Corporate Secretary: Practising Law?

What can be said about the role of the Corporate Secretary that has not already been said? Clearly, the position of Corporate Secretary has evolved over the years and, in particular, since the corporate scandals of the 2000s and the most recent financial crisis. For some organizations, except, possibly, in the realm of holding corporations and some non-profits, gone are the days when the Corporate Secretary was a mere corporate record custodian, certifier of corporate organizational facts and note-taker. Bylaws, board mandates, shareholder agreements and other governance documents, not to mention job descriptions, may or may not fully describe the expectations that now often go with the role.