N ilakshiChoudhu ry

M: +91-987*******

E: n ilakshi_choudhu abw1j3@r.postjobfree.com

A result-oriented professional with over 10 years of qualitative experience in the field of

S trategic planning, Performance and productivity improvement, Legal Compliance,

Corporate Law, Regulatory Affairs, Statutory Compliance, Labour Laws, Team-building,

Leadership, Investor and board relations, Oral and wri t ten communications, Problem-

solving and decision-making.

Professional Key Skills / KRAs across

Corporate Governance, Merger & De-merger, Legal: Drafting and vetting of commercial

agreements, Contract Drafting/vetting/management, Compliance, Legal Audit,

Corporate and Legal Compliance, Legal Contracts, Agreements, Legal due diligence,

L abour laws, Taxation, Environmental laws, Foreign collaboration and Joint Ventures,

M RTP Act/Consumer Protection Act, Corporate & Commercial Legal Affairs entailing.

P rofessional Experience

Legal Counsel for SAARC operations. (01.11.2012-03.05.2013)

I NABENSA B HARAT (MNC) is a subsidia ry of I NSTALAC IONES

I NABENSA SA, Spain, A company integrated in Abengoa’s I ndustr ial

E ngineering and Control business unit, whose parent company is

A beinsa, which was established in 1994, ABENGOA, a company

established in 1941.Abengoa has worldwide presence in more than 70

count ries and having 26000 employees across the globe.

I NABENSA B HARAT is basically EPC industry, mainly executing

p rojects for H V DC T ransmission L ine, Railway Elect rification, Solar

E nergy and Telecommunication .

Designated as Legal Head with a team of four. Responsible for overall legal and

compliance related matters of the organization.

• Ensures adherence to legality in business activity and protect its legal

i nterests.

• Advising to the board of directors on various matters.

• Supervising the work of Company Secretary of the Company.

• Controls the adequacy of the draft legislation, Memorandum of

U nderstandings,orders, instructions, regulations and other legal acts,

w hich are prepared in the company, and if necessary take part in drafting

t hese documents.

• Prepares opinions on legal questions arising in the course of business.

• Provides methodical management of legal work for the company, to provide

legal assistance to Departments in claims, preparation and t ransmission of

t he necessary materials to judicial and arbitral bodies.

• Represent company in court, arbitration, and other state and public

organizations in the process of considering legal issues.

• The head of the analysis and generalization of the results of claims, judicial

and arbitration cases and the practice of making and implementing

agreements.

• Develops proposals to eliminate violations of contract terms in supplying

p roducts, shortcomings and improve production and economic-financial

activity.

• Controls the observance of the company legally established order of product

acceptance.

• Prepares opinions on proposals for bringing employees to disciplinary and

material liability.

• Participates in developing and negotiating terms of business contracts and

supervise their implementation, t raining and collective bargaining, and in

t he development and implementation of measures to strengthen labor

d iscipline in the enterprise.

• Organizes of reference and information work on legislation and regulations

w ith the use of means, including legislation.

• Administers the work of cancellation or changes of such invalid, orders and

regulations issued by the company.

• Provides necessary information on current legislation and the organization

of the company

official’s acquaintance with regulations relating to their activities.

• Develops proposals on improvement of economic and financial activity.

• Supervises department employees.

Corporate Legal Consultant July’ 11 – October’12

Sr.Associate at Vaish Associates Advocates Gu rgaon.

(A reputed law fi rm in India in Taxation and Corporate matters).

• Drafted compliance manual on Corporate Law, General Law, Labour laws,

E nvironmental Laws, Tax laws for client company which has been used by

M CA in its portal.

• D rafting and vetting of legal documents, commercial agreement, lease

agreement etc.

• Incorporations of companies.

• Certifications and filing of various forms with the Ministry of Corporate

a ffairs.

• Legal due diligence for companies for takeover.

• Certifications of compliance report, annual retu rns.

• Computation of tax payable, payment of advance tax, computation of

deduction of tax at

source, filing of forms. Sales Tax/VAT, Service Tax: Registration.

• Project financing through banks and private financers.

• Advising corporate on labor laws, compliances under legal metrology act.

• Have worked closely with the JRI (Japan Research Insti tu te) for the DMIC

(Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor) project.

• Worked closely with the M inistry of Corporate Affairs of India on

p reparation of the new Company Bill.

Worked as an external consultant for BLB L imi ted and P.G Electroplast

L imited.Have also worked as a part t ime faculty for the Institute of Company

Secretaries of India, for their Gurgaon Chapter and the ICFAI Management

I nsti tute, Gurgaon.

Caltex Gas I ndia Pvt Ltd- Manager Secretarial and Legal Administration

( June’08-April’09) Chennai

A Chevron Company – One of the world largest oil and petroleum manufacturing MNC

head office located at San Ramon in the US and declared as world’s biggest revenue

generating organization in the year 2008.My responsibilities included

• To work with the regional legal office based out of Singapore for

s tandardization of all the agreements and deployment of the same with

respective BU for effective use of a standard format-to provide checklist on

how the same can be used.

• Assist in drafting and vetting of agreements etc. by following the CVX

(Chevron's) standards stated in the company's policy

• Render support in ensuring legal compliance in regular business operations

by co-coordinating with Business Units and Government authorities.

• To conduct four secretarial audit in a year. Forward the minutes to all

d irectors at the end of each quarter regularly. Help in co- ordination of

Secretarial audit and obtain a clean report

• Extend support to Business Development -secretarial and related matters.

On time Preparation and filing of various forms and returns under the

Companies Act for Chevron companies in India.

• Follow up with advocates on various li tigation cases, Sec 138 cases,

recovery cases and providing necessary support and render assistance in

handling legal cases and legal notices filed in LPG/lubricants/petroleum

B U in India.

• Creation of Documentary Repository' for all critical documents for easy

retrieval.

• To implement a system for t racking and recording of all DOA/POA, i ts

validity, communication process if it cancelled subsequently.

• Maintenance and renewal of insurance policies, ensuring t imely renewals

and ensure pending claims and refunds are collected.

• Coordination with the RBI, Foreign Exchange Department for t ransactions

relating to filing FCGRP forms for inward remittance.

• Dealing with KPMG and PWC for financial and tax audit.

• To comply with the various labor laws.

FoxMandalLittle& Associate - Associate (Jul ’05- May ’08)

Chennai

A leading and reputed legal fi rm in India having its branches across the globe. My area

of work included:

• Compliances with the procedural steps of Mergers & Acquisition.

• Drafting of Joint Venture agreements and checking i ts legality and restrictive

clause on behalf of various Corporate, Govt. and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

• Executed incorporations of Companies. Also dealt with various corporate clients

f rom China, Srilanka, United K ingdom, and USA.

• Prepared due diligence report for few private corporate that is into Media and

E ntertainment, Technology Solution Park and Manufacturing Industry.

• Checking the legality and restr ictive clause of a lease agreement of construction

Companies and sale deeds of few Companies.

• Relationship management with external authorities.

• Drafting &vetting of Non-Disclosure Agreements and Master Service Agreements

for the corporate clients.

• Filing forms for inward remit tance and Share t ransfer forms and deeds.

• Alteration of the Memorandum & Ar ticles of Association of the companies for

change in the name and object clause.

• Procedural steps for initial public offer (IPO issues) for companies.

• Filing of various e-forms with the M inistry of Corporate affairs.

• Comply with the labor laws of Client Company.

• Giving legal opinion on various tax related issues.

Fortune B Solutions I ndia - Chief Manager ( Sep’02 – Jun’05 )

Delhi

A broking fi rm providing 24X7 online Web Trading Platform in Bullions and

Commodities dealing in spot & future contracts with Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Operates in 43 countries with 247 branches, 97 in India .My responsibilities included

• Managing a team of 8 Business Managers

• Help the company in setting up two offices in North East and assign 8 franchise

offices in the North East.

• Maintaining client relationship. Advice the clients on new investments, review of

existing investments, identification of objectives, recommending high yielding

securities etc.

• Research based activities like conducting market and economic surveys, financial

analysis, study the stock market and the industry and then decision taken about

t he type of portfolio

• Risk t ransformation-distributing r isk through diversification, which

substantially reduces r isk.

• Market research through the various fundamental and technical analysis and

i nvesting the fund where a good return can be derived with lesser r isk

• Recruiting the executives and providing them t raining

• Business generation in assigned ter r i tory through sales channels such as:

channels, agency teams, direct teams

• Maximize own share of business in channels. Support business souring by

coordinating regular t raining programs

• Ensure adherence to defined processes

• Motivation of sales channels for growth in business generation

• Evolve, drive and manage sales promotional activities

• Provide constant feedback on company's offerings and market intelligence

Academic Chronicle

• Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, 2007.

• In termediate from ICSI, 2002.

• Master’s in Business Administration with Finance & IB specialization from All

I ndia Management Association, 2002.

• L L.B from Guwahati University,2007

• Bachelor of Commerce from Guwahati Commerce College, Guwahati

U niversity 2000 (First Class with honors in Accountancy

Personal Details

• Date of Bi r th 10th Sep 1978

• Languages known English, H indi, Assamese & Bengali

• Phone (012*-*******, 987-***-****

• Email abw1j3@r.postjobfree.com

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