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Work History
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Certification
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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
10.2018 - 05.2023
  • 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
02.2018 - 10.2018
  • 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
09.2015 - 02.2018
  • 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
11.2012 - 09.2015
  • 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
07.2011 - 09.2012
  • 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
02.2008 - 07.2011
  • 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
05.2007 - 02.2008
  • Established Compliance framework for portfolio of companies for 15 group companies.

Education

Certified Public Accountant -

AICPA
USA
02.2023

LLB - Legal Studies

Dr. B R Ambedkar University
Agra
06.2013

Company Secretary(CS) - Corporate Laws

Institute of Company Secretaries of India
India
05.2007

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
10.2018 - 05.2023

Corporate Secretary

Key Point Group
02.2018 - 10.2018

Company Secretary and Sr. Manager Legal

Soma Roadis Group
09.2015 - 02.2018

Company Secretary

IL&FS Technologies Limited
11.2012 - 09.2015

Deputy Manager

Lanco Group
07.2011 - 09.2012

Company Secretary

Action Construction Equipment Limited, BSE
02.2008 - 07.2011

Assistant Company Secretary

Life Business Projects Private Limited
05.2007 - 02.2008

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

Aashish K Bhatt