Poonam holds dual qualification as a lawyer and company secretary.
Her core practice area includes advisory on corporate laws including company law, foreign exchange laws and securities laws.
She advises clients on a broad range of corporate regulatory matters such as corporate governance, compliance management. She has worked with clients across diverse sectors and provide general corporate advisory services including assistance in board matters, preparation of corporate documents, submission of statutory returns. She also assists in corporate transactions, including direct and indirect acquisitions, inbound and outbound investment, setting up of entities, conducting legal due diligences, internal reviews and closure of entities.
Broad experience:
- Advised foreign clients in setting up subsidiaries and joint ventures in India, ascertaining the structure, permissibility under foreign exchange laws.
- Conducting legal due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments, restructurings and other corporate transactions.
- Advised on the merger of fellow subsidiaries of a US based entity and post-merger compliances;
- Day to day advisory on corporate governance matters such as convening the meetings, maintaining the registers, submission of returns.
- Providing general corporate advisory in matters related to related party transactions, key managerial personnel appointment, significant beneficial ownership, corporate social responsibility, rights issue of shares and change in name and object clause of the companies.
Professional appointments and activities
- Member of the Institute of Company secretaries of India
Qualifications
- B. Com
- LLB
- Company Secretary