Senior Legal Counsel
Permanent Staff
South West London – 8 days per month working from home
Renewables/ Oil & Gas sector
Are you an experienced Senior Legal Counsel with a strong background/ interest within the Oil & Gas or Renewables sector? Are you seeking your next role?
This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with a background working for companies within the Energy sector or for candidates from a private practice background who have experience supporting Energy clients
A Senior Legal Counsel is required to work for a large Energy company based in South West London. The suitable candidate will report into the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs and will provide legal support across a broad range of matters in support of the company. The legal function supports the Company and its affiliates in all business areas for both day-to-day operations (e.g., corporate, contractual, regulatory, litigation matters) and extraordinary transactions (such as M&A and project financing).
Main responsibilities:
Provide high-quality, proactive and commercially focused legal advice across all aspects of Company and its affiliates with regards to all aspects of the CCS business, including:
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will be reviewing, drafting, negotiating and generally advising on (where appropriate, with external advice and/or support from relevant group functions) transportation and storage agreements, compression and storage agreements, shareholders’ agreements, other joint venture/collaboration/cooperation/development agreements, transportation and processing agreements, construction and tie-in agreements, project construction and engineering agreements, security agreements, procurement contracts, proximity agreements, real estate and planning agreements, service agreements, preliminary agreements, confidentiality agreements and transfer/novation agreements (including execution deeds);
* Advising on legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to the CCS business, including appraisal and storage permits as well as licences and agreements with regulators and any relevant public authority;
* Advising on connection the CCS projects and the relevant entities including in relation to asset transfers, intra-group services and associated regulatory matters
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will be advising and assisting on any acquisition and divestiture/M&A activities undertaken or supported by the Company and/or its affiliates including work on due diligence activities, pre-emption analysis, drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, regulatory approvals and supporting general transaction management of these and all related activities;
* Advising on contentious matters and dispute resolution in respect of CCS business, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination, which may involve preparation/analysis of relevant documentation and correspondence, reporting to the business, engaging and managing external counsel;
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will be supporting the Company’s group finance and company secretarial functions on corporate reorganisation, restructuring and liquidations projects, providing legal advice as required;
* Supporting on other UK and international CCS projects and transactions as they may arise from time to time;
* Monitoring changes and updates to relevant legislation and regulation that may affect CCS Business and providing advice and legal analysis of the same.
* Internal liaison with the Company and its affiliates’ client departments and other business units/departments and external liaison with joint venture partners, other counterparties including contractors and subcontractors, landowners, government/regulatory authorities, industry groups and external legal and other advisers, in each case attending meetings in person (including travel where required) or remotely, as necessary.
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will be ensuring full compliance with the Company’s Code of Ethics and Compliance Model, the Company’s group health, safety and environmental policies, procedures and standards and undertaking any other compliance activities that may be required (e.g. claims reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley).
Skills and experience required:
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will have a degree in Law with strong academic results.
* Qualified solicitor/barrister or equivalent.
* As the Senior Legal Counsel, you will have a strong working knowledge of and relevant experience in some of the following: the UKCS upstream oil and gas industry, CCS, renewable energy development projects, and/or big procurement projects.
* Significant prior experience working at a senior level.
* Strong communication skills, able to liaise effectively with all stakeholders across the business.
* Strong negotiation skills.
* Ability to work independently and collaboratively, and to manage high levels of responsibility.
* Good computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite).
* Astute, commercially aware and highly motivated.
* Effective communication and negotiation skills.
* Fluent level of English.