Sr Legal Counsel - Unconventional Gas
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About the Role
Draft and negotiate contracts, provide legal advice, manage disputes, and lead projects in unconventional gas operations, requiring strong leadership and legal expertise.
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Overview
- As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and legal agreements.
- Provide strategic legal advice to internal clients, identifying and mitigating potential legal risks while supporting business objectives.
- Lead or support multidisciplinary legal and commercial projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery.
- Advise on claims management and dispute resolution processes.
- Serve as Board Secretary for designated joint ventures and subsidiaries.
- Manage relationships with external legal counsel, including oversight of legal budgets and service quality.
Minimum Requirements
- As the successful candidate, you will have:
- A Bachelor of Law degree as minimum. Master or Juris degree preferred.
- Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
- A minimum of 10 years experience gained in a sophisticated law firm or corporation. Preferably within a major international or national energy company or oilfield services organization .
- Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the upstream oil and gas industry, particularly unconventional gas operations.
- Proven ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements and deliver clear, practical legal advice to business clients.
- Strong leadership and mentorship experience, with the ability to guide junior legal professionals.
- Prior experience serving as Corporate Secretary to a Board of Directors is highly desirable.
Work Location And Work Schedule
Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia - To be specified in Job offer
Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
Job Posting Duration
Job posting start date: 11/18/2025
Job posting end date: 12/31/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none.
And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades.
Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.
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