Career Opportunities: Deputy Company Secretary for a listed company (5356)

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WHO YOU ARE:

• You are a meticulous and highly organised lawyer seeking a role of Deputy Company Secretary that offers both professional growth and a dynamic work environment and you appreciate to evolve in a multicultural environment, surrounded by passionate people.
• You have at least 6 years’ experience in a law firm or in a corporate legal team (excluding internship) with a good understanding of/exposure to other areas of legal practice such as finance and stock market law; a previous experience of managing Boards of Directors is of course a plus ;
• You have skills in: company law (essential); general private law; stock market law.
• You have excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills (in particular a non-hierarchical attitude, a spirit of collegiality and cooperation).
• You have a good understanding of legal processes and of what makes an internal function successful.
• You are comfortable managing certain tasks without close supervision.
• You have the ability to work in a fast paced environment
• You are able to use the Microsoft Office suite (MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word, SharePoint and Outlook) without difficulty.

Working in the corporate team, you will:

• Organize the Board (and committees) meetings and participate to them, including agendas, materials and taking minutes (manage Board assistant in the preparation of board schedules, check lists, coordination with other functions (IT, practical organization, electronic platform…).
• Assist in the preparation of the AGM of the main companies of the group.
• Identify developments in the rules and guidance in relation to corporate governance, legal and statutory responsibilities and regulatory requirements that will impact the legal entities and communicate them to the relevant audiences (Horizon scanning & implementation of new regulations).
• Ensure that advice is provided to the Boards of Directors on their legal and corporate responsibilities and matters of corporate governance (including listing mandates and shareholdings).
• Help develop corporate governance policies and procedures
• Act as the first point of contact for Non-Executive Directors for corporate governance matters, with responsibility for organising and overseeing the delivery of their induction and ongoing training.
• Ensure that the relevant records are maintained, and all the necessary notifications required by the FCA and AMF are provided in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and in particular Market Abuse Regulation, FCA Listing Rules and AMF Listing Rules and the french Afep-Medef governance code .
• Oversee market announcements and insider tracking.
• Maintain the necessary UK and French statutory company records and where necessary, ensure that filings are made in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain a Group Internal Governance Framework.
• Co-ordinate the delivery of Board evaluation exercises / self-assessment as appropriate and manage annual board fees award.
• Participate to the drafting of the URD (in particular of the governance chapter)
• Provide HR with assistance for the elaboration of a compensation policy aligned with laws and good governance practices
• Ensuring that processes are in place to deliver effective subsidiary company corporate governance.