Legal Counsel
Resume:
ROSINE UMURERWA
EXPERIENCE
@ *********@*****.***
LANGUAGES
Legal Advisor & Company Secretary 10/2024 – To date Duterimbere IMF Plc.
• I provide expert guidance to the Board of Directors on their responsibilities and powers, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• My role involves advising on laws impacting shareholder and board meetings, preparing and maintaining accurate minutes, and ensuring timely submission of annual balance sheets and other statutory documents to the Registrar General and relevant entities.
• I oversee the drafting, negotiation, and review of legal agreements, advising management on compliance and strategic actions to mitigate legal risks.
• I maintain communication with branch managers and legal officers, establish effective record-keeping and tracking systems, and ensure implementation of Board and shareholder resolutions.
• I manage dispute resolution processes to safeguard the company's interests, oversee external legal counsel to ensure effective representation, and collaborate with key departments to align legal solutions with business objectives.
• I work on assessing and improving the Bank's legal procedures, providing proactive legal counsel, and addressing risks before they escalate. Associate 02/2023 – 10/2024
ENSafrica Rwanda
• Assisting with company secretarial services, including advising on corporate governance, compliance, record keeping, and drafting articles of association and shareholder and director resolutions.
• Assisting in company incorporation and carrying necessary Company amendments
• Carrying out company search, company name reservations, mortgage and security searches
• Conducting due diligence on major corporate transactions including share acquisition, loan transactions, mergers, company restructuring among others
• Reviewing and advising on different contracts including service agreements, employment, shareholder's agreements, sale and purchase agreements, loan agreements among others
• Drafting different legal opinions on various legal issues in different sectors including corporate, tax, employment, energy, banking, among others
• Drafting court submissions at different stages of cases and Filing cases on behalf of the clients through IECMS
• Drafting different legal documents including letters of comfort, memos, addendums among others
• Participate in negotiation, mediation and dispute settlement with clients English
French
Kinyarwanda
SKILLS
Legal Research Legal Writing
Policy analysis
Legal and regulatory compliance
Communication skills
Attention to details
Discretion and Confidentiality
Assistant Tax consultant 2 10/2021 - 02/2023
Ernest & Young Rwanda (EY)
• Assisted Clients in tax advisory
• Assisted clients in tax compliance and filing necessary tax returns
• Advised on transfer pricing and assisted in drafting transfer pricing documentations
• Conducted tax and accounting due diligence on major corporate transactions
• Attended to different tax health checks and prepared the reports advising clients on way forward
• Assisted reviewing different contracts with clients
• Drafted different proposals for bidding purposes EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma in legal practice 08/2021 - 03/2024 Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD) Kigali Bachelor's in laws with honor 05/2017 - 12/2021
University of Kigali Kigali
REFERENCE
Mr. Timothy N. Muriuki/Tax Manager at EY Rwanda
Email: *******.*.*******@**.**.*** / Tel: 078******* Mr. Emmanuel Rwigamba/ Assistant Manager at EY Rwanda Email: ********.********@**.**.*** / Tel: 078******* Mr. Dieudonee Nzafashwanayo/Senior Associate at ENS Africa Rwanda Email: **************@*********.*** /Tel:078******* I undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge, these data describe my qualifications and me.
UMURERWA Rosine
A-level certificate in MCB
01/2014 - 01/2016
Groupe scholaire notre dame de Lourdes BYIMANA Byimana
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