Legal Secretary - US Tech Solutions, Inc.
New York, NY 10005
About the Job
Job Description:
Reporting to the Managing Director, Corporate Secretary, the Company Secretary plays a key role in ensuring the integrity of the Firm’s legal-entity governance framework.
Key responsibilities shall include:
Reporting to the Managing Director, Corporate Secretary, the Company Secretary plays a key role in ensuring the integrity of the Firm’s legal-entity governance framework.
Key responsibilities shall include:
- Attend and prepare minutes of Board and Board Committee meetings to properly document the actions of the Board/Committee.
- Provide legal advice on local requirements and best practices relating to Board/Board Committee and entity governance issues, including conflicts of interest, Director independence, fiduciary duties, and oversight responsibilities.
- Coordinate with General Counsel, local attorneys, and Compliance Officers to ensure local legal and regulatory requirements are fulfilled.
- Advise on, and facilitate corporate transactions, in conjunction with local counsel or advisers, including creation, merger, or winding up of operating and non-operating subsidiaries; draft corporate documents and resolutions relating to the same.
- Liaise with auditors, lawyers, tax advisers, and shareholders regarding governance issues, including the preparation of materials relating to financial statements.
- Assist subsidiary Boards of Directors/Board Committees in complying with their respective organizational documents and charters.
- Oversee the preparation of agendas and meeting presentations.
- Facilitate approvals and administrative tasks relating to non-operating subsidiaries, including drafting, and arranging execution of written resolutions, and ensure corporate filings are timely made.
- Liaise with business partners to maintain, update, and present to subsidiary Boards for approval, authorized signatory lists.
- Prepare, review, and maintain intercompany agreements, coordinate with in-house attorneys, Compliance Officers, Risk Officers, and business contacts.
- Review and negotiate auditor engagement letters.
- Prepare/review and update organizational documents and charters.
Source : US Tech Solutions, Inc.