Apr 2012
Present
Company Secretary & Sr. Manager (Legal Domain)
ADANI KRISHNAPATNAM PORT LIMITED
Hyderabad, IN
KPCL is India's largest privately built & owned all weather, deep water port located in the Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
CORPORATE SECRETARIAL COMPLIANCES
- Ensuring Company law Compliances for 35 Private and Unlisted Public Companies
- Established the Corporate Secretarial Department and played a lead role in implementation of Board governance protocols, compliance reporting framework, policies and procedures.
- Drafting of Notices and Agendas, convening and conducting of Board, Committee and General Meetings
- Handled Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and related compliances under Foreign Exchange and Management Act, 1999
- Dealing with CDSL, NSDL, DP in respect of ISIN Connectivity, Demat & Remat of Securities, Corporate Actions like Allotment, Transfer, Transmission of Shares, Split, Cancellation of Share Certificates / Issue of Duplicate Shares
- Preparing and filing of Annual Return and Annual Financial Statements of the Companies besides the event based compliances
- Coordinating with Secretarial Auditors for Audit of Corporate Compliances
- Assisting the Finance Team / Auditors for conducting of Audits
- Due Diligence under RBI laws for compliance with Loan Agreements with Banks & Financial Institutions
- Handled process relating to Buy-back of securities
- Incorporation of Companies, Change of Name , Conversion of Companies and Alteration of MOA & AOA
- Dealing with procedure for shifting of Registered Office of the Company from one state to another state.
- Maintenance of all Statutory Records and Registers as required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013
- Liaising with regulatory authorities and external agencies including ROC, NCLT, RBI, SEBI, Stock Exchanges, Banks, Financial Institutions etc.
- Securing protection of brand names of the Companies under the Trademarks Act.
LEGAL MATTERS
- Drafting and Finalising of Shareholders Agreement, Share Purchase Agreement, Charter Documents etc. and looking into the minute matters of the aforesaid Agreements implementation
- Drafting and Executing of various General and Special Power of Attorneys, Affidavits in connection with all commercial and legal matters
- Drafting, vetting & negotiating legal documents and representing before Hon'ble Courts, Tribunals & Authorities for Company related cases in consultation with law firms
- Advisory and support in respect various corporate actions / mergers/ acquisitions
- Coordination with legal counsels in corporate disputes and litigation matters.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- Board of Directors – Present quarterly and annual reports on Financial Statements, Corporate Compliances, Audits, Ethics etc
- Executive Team – Coordinate and facilitate tone at the top communication with executive team
- Policy and Procedures – Implemented and reviewed policies viz. Vigil Mechanism, POSH, CSR etc
- Responsible for continued development and implementation of compliance programs and policies including training
- Conducted regular seminars & conferences for Directors, CEOs, CFOs & Senior management of the Company on the roles & responsibilities & duties under the various corporate laws.