Legal & Corporate Advisory Professional
Nagajayanthi J R, aka Nihita, is a legal and corporate advisory professional, brings to the table over two decades’ experience spanning both the corporate and government sectors, and deft handling of legal and compliance issues, managing procedural formalities, and regulatory matters. Her keen eye for detail is matched by her organizational knowledge.
Experience Summary
- Over 14 years’ experience as Company Secretary, and strategic advisor for reputed multinational companies.
- Over 7 years’ experience of working in the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.
Domain Expertise
Compliance with Company Law, and associated regulatory aspects related to mergers, acquisitions, takeover, restructuring, conduct of diverse kinds of meetings, appropriate documentation (without which compliance is never demonstratable), and carrying out negotiations to protect the company from legal risks while drafting agreements. Liaising with varied government departments, and statutory and regulatory authorities.
Accomplishments
Have been awarded commendation certificate by Government of India for commendable research work.
Mentored over 20 odd start ups, assessing startups form the stage of idea evaluation, to accelerate their scale, advising on right product market fit
Notables
- Maintaining and nurturing positive working relationships with stakeholders and noted for providing consistent and qualitative compliance guidance.
- Integration of corporate compliance policies for business units operating in varied geographies. Structuring compliance matrix for various geographical locations.
- Devising compliance planner and diligently following it and advising various department on best practices to be followed so as to reduce the non compliance penalties to Zero.
Qualifications
- BA (Honors) Economics from Delhi University ― University rank holder
- Fellow Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India
- Masters in Financial Management from Pondicherry University
- LLB from Osmania University
- MPhil (Mgt.) from Madurai Kamaraj University
Illustrative Projects
- Sandor Group of Companies, pioneer in bringing the “Point of Care” concept to India. Managed 8 national and 3 foreign subsidiaries. Guided a team consisting of three Company Secretaries, and 3 support staff.
- Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Limited, Ocimum Bio Solutions (India) Limited, and Gayatri Lalitpur Roadways Limited among others.
