Senior Corporate Counsel & Company Secretary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Contract Management and Negotiation
   • Monitor and improve process for contract management, review and negotiation for higher value and higher risk agreements; advise all levels of business partners on a broad range of business transactions; update and develop standard documentation to protect Company's best interests on contractual commitments, balance and optimize risks, gain greater commercial benefits, and ensure Company is protected legally.
   • Effectively work with business teams to understand customer and vendor business in the different regions globally for successful contract negotiations.
   • Ensure business goals are met in a way that complies with applicable laws and regulations and Gates corporate requirements; support and promote Gates corporate requirements and ethical standards within the business community in the region.
   • Prepare and deliver country and enterprise-specific training on relevant and topical issues for best practices in risk mitigation.
   • Apply business strategies and initiatives in agreements of all kinds, including negotiation and application of these initiatives to secure business success and risk mitigation.
   • Drive continuous improvement in legal governance, reporting and knowledge management to maintain consistency, quality and institutional capability.
2. Employment
   • Act as a point person for regional legal support on assigned labor and employment matters and collaborate with Human Resources to mitigate employment related risks.
   • Review legal documents in support of labor and employment matters.
   • Provide advice on diverse regulatory issues in the region affecting labor and employment policies and collaborating to effectively implement regulatory changes.
3. Corporate Governance and Secretarial
   • Advise the Board of Directors and its Committees on corporate governance obligations, fiduciary duties and Board and Committee procedures.
   • Ensure the integrity, accuracy and proper maintenance of statutory registers, Board records, resolutions and other secretarial documents.
   • Ensure the timely and accurate filing of statutory and regulatory documents relating to Board and corporate governance matters.
   • Communicate with external advisors, auditors and other stakeholders on corporate governance and compliance issues.
   • Oversee, conducting, co-ordination and administration of Board, Committee and shareholder meetings including preparation, circulation of agenda, minutes, resolutions and other secretarial documents.
   • Stay updated on changes taking place in legal landscape applicable to Company.
   • Any other secretarial matters as required under the Companies Act, 2013 and other allied laws.
4. Litigation
   • Manage product liability, contract and labor disputes, and other types of litigations.
   • Manage outside counsel related to all litigation, claims, investigations, and other regulatory matters, including budgeting and maintaining all required approvals for engaging counsel.

Keys to Success

1. • Ability to meet deadlines and demonstrates effective time management.
   • Strong communicator – both written and verbal in technical and non-technical environment, including proficiency in English language. Have the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across diverse internal groups and multiple jurisdictions and cultures as well as external stakeholders.
   • Excellent computing, secretarial, interpersonal and team working history.
   • Proactive, self-motivated.
   • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and follow through to meet objectives.
   • Works well under pressure, demonstrates flexibility in work style to accommodate changing priorities and fixed deadlines.
   • Strong interpersonal skill and team player. Ability to build collaborative relationships cross hierarchy, cross function and cross region.
   • Excellent business ethics and integrity.
   • Ability to work on cross-region projects with many time zones and to travel when needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The incumbent will manage local legal team based in India

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) or above from a good domestic or overseas university.
• Qualified Company Secretary with a membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
• At least 10 years hands on experience in Legal function of multinational manufacturing companies in the assigned countries or region, preferably a good mixture of major law firm and in-house.
• Proven track record in handling general legal matters, including contracts, corporate matters & litigation.
• Solution-driven and results-oriented, with outstanding organizational and analytical skills. Business savvy with the ability to work successfully with high level business clients and to evaluate and accept appropriate risks to protect shareholder value.
• Desire to work as part of a team, with the ability to motivate others and to facilitate problem solving; willingness to go further to enhance collaborative and professional excellence team culture.