Our Client and the Role:
Our Client is an expanding and established professional services company that delivers real solutions designed to meet the requirements of the business and boardroom. Their vision is to be the ?Trusted Adviser? to executive board members and boards and they focus on key areas of activity:
As well as offering board level strategy and implementation they provide a range of executive recruitment solutions servicing an extensive client base including many FTSE and Fortune 500 corporations.
The Role:
Our client is now seeking a qualified or part qualified Lawyer/Company Secretary to join their prestigious offices based in Bedfordshire. This exciting opportunity will entail a vast amount of responsibility in the following areas:-
· Maintenance and upkeep of company books, statutory filings, meeting/AGM formalities, taking and formalising notices, minutes, agendas, proxies, dividend and shareholder information and liaison, collating matters for discussion and sending forms within prescribed times
· Advise on all disputes and litigation
· Acting as the ?conscience and legal officer? of the Company
· Consider optimum application of new laws, especially the incoming Companies Act, Directors? duties, possibility of new articles etc
· Advise the Directors and staff on legal issues as they arise in operations
· Draft and deal with all contracts and agreements, check others? drafts, keep/develop precedent database
· Keep the NDA register and storage up to date
· Point of liaison with Companies House and Information Commissioner
· Safely and securely store/keep all corporate information
Additional responsibilities will involve managing the Human Resources function, Company Insurance, Health and Safety and additional ad hoc duties.
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Knowledge and Skills:

Ideally the successful applicant will be a qualified Chartered Secretary, or Company Secretary or be nearing completion of the ICSA exams, with a good academic background and some legal experience.

Your experience should have ideally be gained either within a professional services firm and you will have the ability to develop and communicate sound legal arguments

You will have demonstrable first class leadership and relationship skills and be able to communicate effectively at all levels within our client?s business.

The basic salary will be around the £55-65k mark and there is an excellent range of benefits.
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Note:

To be employed in the United Kingdom you need to have all proper documentation which allows you the legal right to work in the UK. It is also illegal to employ anyone in the UK without the proper authorisation. Please do not apply for this job if your status is not appropriate.

Services advertised by rpc Search and Selection, a Division of Resource Planning Consultants Ltd are those of an Employment Agency and / or Employment Business as defined under The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.