We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented Company Secretary/Corporate Secretarial Officer to join our Corporate Governance team. Reporting to our General Counsel, you will play a key role in managing corporate governance, statutory compliance, and corporate maintenance of our group companies.
This is an exciting opportunity for a governance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to work at the forefront of the Web3 and tech sector.
Subsidiary & Portfolio Governance: Maintain and manage corporate records, statutory registers, and compliance filings for Animoca Brands’ subsidiaries across Hong Kong and key international jurisdictions.
Board & Shareholder Meetings: Coordinate, draft, and organize board minutes, written resolutions, shareholder consents, and annual general meeting (AGM) materials.
Statutory Filings: Prepare and ensure timely submission of annual returns, statutory changes (directorships, share allotments, office address changes), and regulatory filings with the Hong Kong Companies Registry and foreign corporate registries.
M&A & Corporate Restructuring Support: Work closely with the Legal, Finance, and M&A teams to support corporate restructurings, joint ventures, funding rounds, entity incorporations, and liquidations.
KYC & Due Diligence: Handle bank, investor, and partner KYC requests, providing corporate documentation, organizational charts, and director verification details as needed.
Corporate Secretarial Operations: Liaise with external registered agents, corporate services providers, law firms, and auditors across multiple jurisdictions.
Database & Record Management: Maintain up-to-date physical and electronic corporate secretarial databases, organizational charts, and compliance trackers.
Education & Professional Membership: Bachelor’s degree in Law, Corporate Governance, Business Administration, or a related discipline. Member or graduate of HKCGI / CGI (formerly HKICS / ICSA) is highly preferred.
Experience: 3 to 6 years of solid corporate secretarial experience, gained from an in-house corporate secretarial department (preferably within tech, private equity, VC, or multi-national groups) or a reputable corporate services firm.
Jurisdictional Knowledge: Deep practical knowledge of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. Experience handling offshore entities is essential; familiarity with other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions is a plus.
Language Skills: Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Attributes:
Highly organized with sharp attention to detail and strong time-management skills.
Comfortable navigating fast-moving, high-growth tech environments with evolving priorities.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate cross-functionally across global teams.
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