Legal and Governance definition

Legal and Governance means the provision of all types of legal advice and related services involving legal services related to corporate and commercial activities, contracts, litigation, regulatory matters, securities (including compliance with securities law requirements), real estate, legislative, employment and benefits, tax, and intellectual property matters. It includes oversight of maintenance of corporate records (policies, procedures and management). It includes services required of a publicly held corporation, including shareholder, board of director and related committee meetings, consents, resolutions, minutes, and records.
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Examples of Legal and Governance in a sentence

  • The Legal and Governance Team led by the Director of Legal and Governance and Monitoring Officer, provide guidance and support to the Authority on all aspects of legal service provision so as to ensure it fulfils its statutory role and promotes the concepts of open governance in accordance with recognised best practice models.

  • Joint Authorities Governance Unit Function Role of Director of Legal and Governance Role of Authority and/or Elected Members To ensure the efficient and effective maintenance of a Fire and Rescue Service in South Yorkshire through the provision of robust and transparent governance arrangements in support of elected member/Authority statutory duties.

Related to Legal and Governance

  • Ethics means a set of principles governing the conduct of all persons governed by these rules.

  • Vigilance and Ethics Officer means an officer appointed to receive protected disclosures from whistle blowers, maintaining records thereof, placing the same before the Audit Committee for its disposal and informing the Whistle Blower the result thereof.

  • Governance “Governing” and “Governed” have meanings correlative thereto.

  • Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

  • Code of Ethics means a statement encompassing the set of rules based on values and the standards of conduct to which suppliers are expected to conform

  • Human Resources means the District Office of Human Resources located in the District Office Building on the Foothill Campus.

  • Chief of Police means the Chief of Police, from time to time, of the Toronto Police Service.

  • Legal Services means services of a legal or financial nature and includes any part of such services, and for the avoidance of doubt, includes (without limitation):-

  • Public Governor means a member of the Council of Governors elected by the members of one of the Public Constituencies;

  • CFO means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

  • Environmental and Social Management Framework or “ESMF” means the framework dated May 2004 issued by the Recipient and outlining the environmental and social screening procedures to be followed during implementation of the Project including potential environmental and social risks and adverse impacts of the Project along with proposed mitigation measures;

  • Professional development means training programs for

  • Code of Conduct means the SFC's Code of Conduct for Persons Licensed by or Registered with the Securities and Futures Commission.

  • Compliance Officer means Company Secretary or such other senior officer, who is financially literate and is capable of appreciating requirements for legal and regulatory compliance under these regulations designated so and reporting to the Board of Directors and who shall be responsible for compliance of policies, procedures, maintenance of records, monitoring adherence to the rules for the preservation of unpublished price sensitive information, monitoring of trades and the implementation of the codes specified in these regulations under the overall supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company.

  • Campus police officer means a school security officer designated by the board of education of any school district pursuant to K.S.A. 72-6146, and amendments thereto.

  • Chief Compliance Officer means the individual appointed by the Board as BSEF’s chief compliance officer in accordance with the Operating Agreement, with the duties and responsibilities as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time as set forth in Rule 208.