Job Description
Our client is currently recruiting for Senior Lawyer. Based in Aberdeen, the role is on a contract basis and offers hybrid working.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Carry out the activities of the job
- Be responsible for meeting agreed objectives
- Act in the best interest of the company at all times
- Seek out learning opportunities and transfer new skills and knowledge to the job
- Proactively seek advice from and consult with senior lawyers in the team
- Adhere to the values and principles of the Code of Conduct at all times
- Openly question established practices and achieve continuous quality and commercial improvements
- Willingly and openly share knowledge and good practice, providing legal support to all Group entities operating in the United Kingdom within the remit of One Total, One Country
- Actively identify best practice (industry, technical, professional, etc.) and share with other members of the team in a structured manner, for example, by presenting at team meetings and/or preparing briefing notes
- Develop value awareness and think in terms of cost/benefit trade-off
- Adapt creative and alternative approaches to problem-solving by initiating proposals for improvement Under the supervision of a senior lawyer in the team or, when considered appropriate by the General Counsel
- Carry out research, provide summaries and analysis of legal issues required and/or instruct external counsel to carry out this work when deemed appropriate by the General Counsel
- Provide legal advice on a portfolio of matters, some of which may be handled over some months, to ensure that all matters are handled professionally and successfully
- Maintain a professional awareness of Legal developments relevant to the industry and with internal compliance requirements
- As requested by the General Counsel, assist in the discharge of the company secretarial function of the Legal Department, preparing documents for the signature of the company s Managing Director, together with appropriate explanation (e.g. summaries of documents) in support the Company Secretary
REQUIREMENTS:
- Law degree in a recognized jurisdiction
- Fully qualified lawyer in a recognized jurisdiction
- Experience, including practicing at a senior level as a commercial lawyer, gained in private practice or industry (minimum 5 years qualified), preferably with 3 years or more experience of legal practice as an upstream oil and gas lawyer
