Head of Legal / Compliance Matters / Company Secretary Jobs in Karachi

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• Head of Legal / Compliance Matters / Company Secretary                        

  • Position:  Head of Legal / Compliance Matters / Company Secretary

    Industry: Insurance

    Qualification: LLB degree plus an MBA OR Professional qualification of Institute of Corporate                   Secretaries of Pakistan or any other institute of accountants will be Preferred

    Experience: At least 5 years of prior experience in similar role

     

    Job Description:

    As Head of Legal and Compliance Matters

    • Coordinating with external counsel, and liaising with customers in preparation, negotiation and completion of all legal documentation with respect to all legal practice areas and laws
    • Identify contract risks and consult with business, technical, senior management to resolve issues and suggest solutions to business
    • Drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements and other legal documents
    • Help develop, and understand, risk mitigation strategies for contractual risks which may arise during implementation phase of projects
    • Handle legal issues pertaining to tax matters including income and sales tax
    • In-house handling of cases, complaints, legal notice, challans, at different forums of autonomous bodies and civil authorities
    • Rendering assistance in ensuring that the company’s intellectual property rights are maintained and, also, the company is not infringing other companies’ intellectual property rights
    • Conduct due diligence of various transactions involving other companies
    • Law related and research based value addition to petitions, plaints, written statements, counter statements, dispositions and evidentiary proceedings

    As Company Secretary

    • Organizing, preparing agendas for, and taking minutes of board meetings
    • Maintaining statutory books of Board instituted committees and statutory registers
    • Involved in the creation of new companies and limited partnerships
    • Preparing and filing dormant accounts related to dividend payments
    • Managing all Board and Committee meeting logistics for the Board of directors and Committees
    • Supporting the Chairman in performing his/her role, including the provision of appropriate briefing material to the shareholders
    • Communication with the shareholders
    • Reporting outstanding agenda items and ensuring that information is provided to the Board members in timely manner
    • Liaising with external regulators and auditors

    Skills and Competencies:

    • Strong organizational and time management skills
    • In depth knowledge of secretarial software, Outlook, Microsoft Excel and Word
    • Excellent technical knowledge of Pakistan Companies Acts and Code of Corporate Governance 2012
    • Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills – both

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