CS & LLB | Investment Banking Advisory firm

HR Equity Talent Hiring Partners; Kolkata; Presencial; INR 800.000 - 1.600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HR Equity Talent Hiring Partners seeks a qualified Company Secretary (ICSI Associate/Fellow) with LL.B. to join a dynamic investment banking advisory practice in India.

The role blends core CS compliance with active involvement in live deal transactions, including drafting, due diligence, and risk assessment. The candidate should excel in drafting, research, and cross-team collaboration, with a strong grasp of the Companies Act and MCA21 processes.

Formación

• Qualified Company Secretary (ICSI Associate/Fellow).
• LL.B. or B.A. LL.B. degree.
• 3–4 years post-qualification experience in corporate secretarial practice.
• Working knowledge of the Companies Act and MCA21 portal.
• Strong drafting, research, and analytical communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare, review and file MCA/ROC forms (PAS-3, SH-7, MGT-14, CHG-1).
• Coordinate Board, Committee and General Meetings: agendas, notices, minutes.
• Manage share capital changes and dematerialisation with depositories (NSDL/CDSL).
• Maintain statutory registers, records, and annual compliance calendar across client and group entities.
• Support Merger & Acquisition deal structuring and prepare Information Memorandums.
• Draft term sheets, SPAs, SHAs, SSAs, and other transaction documents.
• Review transaction documents for corporate law compliance and enforceability.
• Work with the deal team to identify and mitigate legal/compliance risks.
• Note: this is a documentation-support role; not legal counsel.

Conocimientos

Company Secretary

LL.B.

Corporate law

Drafting & documentation

Research ability

Educación

ICSI Associate/Fellow

LL.B. or B.A. LL.B.

Herramientas

MCA21 portal

Descripción del empleo

Job Description: Company Secretary (CS + LLB)

The company is an investment banking advisory firm that helps small and medium enterprises across India access growth capital, execute M&A transactions, and prepare for capital markets, including SME IPOs. We are looking for a driven, detail-oriented professional to join our growing team.

Position: Company Secretary

Experience: 3–4 years

A qualified Company Secretary (ICSI Member) with an LL.B. / B.A. LL.B. degree and 3–4 years of relevant experience in corporate secretarial practice, statutory compliance, and transaction-related documentation.

This is fundamentally a Company Secretary role embedded within an investment banking advisory practice — not an in-house legal counsel position. The LL.B. qualification is valued for the depth it brings to transaction documentation: a stronger grasp of corporate law and Companies Act provisions that makes deal documents, filings, and agreements more legally sound and water-tight. The candidate will not be expected to represent the firm as legal counsel, appear before any authority as an advocate, or handle litigation — the legal background is meant to strengthen document quality and interpretation, applied alongside the deal team, not in a standalone counsel capacity.

Job Role

A dynamic, dual-focus role combining core Company Secretarial compliance work with active involvement in investment banking transactions. Strong command over regular CS compliance is a must and forms the foundation of this role. However, the candidate should not expect the position to be restricted to routine compliance work — it demands an adaptable, deal-oriented mindset, with core CS and legal expertise applied first-hand across live transactions, evolving in scope and complexity from one deal to the next.

Key Responsibilities

1. Company Secretarial Practice & Compliance (Core Foundation)

• Independently preparing, reviewing, and filing MCA/ROC forms (e.g., PAS-3, SH-7, MGT-14, CHG-1), with a clear understanding of the compliance implications behind each filing.
• End-to-end coordination of Board, Committee, and General Meetings — including agendas, notices, board notes, and minutes.
• Managing share capital changes, allotments, and dematerialisation of shares with depositories (NSDL/CDSL).
• Maintaining statutory registers, records, and the annual compliance calendar across client and group entities.

2. Transaction & Deal Advisory (Core Differentiator)

• Supporting Merger & Acquisition deal structuring, including entity and capital structure design.
• Preparing Information Memorandums for investment banking mandates.
• Conducting research across public domain sources, legal databases, and the MCA portal, and drawing strategic conclusions to support deal evaluation and due diligence.
• Drafting term sheets, Share Purchase Agreements (SPAs), Shareholders' Agreements (SHAs), Share Subscription Agreements (SSAs), and other transaction-related documents.
• Reviewing and strengthening transaction documents from a corporate law and Companies Act standpoint, ensuring they are legally sound and enforceable.
• Working closely with the deal team to identify and mitigate legal and compliance risks embedded in transaction structures.
• This is a documentation-support and advisory function — the role does not involve representing the company as legal counsel or acting as an advocate in any proceeding.

What We Expect From You

• An open mindset, with the willingness to move beyond routine compliance and take on dynamic, deal-driven responsibilities as they arise.
• Comfort working across multiple live transactions simultaneously, with the ability to adapt as each deal's requirements evolve.
• A genuine interest in investment banking, deal structuring, and transaction documentation, not just secretarial compliance.
• Strong research orientation — comfortable drawing conclusions from public domain, legal, and regulatory sources to support deal decisions.

Qualifications

• Qualified Company Secretary (Associate/Fellow Member of ICSI).
• LL.B. or B.A. LL.B. degree.
• 3–4 years of relevant post-qualification experience in corporate secretarial practice and/or transaction documentation.
• Working knowledge of the Companies Act, corporate law provisions, and MCA21 portal ecosystem.
• Strong drafting, research, and analytical skills, with clear written and verbal communication.