APAC Company Secretary (10 month Contract)
About this role:
APAC group company secretary in the Legal Entity Governance & Corporate Strategic Transactions Section providing support as a member of the Corporate Governance Team that is responsible for legal entity lifecycle management and governance, entity database management, corporate records maintenance and supporting strategic transactional work. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojob.com.
Primary responsibilities are expected to include, in relation to the APAC region:
- performing corporate secretarial functions including coordinating subsidiary board meetings, drafting and/or reviewing by-laws, articles, operating agreements, partnership agreements, capitalization tables, stock registers/transfer documentation, minutes, resolutions, secretarial certifications and other corporate actions and other administrative responsibilities;
- managing the formation/acquisition, registration, ongoing maintenance and disposition of new and existing legal entities (corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, trusts and other forms of legal entity) and investments;
- organizing and preparing agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings; taking minutes, lodging required forms, annual returns and other correspondence with Regional Company Registrars (including liaising with service providers);
- following up on matters from meetings;
- maintaining statutory registers or books including registers;
- providing transactional support for mergers, dissolutions, acquisitions, investments, contributions, dividends, asset sales and other corporate transactions;
- liaising with teams in different jurisdictions.
- Also responsible for database/document management and ensuring the integrity of data maintained in Wells Fargo’s system of record for legal entity information.
- Resolves issues where substantial expertise is required to analyze relevant law, regulations, policies and guidelines.
- May provide oversight for, train and/or mentor less experienced paralegals and support staff as necessary.
Required Qualifications
4+ years’ relevant experience including 3+ years of company secretarial or similar technical corporate governance experience.
Desired Qualifications
- Juris Doctorate (JD) and/or bachelor’s degree.
- Technical secretarial qualifications (ICSA/HKICS or equivalent secretarial qualifications).
- Minimum of at least 4 years of working at a mid-large size law firm or the law department of a large public company, financial services firm or a financial regulator with significant legal entity governance, corporate transactional and/or regulatory structure reporting experience.
- Strong understanding of equity investment operative documents including but not limited to , shareholders agreements, articles of incorporation, by-laws, designations of preferred stock, and joint venture agreements.
- Experience with systems such as entity management (e.g., Global Entity Management System (GEMS)), document management, digital repository as well as legal entity screening and process workflow tools.
- Financial services industry experience.
- Experience of working within a US corporate group.
- Excellent numerical, organizational, communication, IT and time management skills.
Posting End Date:
1 May 2025*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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