Legal Counsel & Company Secretary

About Amber:Long-term accommodation booking platform for students (think for student housing). Amber helps 80M+ students worldwide, find and book full-time accommodations near their universities, without the hassle of negotiation, non-standardized and cumbersome paperwork, and broken payment process. We are the largest and fastest-growing student housing platform globally, with 1M+ units listed in 6 countries and across 100+ cities. We are growing rapidly and targeting $2B in annual gross bookings.If you are passionate about making international mobility and living seamless and accessible, then - Join us in building the future of student Housing!Roles Overview:To strengthen our India Legal team, we are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, self-propelling Legal Counsel to cater to business needs as well as to other departments.Requirements:- Excellent knowledge of all the corporate laws including Companies Act, RBI compliance, etc. - Honesty and integrity with the highest standard of ethics is essential. - Brings a proactive, team-oriented approachKey-responsibilities:Company Secretarial (10% of scope)- Support at Board Meetings, Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting and - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) meetings. - Maintenance of statutory registers. - Filing of necessary forms with Registrar of Companies. - Act as a Company Secretary under Companies Act, 2013 if required to be appointed mandatorily.Corporate & Commercial (90% of scope)- Provide commercial and practical legal advice and support and advise on day-to-day commercial matters including issues arising with customers, vendors and other partners - Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial contracts and agreements keeping in mind the best interest of the company, internal requirements and local laws - Review, update and create precedent agreements and legal processes as need and appropriate - To advise and support dispute resolution processes - Provide training to the business on applicable legal and contractual issues. - Ensure company is functioning in compliance with applicable laws - Support and assist for handling of claims and/or internal investigations. - Researching and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the Company in its operating area /sector and industry - Assistance and working on protecting Intellectual properties of the company - Ensure compliance with foreign exchange laws for transactions outside India such as with RBI - Ensure compliance with ESG and CSR policies (if applicable) - Engaging with stakeholders to implement, manage and ensure timely statutory compliances by the Company and its subsidiaries overseas - Ensure compliance with various contracts entered by the Company with investors/lenders - Assisting and supporting various internal stakeholder meetings, corporate governance issues, etc. - Analyze requirements in relation to setting up any company overseas as per business requirementYou bring:- Min. qualification – LLB+ CS - Min/ 3 years of relevant experience as in-house legal counsel and/or at a law firm handling company matters. - Knowledge of contracts with governing laws of UK/US is preferred - Strong proficiency in the English language. - Excellent knowledge of all the corporate laws including the Companies Act, RBI compliance,

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