Aashish k Bhatt

• · Successfully carried role of Board Secretary, Corporate Governance Officer, Compliance Manager, and Legal Manager and handling activities mentioned under key deliverables as Company Secretary.
• Conducted around15 Nos. Board, Shareholders and other Committee Meetings with their Agenda, Minutes and other logistics required.
• Designed and Implemented Corporate Governance Framework from scratch, including formulating various more than policies, procedures, committees, and manuals as required for implementing and ensuring regular Compliances.
• Delivered various reports, including Corporate Governance Report to be filed with Ministry.
• Spearheaded Drafting and Finalizing for 2-3 International Joint Ventures worth $30 Million Agreements after carefully considering special terms.
• Implemented Merger of Group Companies.
• Collaborated for reviewing, vetting, and finalizing National and International all types of Agreements, including Dealership Agreements, NDAs etc. up to 200 Agreements in year.
• Streamlining development of Compliance Program for Company considering Horizon in which Company operates.
• Analyzing and providing insights on various laws whenever required by Management.
• Assessed and Implemented optimal Corporate structure for Group
• Evaluated Legal Strategies for Important Legal Cases.

• Established Compliance program for Company and 3 other Group Companies, including Board and Shareholders meeting.
• Performed provision of Trustee Services to clients.
• Analyzing and Comprehensive study of Commercial Companies Law of Bahrain, various volumes of Central Bank of Bahrain Rule book, and Anti Money Laundering Policies/FATCA laws and Policies thereunder.
• Successfully converted companies from one category to another category (for Banking Companies) under Central Bank of Bahrain Rule book.

• Review and Finalization of Shareholders Agreements, Finance Agreements with consortium of 14 Public Sector Banks.
• Performed FEMA Compliances for Foreign Direct Investment received from Foreign Holding Companies from time to time.
• Coordinating successfully with Registrar and Share Transfer agent for DEMAT of shares of Company.
• Collaborated with Spanish/Canadian holding Companies to ensure Compliance.
• Established Corporate Governance Framework by establishing various Board Committees, forming important policies, and training Directors regarding same.
• Developed various policies and formulated committees under Companies Act 2013 and advising Board of Directors on various matters from time to time under Companies Act, Secretarial Standards etc.

• Spearheaded Private Placement Investment from Leading IT Company in Company handling all Compliance and Due Diligence in relation to same(investment up to
• Administered FEMA Compliances in relation to Foreign Direct Investment as well as Overseas Direct Investment.
• Analyzed and prepared detailed checklist of newly introduced Companies Act 2013 and Secretarial Standards
• Reviewing Request for Proposals, Consortium Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Memorandum of Understanding etc.., concerning the projects secured by the Company.
• Incorporating a foreign subsidiary of the Company in DMCC, UAE and arranging for the closure of the subsidiary of the Company in Delaware, U.S.A., which went into losses.
• Detailed review of all the RFPs of Government Projects.
• Providing Insights on Legal Positions on Important Matters.

1. Managing main listed entity compliances including compliances under Companies Act, SEBI Guidelines, Listing Agreement etc.

2. Looking after the other 14 Group Companies.

3. Conducted secretarial audits of the group companies.

4. Handled closure of the Venture Companies which were registered with SEBI.

• Handled important Corporate events such as issuance of convertible warrants, preferential Equity Shares, Split of Shares, Bonus issues, Rights Issues, Employee Stock plans, mergers, Postal Ballot etc
• For the main listed entity
• Handled all the regular Compliances for the Companies Act, SEBI Guidelines etc
• Prepared/vetted legal documents such as lease agreements, power of attorney, authority letters, Corporate Guarantees, etc
• And managed Litigation with external Lawyers' Help
• Managing Board/Shareholders Meetings and Ensuring Compliance and Corporate Governance Framework under Applicable Laws
• Handled all the contractual agreements on behalf of the Group Companies

• Managing Compliances for a group of companies, including preparation of minutes, agendas, notices, ROC filings, increase in authorised share capital, the audit of group companies etc.