Interim Company Secretary and Head of Legal
- Recruiter
- BCL Legal In House
- Location
- England, Cheshire
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 19 Oct 2016
- Closes
- 26 Oct 2016
- Ref
- MaL/51698/LD
- Job Title
- Solicitor
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Company / Commercial, Corporate
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
An opportunity exists for an immediately available General Counsel/ Company Secretary to join a listed business. Initially a 6 month assignment it is to stand in whilst they recruit on a permanent basis. Primarily reporting to the Finance Director the role will focus on:
· Legal: Providing comprehensive strategic legal advice on a wide range of commercial, contractual and corporate legal issues. You will also manage the company's relationships with its external legal advisers;
· Company Secretarial: A wide range of work including facilitating and attending all Board and Committee meetings, shareholder communication; production of the annual report and fulfilling all stock exchange obligations;
· Governance: Implementation of compliance and risk programmes that will ensure the company complies with all its legal and regulatory obligations including the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Listing Rules and other regulations;
It is envisaged that the successful candidate will have a strong commercial, corporate law or company secretarial background and be used to working at a senior level in a hands-on, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. This is a fast paced business which needs an experienced individual who able to convey pragmatism, real commercial and business acumen and provide an encompassing company secretarial support function.
Some degree of travel to London should be expected in this role.
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