Company Secretary/ Corporate Secretarial Officer
Animoca Brands · Hong Kong
Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ACN: 122 921 813) is a Web3 leader that leverages tokenization and blockchain to deliver digital property rights to consumers, helping to establish the open metaverse and its associated network effects. Animoca Brands realizes its mission via three integrated business pillars: operating Web3 businesses to advance blockchain adoption with native projects such as Moca Network, Anichess, The Sandbox, Open Campus, NEOM Web3 initiatives, and a regulated stablecoin project in partnership with Standard Chartered and HKT; providing digital asset advisory services including tokenomics advisory, liquidity provisioning, and institutional research to help external Web3 projects grow; and investment management, with a portfolio of investments in over 540 companies including industry leaders Pudgy Penguins, Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Magic Eden, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, YGG, and many others.
Key Responsibilities: 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.
Qualifications & Experience: 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.