Head Legal & Risk
This role is senior leadership role and manages risk on contracts, clients, assets and regulatory environment. Must be Company Secretary, LLM and served as General Counsel in IT/Product and Tech Company
Corporate Law & Secretarial Compliances: -Compliances with Corporate Law governing each Entity in each Jurisdiction globally and ensuring up-to-date permits, licenses etc. -Evaluate changes in legal structures, covenants basis Investor requirements or statutory changes and keep all compliances updated at all times. -Reviewing and ensuring local level compliances for Central Bank, Statutory Authorities and ohter Leview -Board Procedures as laid down in SPA/SHA |
Contractual Risk and Litigation: (Country Specific) -Develop and implement strong contract templates for standard services and review/draft agreements for specific, long term or other customers basis Board policies. -Employee, Vendor and Customer Contractual Risk Management -Reviewing and approving risks basis Board policy -Managing litigation, adjudication in the Court of Law as per respective Jurisdiction |
Intellectual Property: -Assessing and managing Intellectual Property Rights – whether designs, codes, programs, patents or any other form of right that is capable of being protected -Manage any oppositions or objections to IP applications in jurisdictions |
Governance and Regulators: -Build and manage relationships with external regulators, customer’s counsels, clients. -Keep abreast of legislative changes and help leadership assess impact, mitigation -Due diligence for fund-raising initiatives, risk management policies and own strong corporate governance |