Aashish K Bhatt
Faridabad
Summary
Senior Corporate Counsel, Company Secretary, Compliance Professional, Corporate Governance Professional and CPA with over 16 years of experience in these domains and worked for larger Corporates having a Consolidated turnover exceeding $25 Billion.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Board Secretary and Legal Compliance Manager
YK Almoayyed Group
2018.10 - 2023.05
- Implemented best Corporate Governance practices, including formulating more than ten policies, charters, procedures, four committees, and manuals as required for implementing and ensuring regulatory Compliances and Risk Management
- Advised on improvement of Accounting System resulting in process becoming 30% faster
- Finalized more than fifteen regulatory filings in year, including filing Corporate Governance Report, Economic Substance Reports, Economic Survey Reports in compliance with statutory regulations
- Spearheaded Drafting and Finalizing for 2-3 International Joint Ventures worth $30 Million Agreements after carefully considering special terms
- Completed Merger of three Group Companies in compliance with Ministry of Industry and Commerce regulations
- Coordinated for business contract drafting, reviewing, vetting, and all types of Agreements, including Dealership Agreements, Vendor Agreements, IT Agreements, Marketing Agreements, NDAs more than 150 Agreements in year and obtaining License from the Ministry
- Streamlined Compliance Program for Company and eight operating departments considering Horizon in which Company operates
- Conducted comprehensive legislative research on new laws, identifying potential impacts on company operations, and advised recommendations to Management
- Assessed optimal corporate structure for more than 20 Group Companies
- Evaluated Legal Strategies for Important Legal Cases valuing around BD $ 1Million including Arbitration cases
- Supervision of Team Members in relation to legal cases and legal Audit of the Company
- Conducted around fifteen Nos
- Board, Shareholders and other Committee Meetings, events with Invitation Packs, Agenda, Minutes, Record Storage, Registers, and other logistics required through Board Software applications.
Corporate Secretary
Key Point Group
2018.02 - 2018.10
- Formulated Compliance program for Company and 3 other Group Companies, including Board and Shareholders meeting
- Performed provision of Trustee Services to more than four clients
- Facilitated Client onboarding process signing letter of Intent and other Due Diligence documents
- Prepared detailed studies for corporate laws including Commercial Companies Law of Bahrain, Central Bank of Bahrain’s Rule book, and Anti Money Laundering Policies/FATCA laws and Policies thereunder.
Company Secretary and Sr. Manager Legal
Soma Roadis Group
2015.09 - 2018.02
- Review and Finalization of Shareholders Agreements, Finance Agreements, Debt/Loan Agreements with consortium of 14 Public Sector Banks
- Performed FEMA Compliances for Foreign Direct Investment received worth $ 483 Million from Foreign Holding Companies from time to time
- Established Corporate Governance Framework under Company Law, Secretarial Standards for Four SPVs including Board Committees like Audit Committee, CSR Committee, forming policies, and training Directors regarding same
- Filing of statutory forms and documents with ROC on name change, increase of Share capital, change of Directors and other events
- Advised on CSR, Sexual Harassment guidelines, Reserve maintenance provision, Director’s remuneration and other provisions as applicable to the Company.
Company Secretary
IL&FS Technologies Limited
2012.11 - 2015.09
- Spearheaded Private Placement Investment from Leading IT Company in Company handling all Compliance and Due Diligence in relation to same(investment worth $12 Million)
- Administered FEMA Compliances in relation to Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) and Overseas Direct Investment(ODI) in Philippines & UAE ($20 Million)
- Analyzed and prepared detailed checklist of newly introduced Companies Act 2013 and Secretarial Standards highly appreciated for uniqueness and content
- Executed transfer of Shares worth $ 10 Million from Resident Shareholder to Non-Resident Shareholder
- Administered Proposals, Investors Agreement, Consortium Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding, concerning five government projects secured by Company
- Coordinated for Incorporating one foreign subsidiary Company in DMCC, UAE and arranging for closure of another subsidiary in Delaware, U.S.A
- Evaluated and reviewed all RFPs of Government Projects for around 20-30 RFPs in year.
Deputy Manager
Lanco Group
2011.07 - 2012.09
- Listed-NSE & BSE, Monitored Compliances for main listed entity compliances including compliances under Companies Act, SEBI Guidelines, Listing Agreement, FEMA with a Consolidated turnover of $ 1.20 Billion
- Ensured Corporate Compliance, secretarial audits, and peer Audit reviews for portfolio of 14 group companies.
Company Secretary
Action Construction Equipment Limited, BSE
2008.02 - 2011.07
- Executed important corporate events such as issuance of convertible warrants (worth $12 Million), preferential Equity Shares (worth $20Million)
- Ensured regular Board and Shareholders meetings and Compliances under Companies Act, SEBI Guidelines FEMA Guidelines for four Group Companies
- Negotiated legal Agreements/documents such as Financing Agreements, lease agreements, power of attorney, authority letters, Corporate Guarantees, more than 150 in Nos
- In year
- Managed Compliance of SEBI(LODR), ESOP Regulations, Insider Trading Regulations, SEBI(SAST) Regulation, FEMA Regulations, Stock Exchanges Compliance.
Assistant Company Secretary
Life Business Projects Private Limited
2007.05 - 2008.02
- Established Compliance framework for portfolio of companies for 15 group companies.
Education
Certified Public Accountant -
AICPA
USA02.2023
LLB - Legal Studies
Dr. B R Ambedkar University
Agra06.2013
Company Secretary(CS) - Corporate Laws
Institute of Company Secretaries of India
India05.2007
Skills
- Compliance Management
- Contract Management
- Corporate Governance
- Joint Venture
- Merger and Amalgamation
- Legal Research
- Company Law
- FEMA
- Secretarial Standards
- MS Office
- Corporate Affairs
- Finance
- Legal Counsel
- Arbitration
Accomplishments
- Company Secretary, ICSI, India
- Accomplishments
- Spearheaded Corporate Secretariat Department of the large Companies including large, listed Companies, Joint Ventures and Conglomerate businesses and Subsidiaries
- Negotiated and Finalized volumes of business agreements which included agreements in relation to Finance, IT, Trust, Dealership, Marketing and other agreements
- Accomplished Corporate events for the Company like Private placements of Shares, Bonus Issues, Mergers, Amalgamations, Joint Ventures, Split of Shares
- Establishing Corporate Governance Framework within the Company including formation of Committees and Policies
- Certifications
- Oct 2014 to
- Nov 2014
- Advance Contract Management Certification from Thomson Reuters, Contact
- Address
- T-24, Flat No
- 304, Park Floors-II, Sector-76, Faridabad, India 121004
Certification
Advanced Contract Drafting from Thomson Reuters
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Board Secretary and Legal Compliance Manager
YK Almoayyed Group
2018.10 - 2023.05
Corporate Secretary
Key Point Group
2018.02 - 2018.10
Company Secretary and Sr. Manager Legal
Soma Roadis Group
2015.09 - 2018.02
Company Secretary
IL&FS Technologies Limited
2012.11 - 2015.09
Deputy Manager
Lanco Group
2011.07 - 2012.09
Company Secretary
Action Construction Equipment Limited, BSE
2008.02 - 2011.07
Assistant Company Secretary
Life Business Projects Private Limited
2007.05 - 2008.02
Certified Public Accountant -
AICPA
LLB - Legal Studies
Dr. B R Ambedkar University
Company Secretary(CS) - Corporate Laws
Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Advanced Contract Drafting from Thomson Reuters
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