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    Commercial Legal Counsel - London, United Kingdom - Bp Energy

    Bp Energy
    Bp Energy London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Description
    Legal Group

    This Senior Counsel will be one of bp's lawyers reporting to the Managing Counsel, M&A, providing strategic and transactional legal support on bp's high value and high profile merger, acquisition and joint venturing activity required to deliver bp's strategy.

    In this role, you will lead and coordinate legal support to help deliver strategic M&A across bp's portfolio. Identify legal and commercial risks, assess their potential impact, find opportunities to capture value and growth, and provide strategic and timely legal advice


    • Ensure that material risks are appropriately managed. Explain the nature of such risks to key stakeholders within bp and, where necessary, mitigating such risks within the context of a negotiated transaction (whether in the transaction documentation, structurally or otherwise)
    • Professional qualification to practice law in England and Wales
    • Experience working in the energy sector, preferably experience running international M&A transactions or M&A within the sector, with strong client advisory, negotiation and transaction management abilities
    • A corporate and/or commercial law background, and In-house or law firm experience
    • Strong technical legal ability as well as a strong record of commercial awareness and of high-quality contribution to business strategy and delivery
    • A strategic, pragmatic and commercial view on the risks, challenges and issues facing bp and to apply this in advice and recommendations to senior decision makers;
    • Ability to focus, direct and manage the efforts of internal and external legal and business resources to provide critical legal support
    • Well developed emotional intelligence and understanding of psychological safety, with sensitivity to cultural and people differences, receptive to and energised by a diverse organization, at all times seeking to maintain wellbeing within our organization
    • The highest professional and ethical standards that can be effectively deployed in a proportionate manner, maintaining an effective culture of compliance across our businesses
    • Inherent high priority to promote safety and be proactive in mitigating risks to achieve safe completion of tasks by all
    • Inherent drive to improve, simplify and innovate in the delivery of legal advice to the business, manage legal risk and grow and develop both self and others.
    Experience of advising on compliance matters e.g. ABC, ITR, AT, AML


    • Experience of working with remote teams in different jurisdictions
    • Experience of managing legal spend and budgets


    At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

    We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

    We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process.

    These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.
    Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future


    Travel Requirement:
    Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

    Relocation Assistance:
    This role is not eligible for relocation

    Remote Type:
    This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
    Coaching, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Conflict Management, Creativity and Innovation, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Influencing, Managing strategic partnerships, Mentoring, Organizational knowledge, Resource and budget planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Relationship Management

    Legal Disclaimer:
    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

    We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status.

    Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.).

    If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.


    If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy.

    This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
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