: Nagpur (Require travelling approx. 1 week to Ahemdabad & Mumbai)

Salary : 40K - 50K Per Month

Gender: Male

Reporting to: AVP/Director

Experience & Qualification

• Qualified Company Secretary (Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India ICSI) membership valid and in good standing.
• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in secretarial / legal / compliance functions in a corporate environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Indian corporate laws (Companies Act 2013) regulatory compliance statutory filings corporate governance norms; and preferably familiarity with applicable laws/regs depending on industry (e.g. SEBI FEMA labour/environmental laws depending on context)
• Excellent drafting negotiation and communication skills to draft/review contracts agreements board resolutions legal opinions; liaise with regulatory authorities external counsel boards & stakeholders
• Strong analytical risk-assessment and compliance discipline; ability to handle multiple statutory and legal-compliance tasks with confidentiality integrity and timely follow-up.

Key Responsibilities

Secretarial & Governance

• Convene and coordinate Board meetings Committee meetings and General Meetings; prepare agendas board packs follow-ups minutes and resolutions; maintain statutory records and registers (directors shareholders charges etc.)
• Ensure timely filing of all statutory returns and compliance documents (annual returns resolutions changes in share capital / directors / KMPs etc.) with relevant authorities (e.g. Registrar of Companies / MCA / as per Companies Act) Ensure compliance with corporate governance norms secretarial standards and maintain transparency and regulatory adherence.

Legal & Compliance Advisory

• Provide legal support and advice on corporate law matters regulatory compliance corporate governance and risk management. Serve as internal legal counsel to the Board and Management.
• Draft review negotiate and manage commercial agreements vendor/customer contracts joint venture / partnership agreements share-issuance/transfer documents mergers acquisitions restructuring documents etc. ensuring legal soundness and regulatory compliance. Oversee legal due diligence and compliance related to corporate actions (M&A restructuring share allotments or buybacks capital raising mergers demergers etc.) when required.
• Identify assess and manage legal and compliance risks; liaise with external counsel / regulators / authorities for litigation dispute resolution regulatory filings approvals compliances as needed.

Strategic & Advisory Role

• Guide Board and Senior Management on legal regulatory and corporate governance best practices; interpret laws and regulations provide timely updates on changes and translate into actionable recommendations / compliance plans.
• Facilitate corporate actions (capital raising share issues buybacks corporate restructuring) share transfers share-holder communications and investor relations (if applicable) under statutory compliance
• Maintain confidentiality integrity ethical compliance; act as the key internal legal-compliance gatekeeper to protect company interests.

Miscellaneous / Other Legal Matters

• Monitor other applicable laws and regulations (labour laws environmental laws tax/TDS compliance sector-specific regulations regulatory obligations like FEMA/SEBI/industry-specific laws etc. depending on companys business). Liaise with statutory authorities regulators external counsel auditors stakeholders as required; handle legal notices litigations/ disputes regulatory queries compliance audits.
• Any other legal/secretarial assignments as entrusted by Board/ Management from time to time.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep knowledge of Indian corporate laws the Companies Act regulatory & compliance frameworks compliance best practices.
• Strong drafting documentation contract-review & negotiation skills.
• Good analytical problem-solving risk-assessment and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent verbal/written communication stakeholder management confidentiality integrity.
• Able to manage multiple tasks prioritize under deadlines take independent decisions coordinate with internal & external stakeholders.
• Comfortable with travel (Ahmedabad Mumbai)