Senior Legal Counsel
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About the Role
QatarEnergy LNG seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to provide legal advice on company activities, draft and negotiate contracts, and ensure compliance with laws. Requires a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) degree and 10 years of legal experience, preferably in a multinational environment.
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Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and guide stakeholders, regulators and contractors on legal related issues
- Review and draft Company policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure consistency with applicable law
- Interpret laws and follow up legal suits and arbitration to which the Company is a party
- Draft, review and negotiate all contractual arrangements including those with contractors, customers, consultants, suppliers, buyers, lenders
- Develop standard agreements and review relevant agreements to ensure legal risks are appropriately addressed
- Represent the Legal department on internal or external working groups and committees
Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) degree from a recognized law school, or Bachelor's degree in any discipline and otherwise qualified as a Lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction
- 10 years of experience related to the relevant fields of law
- Front line legal advisory experience in a multi national, multicultural environment
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Job Purpose
- Provide advice on legal aspects of all Company activities and prepare pertaining legal documents ensuring compliance with applicable laws and Company policy and procedures.
Key Job Accountabilities
- Provide legal advice and guide stakeholders, regulators and contractors on legal related issues.
- Review and draft Company policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure consistency with applicable law.
- Perform duties such as interpreting laws and follow up legal suits and arbitration.
- Draft letters and documents addressed to Governmental authorities on legal related issues.
- Draft, review and negotiate all contractual arrangements.
- Develop standard agreements and reviews relevant agreements to ensure legal risks are addressed.
- Represent the Legal department on internal or external working groups and committees.
- Perform other duties at the request of the Associate General Counsel and/or General Counsel.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) degree from a recognised law School, or Bachelor's degree in any discipline and otherwise qualified as a Lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction.
- 10 years' experience related to the relevant fields of law.
- Front line legal advisory experience in multi national, multicultural environment.
Job Context & Major Challenge(s)
- The Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for handling all legal related issues and advice pertaining to the Company, Project Owners and affiliates under relevant service agreements, often involving complex matters across Qatar and global jurisdictions.
- Ensure practices are aligned with accepted industry standards and best practices.
- Has a high degree of freedom in the execution of job functions.
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