Manager Management

Azim N Shaikh

LEGAL, COMPLIANCE&CONTRACTS MANAGER

Legal assessment& documentation Compliance Business Administration

Instinctive and meticulous Legal, Compliance, Accounting and Business expertwith over 7 years of experience with medium-scaleto large scale businesses such as Power Plants/Power Generation, International Property Consultants, Facilities Management, Project Management, Copper manufacturing, Engineering & Food industry. Outstanding research, documentation, vetting, analytical & negotiating capabilities.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial agreements, Sales, Purchase, Service & Software Licensing agreements.

Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contracts.

Facilities Management Contracts.

Project Management Contracts.

Non-Disclosure Agreements.

Master Service Agreements.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU’s)

Lease Agreements.

Associate Agreements.

Vendor Agreements.

Referral Agreements.

Supplemental Agreements.

Addendums.

Consulting Agreements.

RFP & BID documents.

Purchase Orders& Work Order.

Letter of Intent& Engagement Letters.

Affidavits &Power of attorneys.

Filing various licenses, Annual Reports and notifications and its renewal in various States across USA.

Filing Form 8k, Form 5, Form 10-K & 10-Q, etc.

Formation of LLC, LLP, Corporations, etc. in various States and filing requisite forms.

Maintaining Statutory Registers & Records

Notice and Agendas for Board and General Member meetings.

Filing Proxy Statement.

Convening Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).

Recording Minutes of the Board and Shareholders Meetings.

Passing Board and General Resolutions.

Director and annual reports

Compliance auditing related to the Preferential Allotment of Shares.

Business relocation registration report

Increase in Authorized Share capital

Transfer of shares report

Allotment of shares report

Sales Tax Management & Filing on Avalara.

Compliance related to FCPA (USA).

Framing various internal policies & Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for various departments.

Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PPT), E-Oscar, Epicor & SAP Knowledge, PeopleSoft and Crystal Reports.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Accountant – Maxon Lift Corporation (September 2015 – till date).

Reporting – General Manager. Joined as a temp associate working for – Accountemps (Robert Half Staffing Company)

Drafting, redlining & negotiating various legal documents, NDA, Commercial agreements, PO, Work Order, IPR and related Agreements.

Compliance of various labor and general laws.

Filing various licenses, Annual reports & notifications and its renewal in various States across USA.

Advising Senior Management on various complex legal issues and contract negotiations.

Negotiating with Clients and Vendors on various contract terms & conditions and resolving conflicts.

Incorporation of LLP in Canada and other States across USA.

Sales Tax Management, Reconciliation & Filing on Avalara.

Warranty Compliances& Warranty Claim payment.

Generating reports for senior management.

Processing Return Material Authorizations (RMA).

Preparing A/R Aging & Summary reports.

Warranty payouts verifications.

Manager – Legal & Company Secretary, DB Power Limited (November 2014 – February 2015)

Reporting –Executive Vice President (Finance).

Responsible for the meticulous documentation and management of various legal, compliance, secretarial, Securities market and business activities.

Acquisition/renewal of 25+ licenses.

Drafting/serving of 50+ legal notices.

Compliance related to the loan application and allotment of over $2 Billion and filing Forms with Securities Exchange Board.

Issue of Preference Shares amounting to $ 5 Million to the foreign entities and filing formalities.

Maintaining various Registers as required under the statutory rules and regulations.

Filing Form 8k, Form 5, Form 10-K & 10-Q, Form 3, 4, 5 DIR-12, Companies & LLP incorporation forms, etc.

Filing Forms 20A, 20B, 21 AA & 21B.

Compliance related to Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (US)

Attending 50+ court hearings at High Courts, Civil courts and Consumer Forums.

Preparing Bid Documents and applying for various tenders.

Holding and Convening Board and General Meetings of the Shareholders.

Issue of Share Certificates.

Coordinating and finalizing deal with Fortune 500 listed company.

Filing Forms for annual returns, quarterly statements and Current records.

Filing Proxy Statement.

Manager - Compliance, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Limited (December 2013 – November 2014)

Reporting – Director - Commercial & Compliance

Responsible for the drafting and management of various legal documents for the business and maintaining legal database.

Standardization of agreements, fee letters, NDA, MSA, engagement letters, Letter of Intent, Purchase Orders, Power of Attorney, and Work Orders.

Drafting 15+ Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for various horizontals within the organization (Legal, Secretarial, HR, etc.).

Drafting of 15+ policy documents relevant at the internal, state and/or global level.

Filing 25+ suits for the company at various courts across India.

Drafting 100+ Agreements, NDA, MSA & Supplemental Agreements

Liaison with lawyers in 50+ court cases.

Acquiring 10+ licenses for the company and its renewal.

Drafting/serving of 50+ legal notices for and on behalf of the company.

Attending 15+ court hearings for the company at High and Civil courts and Consumer Forums.

Preparing MIS and maintaining 50,000+ record database of ongoing litigation cases.

Preparing 25+ reports for the senior management.

Preparing and filing RFP & BID Documents.

Filing Form 8k, Form 5, Form 10-K & 10-Q, etc.

Filing Proxy Statement.

Compliance related to Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (US)

Manager – Legal & Compliance, Marco Industries (November 2010 – December 2013)

Reporting – CFO

Filing 50+ suits for the company at various courts across India.

Liasoning with lawyers for 15+ court cases.

Acquiring 10+ licenses for the company and its renewal.

Drafting/serving of 10+ legal notices for the company.

Attending 10+ court hearings for the company at High & Civil courts.

Filing Form 8k,Form 5, 3, Form 10-K & 10-Q, etc.

Filing Proxy Statement

Asst. Manager –Legal & Compliance, Nissan Cooper Ltd.(May 2009 – November 2010)

Reporting – Head – Legal & Company Secretary.

Responsible for various legal requirements for the business.

Attending 15+ court hearings for the company at High Court and Civil courts.

Liasoning with 5 lawyers for various court matters.

Filing 30+ suits/attending matters with Consumer Courts.

Acquiring 20+ licenses for the company and its renewal.

Drafting/serving of 30+ legal notices for the company.

Drafting of 100+ agreements, MOU’s, NDA.

Incorporation of a new company.

Creation of charge.

Formation of LLC.

Drafting Directors Reports, Annual reports.

GDR issues and related formalities

Renewal of 10+ licenses.

RBI/FEMA compliances

PROFESSIONAL / ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Associate Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries of India (Membership No. - ACS 33671).

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, University of Mumbai, India (Equivalent to Juris Doctor Degree in Law, USA).

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, University of Mumbai, India.

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