Head - Legal - BFSI/Healthcare (7-15 yrs)

Head of Legal

About The Role:

As the Head of Legal, you will lead and oversee the organization's legal, regulatory, and compliance functions, ensuring proactive and comprehensive legal guidance to safeguard the company's interests. You will play a critical role in maintaining legal integrity, managing risk, and enhancing compliance framework.

- Compliance Leadership: Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and statutes, implementing a robust and efficient 360-degree legal function across the organization.

- Compliance Calendar Management: Develop, maintain, and oversee a compliance calendar to ensure timely fulfillment of regulatory obligations and deadlines.

- Stakeholder Liaison: Act as a primary legal point of contact with external stakeholders, including investors, regulators, legal advisers, auditors, and other relevant entities.

- Corporate Governance: Manage all secretarial aspects of board and shareholder meetings, ensuring accurate and timely preparation, review, and maintenance of related documentation.

- Contract & Agreement Management: Draft, negotiate, and review a variety of contracts and agreements, including NDAs and service agreements, safeguarding legal interests.

- Legal Compliance Monitoring: Oversee compliance reporting and ensure accurate maintenance of statutory registers and records.

- Regulatory Filings & Forms Management: Oversee and review statutory filings and documentation for relevant regulatory bodies, including MCA, RBI, IRDAI, and other authorities.

- Legal Due Diligence (LDD): Lead legal due diligence efforts, particularly during funding rounds, to ensure the company is well-positioned and compliant throughout the LDD process.

- Regulatory Monitoring & Adherence: Conduct regular audits and assessments to confirm compliance with legal and regulatory standards.

- Team Management: Supervise and mentor a team of professionals, including Company Secretaries and Lawyers, ensuring alignment with legal standards and best practice