General Counsel

Responsibility:

• Advising executive, senior management and board on various matters such as legal rights, and new and existing laws.

• Managing organization's legal matters.

• Examining and creating draft agreements, such as licensing agreements, vendor agreements, partner agreements.

• Maintaining knowledge of organization’s operations and legal documents.

• Conducting legal research and reviewing company's litigation strategy pertaining to legal actions.

• Promulgating and creating directives of corporate acts and decisions.

• Preserving all corporate records.

• Handling statutory filings, such as licensing forms.

• Liaising with outside counsel regarding their assignments.

• Creating new entities and managing organization's intellectual property.

• Manage External Legal Counsel

• Corporate Secretary

• The General Counsel will provide legal oversight of Oil and Gas operations spanning the Upstream, Midstream, Trading and Logistics.

• We are an expanding company and face increasingly complex legal issues in multiple jurisdictions.

• Our general counsel will ensure senior management are informed of significant legal issues and their implications

• Maintain awareness of activities that could have legal implications for the organization

• Staying current and well informed of relevant legal developments / changes being made in the law in the jurisdictions where we operate •Guide on compliance and ethics issues, including data privacy and security

• Manage outside legal spend with quality and cost containment as goals

• Provide input into the organizations strategic planning process

• To ensure success you need to have sound knowledge and understanding of applicable laws and regulations, and the ability to make prudent legal decisions.

• Top candidates will be team players with outstanding advocacy and people skills.

• Strong experience in the Oil and Gas sector especially LNG trading is a plus