Reporting to the Africa & Middle East General Counsel, the role will involve the following:
- Monitoring the day-to-day corporate administration for Africa & Middle East companies to ensure all relevant legal and statutory requirements are met.
- Implementing group procedures related to governance, including legal representatives, appointment delegation of authorities, and intellectual property rules.
- Drafting and vetting corporate resolutions for board meetings, committees, annual general meetings, and circular resolutions, and following up on action points.
- Assisting in the creation and dissolution of corporate bodies in the region, including drafting or reviewing articles of association, shareholders' agreements, and sale or purchase of shares agreements.
- Lodging required corporate forms and annual returns with appropriate departments.
- Managing changes of directors, registered offices, increase of capital, and general company secretariat functions.
- Preparing and submitting required corporate filings and assisting supervising attorneys with creation and dissolution of corporate entities.
- Keeping corporate entity registrations updated with authorities.
- Maintaining up-to-date group digital tools for recording corporate information.
- Liaising with public notaries for the completion of paralegal formalities.
Qualifications:
Minimum of a Master's degree in Law, preferably with knowledge of the common law system.
Experience and Skills:
- 5 to 10 years of experience in a corporate department or company secretary role.
- Effective delivery of top-quality corporate expertise.
- Professional command of legal French and legal English (spoken and written), with ability to translate both.
- Hands-on, detail-oriented, and able to function in a lean environment.
- Upholds the ethical standards of the legal profession.
- Team-oriented and works well in cross-functional teams.
- Proficient in personal computers, databases, word processing, and spreadsheet programs for legal research and documentation.
Additional Information:
We offer the opportunity to join a company committed to ecological transformation and leadership in this field.
What we offer:
- Opportunities for career growth within Veolia Headquarters and internationally.
- Participation in enriching projects beyond daily work.
- Commitment to a global social pact for employees.
- Reimbursements for urban transport subscriptions.
- 10 days of RTT in addition to 5 weeks of paid vacation.
- Company restaurant and meal vouchers for teleworking days.
- Profit-sharing.
Veolia Environnement SA values potential and encourages applications from all qualified candidates without discrimination.
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Department / Functional Area: Legal Affairs
Experience: 5-10 years
Vacancy: 1