Legal Manager - Immediate Start

Summary:

• To provide sound and cost-effective services on all legal and company secretarial matters assigned by the Head of Legal cum Company Secretary, and other matters that could affect the legal or regulatory risks to the Company. To assist the Group Company Secretary in all aspects of company secretarial duties and functions and to ensure compliance with the relevant statutory requirements, regulations and guidelines.

Responsibilities:

Legal

• Attend meetings, review and provide legal input on the relevant materials provided by the Product Team particularly in respect of compliance to the relevant applicable laws for timely implementation.
• Draft, prepare, review and comment on legal documents, contracts, letters from other departments to ensure compliance with the relevant laws, company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Review all litigation course papers to ensure accuracy, liaise, communicate and manage external lawyers in respect of litigation matters and other matters to achieve management objectives
• Where required, prepare/draft relevant policies, standard operating procedures etc for the department.
• Ensure proper record keeping of all legal contracts, statutory forms and documents in compliance with the relevant laws.
• Attend meetings as and when legal advice or input is required.

Secretarial

• Prepare, co-ordinate, liaise and attend to Directors and Shareholders in relation to company secretarial matters including preparation of Annual General Meeting, Board of Director’s meeting, lodgment of statutory forms with Bank Negara Malaysia and Companies Commission of Malaysia.
• Attend and take minutes of Board of Directors and Board Committee meetings. Timely circulation of the relevant draft minutes internally for review and thereafter to Directors for confirmation.
• Where required, prepare for execution extract of minutes, circular resolutions and any other ad-hoc secretarial matters.
• Ensure proper record keeping of statutory forms and documents in relation to the Company, Directors and Shareholders in compliance with the relevant laws.
• Provide sound ad-hoc legal advice as and when required by the relevant internal departments.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of post-qualifying experience.
• Experience in corporate, conveyancing, commercial litigation, and secretarial roles.
• Possession of a Company Secretarial License.
• Candidates with an ICSA qualification and associate membership of MAICSA have added advantages.
• Degree in a related field.