As a placement student within the TAQA's Legal function, the role provides practical exposure to upstream oil & gas legal work, supporting both operational, decommissioning and corporate matters. The role is designed to build capability in legal research, contract review, regulatory understanding, and cross-functional collaboration over a structured 12-week placement. The placement provides meaningful involvement in live legal matters across TAQA UK's operational, regulatory, and decommissioning activities, offering the student practical experience in delivering legal support within a fast-paced commercial environment., Legal Research & Advisory Support
* Conduct targeted legal research on matters relating to UK upstream oil & gas, including regulatory compliance, decommissioning, and commercial obligations.
* Research and reporting of legal and regulatory developments relevant to TAQA's UKCS operations.
* Prepare concise research notes, summaries, and briefing papers to support TAQA's Legal team and internal clients.
Matter & Documentation Management
* Support the organisation, filing, and retrieval of legal documents in accordance with TAQA's document control standards.
* Assist with the review and obligation tracking of existing agreements.
* Cataloguing and organisation of agreement and document databases.
* Assist with preparing matter summaries, status reports, and trackers to support the team's workflow planning.
Contract Review & Stakeholder Coordination
* Support the Legal team in reviewing and drafting various commercial agreements.
* Prepare draft clauses, comparison tables, and mark-ups under lawyer supervision.
* Develop meeting materials such as slide decks, briefing notes, and action trackers.
Governance & Compliance Activities
* Support ethics and compliance and data protection activities, such as internal policy reviews.
* Assist in maintaining registers including litigation/claims tracking, contract summaries, and legal obligations tracking.
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
* A wide range of upstream oil & gas legal work, including operational support, decommissioning, and commercial transactions.
* Cross disciplinary collaboration with, e.g. Supply Chain, HSSEQ, Commercial, Operations, and Finance.-disciplinary collaboration with
* Real world application of regulatory frameworks, e.g. offshore petroleum licensing, decommissioning regulation, and environmental compliance obligations.-world application of regulatory frameworks
* Commercial awareness in the upstream energy sector, specifically late life / decommissioning operations.
* Practical experience working in a fast paced inhouse legal environment.-paced in-house
* Communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management.
* Legal drafting and contract review skills.
* Understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance processes.
* Risk identification and analysis.
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office products
* High-quality written communication
* Attention to detail
* Confidentiality & discretion
* Strong organisational skills, Currently undertaking a Law degree or similar
TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW) in order to help achieve a healthy work-life balance. The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.