I. General Summary
Under the supervision of the Chief Legal & Risk Officer and/or Deputy General Counsel the paralegal ensures compliance with company secretarial and corporate housekeeping matters. She prepares archives and monitors documentation pertaining to various investment deals.
The paralegal shall support all IBC markets in company secretarial works reviewing and preparing contracts and managing the franchise renewal process.
II. Qualification Requirements
- A bachelors degree in the arts or sciences
- At least fouryear experience in paralegal work
- Proficient in English and MS Office
- Above average organizational and communications skills
III. Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures that all group companies comply with corporate secretarial requirements in all markets and corporate housekeeping requirements are met; draft DRIWs and MRIWs for all group companies in the regular course of business and circulate the same upon the approval of legal counsel for signature;
- Reviews based on a preapproved checklist of standard terms or prepares standard form agreements; confirms with the legal counsel in charge that all departmental commercial approvals have been secured from decisionmakers prior to recommending release of documentation for execution; secures name designation and email address of the counterpartys representative; confirms the execution of documents to key stakeholders; ensures that all executed documents are properly recorded and archived;
- Manage the renewal process for franchise agreements; document concessions of the concerned IBC departments (including but not limited to Finance and Operations Support) and endorse the same to the legal counselincharge for endorsement by the Chief Executive Officer submission to the Franchisor;
- Other tasks which may be assigned.