Ricardo Trindade

• Responsible for the effective and efficient provision of legal advisory services and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risks
• The company secretary ensures that an organization complies with relevant legislation and regulation, and keeps board members informed of their legal responsibilities
• Assist the board and General Assembly meetings, including drafting the invitation’s letters and meeting minutes.
• The Legal Counsel is also responsible for the management of the company's relationship with government and other stakeholders, as well as promoting the company's reputation and ensuring compliance with regulations.

• The company secretary is responsible for the efficient administration of the company, particularly with regard to ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and for ensuring that decisions of the board of directors are implemented.
• Company Secretary to all based Mozambique companies;
• Compliance Management
• The position is charged with the overall responsibility of management of compliance & corporate governance.
• Support the HR and Corporate affairs functions in case of crisis;

• IPX Mozambique, SA is a subsidiary company of IPX Communications Equatorial Guinea which is a customer-centric IT Services, Communications and Security Company
• My role as Legal Counsel started from the company setup, including all the procedures for its registration and licensing in Mozambique
• My position covered the coordination of all legal and compliance matters including the necessary advice to the board of Directors.

• Coordinate all legal matters and provide the necessary advice to the board of Directors
• Assure that the company follows necessary compliance and legal procedures under the Mozambican legislation framework
• Represent the company on public institutions whenever necessary
• Provide Counsel, Assistance and Support in creation of structures and environment for ethical and legal compliances and support enforcement of applicable company compliance policies.

· Responsible for the effective and efficient provision of legal advisory services and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risks.

· To assist with the review of contracts, related documentation, validity and archiving of contracts.

· To provide legal support to all the business units.

· The company secretary ensures that an organization complies with relevant legislation and regulation, and keeps board members informed of their legal responsibilities.

· As company secretary one of the key roles was to assist the board and General Assembly meetings, including drafting the invitation’s letters and meeting minutes.

• Management of all legal related issues in Mozambique
• Review and provide legal advice on contracts; Liaise with relevant departments to ensure that where legal risks have been identified, appropriate courses of action have been taken; Review progress of outstanding litigation, liaise with and manage external lawyers
• Provide legal training for management team and staff when necessary.

• Review and provide legal advice on contracts; Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management especially on contract management; Provide and interpreter legal information and disseminate appropriate legal requirements to staff; Review all contracts or any other documentation where the Company has committed itself and assess legal implications that need to be brought to the executive management’s attention; Negotiate, review and draft documentation for business transactions and prepare and advise on the necessary checklists to be adopted; and Review progress of outstanding litigation and liaise with and manage external lawyers.

• Provision of legal advice to the Board of Directors and to the different organs of the institution
• Production and monitoring of contracts entered into by the FUNAE
• Instruction and monitoring of disciplinary proceedings (HR): As member of UGEA “Unidade Gestora e Executora de Aquisições” - “Procurement Unit” My duties included leading the process of companies hiring in the light of the national and World Bank procurement procedures, including the selection of tenders and signing of contracts.

• My duties included performing acts within the competence of notaries in accordance with the legislation, particularly related to the various fields of civil law including Real Estate acts, Companies incorporation and registration and others.

• Coordinating and assisting all matters of law and following of procedures to the relevant institutions; Studying national and international projects concerning bilateral or multilateral agreements having to do with the IPEX activity; Developing national and international contracts drafts, and issuing of technical-legal opinions; Supervision of all legal matters concerning the application of laws, decrees, orders or dispatches for the sector; Representing the IPEX in legal matters, when assigned for such a purpose; Analysis of facts and drawing up of legal documents; Reading, studying and interpreting of laws, decrees, regulations and other laws; Performing of other tasks of similar and complexity nature.