Manager Legal, Secretarial & Compliance

Nido Machineries; Mumbai; Sur place; INR 3 000 000 - 6 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nido Machineries is seeking an experienced in-house Counsel to protect the company’s commercial and corporate interests while enabling fast business execution.

The role focuses on contract quality, governance, and a proactive compliance calendar, coordinating with Finance, HR, Operations and external specialists as needed.

The candidate should have 7–12+ years of relevant experience, an LLB, and exposure to CS is an advantage; strong negotiation and governance skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years of relevant experience in-house or corporate legal roles.
• LLB required; CS qualification exposure is a strong advantage.
• Strong commercial contracting and governance knowledge.

Responsabilités

• Review, draft and negotiate NDAs, customer/vendor agreements, service/AMC/MAS/rental contracts, channel/partner agreements and other commercial documents.
• Own company secretarial coordination, board/shareholder documentation, statutory registers/filings and governance calendar, with external CS support where required.
• Maintain corporate compliance calendar and coordinate closure with Finance, HR, Operations and external specialists.
• Manage legal notices, disputes, claims, documentation and external counsel.
• Support IP/confidentiality/trademark/patent coordination with Product/Engineering and external IP counsel.
• Create contract templates, clause playbooks, approval matrices and legal repositories.
• Support corporate transactions, fundraising/diligence and governance documentation when required.

Connaissances

Contract negotiation

Corporate governance

External counsel management

Company secretarial coordination

Formation

LLB degree

CS qualification exposure

Description du poste

Role mandate

Create an internal legal, secretarial and corporate-compliance owner who protects NIDOs commercial and corporate interests while enabling fast, practical business execution.

What success looks like

• Improve contract quality and turnaround for customer/vendor/partner agreements.
• Maintain clean corporate, board/shareholder and statutory governance.
• Create a reliable compliance calendar and legal-risk register.
• Reduce dependency on external counsel for routine matters while using specialists intelligently.
• Strengthen IP, confidentiality and dispute/documentation discipline.

Key responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate NDAs, customer/vendor agreements, service/AMC/MAS/rental contracts, channel/partner agreements and other commercial documents.
• Own company secretarial coordination, board/shareholder documentation, statutory registers/filings and governance calendar, with external CS support where required.
• Maintain corporate compliance calendar and coordinate closure with Finance, HR, Operations and external specialists.
• Manage legal notices, disputes, claims, documentation and external counsel.
• Support IP/confidentiality/trademark/patent coordination with Product/Engineering and external IP counsel.
• Create contract templates, clause playbooks, approval matrices and legal repositories.
• Support corporate transactions, fundraising/diligence and governance documentation when required.

Decision rights & boundaries

• Payroll statutory compliance remains Finance.
• HR/labour compliance remains HR with legal support.
• EHS/operational compliance remains Operations.
• Cybersecurity compliance remains Enterprise IT; Legal supports contractual/regulatory interpretation.
• Role is an enabling business counsel, not an approval bottleneck.

Ideal candidate profile

Practical in-house legal/compliance professional comfortable in B2B commercial contracts and company-secretarial/corporate governance coordination in a growing Indian company.

Experience & qualifications

• 7 - 12+ years relevant experience; LLB required. CS qualification/exposure is a strong advantage.
• Strong commercial contracting; manufacturing/technology/project/service agreements preferred.
• Working knowledge of Companies Act/corporate governance and compliance management.
• Ability to manage external counsel and prioritise risk pragmatically