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Corporate Governance Specialist

2 months ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Kennedys Full time
Job Title: Corporate Governance Specialist

Kennedys is seeking a highly skilled Corporate Governance Specialist to join our Risk & Compliance team. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring corporate governance excellence across multiple jurisdictions and office locations.

About the Role

The Corporate Governance Specialist will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring compliance with corporate governance principles and regulations across multiple jurisdictions where the firm operates. This includes providing comprehensive support to the Kennedys Group, including organizing board meetings, preparing minutes, resolutions, deeds of adherence/retirement and other ancillary documents, and facilitating communication between members.

Key Responsibilities
  • Corporate Governance: Oversee and ensure compliance with corporate governance principles and regulations across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Board Support: Provide comprehensive support to the Kennedys Group, including organizing board meetings, preparing minutes, resolutions, deeds of adherence/retirement and other ancillary documents.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Stay abreast of regulatory changes and ensure the firm's activities adhere to relevant laws and regulations in all jurisdictions.
  • Company Policies: Develop and maintain corporate policies and procedures to uphold legal and ethical standards.
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks that could impact the firm's operations or reputation.
  • Corporate Records Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date corporate records via Diligent.
  • Legal Compliance: Collaborate with regulatory bodies, the SRA and CILEX to ensure the firm's activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
  • Corporate Secretarial Services: Oversee all aspects of corporate secretarial services, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring activities.
  • Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and enhance corporate governance practices and processes to adapt to changing business needs and regulatory requirements.
  • Training and Education: Provide training to partners, directors and senior management and employees regarding the Group's obligation to corporate governance, compliance, and ethical standards.
Requirements
  • ICSA qualified
  • 5+ years' company secretarial experience
  • Experience of partnerships and other entity types
  • Proven track record of serving as a Company Secretary in a complex corporate environment, preferably within a multinational organization or large law firm.
  • Strong communication skills with the confidence to work with stakeholders at all levels but particularly at partner level
  • Excellent stakeholder relationships and proven ability to influence
  • Proactive self-starter who is able to work on their own initiative with minimal supervision.
About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,500 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships.

We strive to celebrate empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority.

Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.