Hilal Foods Private Limited Jobs Head of Legal

Hilal Foods Private Limited Jobs Head of Legal:

Hilal Foods Private Limited is hiring for Head of Legal in Karachi.

The job description is as follows:

1. Ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of Companies Law and rules made there-under and other statutes and bye-laws of the company
2. Ensure compliance with best Corporate Governance Practices
3. Provide efficient and effective legal support services
4. Ensure the Company is legally protected in all its transactions, with customers and other third parties
5. Ensure that the business of the company is conducted in accordance with its objects as contained in its memorandum of association, articles of association, and Board Charter and advise the CEO and other executives in respect of the legal matter
6. Convening and management of all General Body, Board, and Board
7. Committee meetings including scheduling meetings, drafting and obtaining approval for agendas, collating and distributing working papers and presentations, preparing minutes of the meeting and Follow-up action trackers, and monitoring compliance with the action items
8. Maintaining key corporate documents and records including all statutory registers, general body and board approvals, meeting trackers, attendance sheets, and Board member information;
9. Manage the board’s annual self-evaluation process through a third party
10. Assist the Nominations committee in board members’ skill gap analysis and identification of possible candidates for filling casual vacancies
11. Responsible for all statutory filings of forms with regulators including SECP (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan) and EAD (Economic Affairs Division) along with filling for approvals for associated companies, addition or deletion of a Board Member, etc.;
12. Prepare Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual reporting on all governance-related matters for CEO and donors’ consumption
13. Ensure achievement of log frame targets related to corporate governance and board-related matters.
14. Provide legal input on employment contracts, policies, vendor contracts, grant agreements, and debt/equity transaction documents, with the help of external counsels if required
15. Review and assign litigation matters to external counsel based on the similarity of issues in question, i.e., Point of law, dispute, provincial law, relevant courts, etc.
16. Review all Agreements/ Contracts to analyze and identify recurring disputed matters on defaults/ disputes and strengthen relevant contract clauses to preempt future liabilities.

Qualification/Experience/Other Skills: L.L.B. / L.L.M.
Minimum 7-10 years of relevant work experience required

Interested candidates can apply at [email protected]

Hilal Foods Private Limited Jobs Head of Legal