Lawyer/Senior Lawyer/Senior Legal Counsel - London, United Kingdom - South Hook Gas Company Ltd

Description

Job Description

About the job

Full-time permanent position based at The Shard, London - Hybrid working.

NOTE: We will consider candidates for both grade D (Lawyer), and C (Senior Lawyer/Senior Legal Counsel). The below responsibilities may vary according to the seniority of the role, but offer a broad indication of the main activities involved in the job.

Job purpose:

To provide advice on a broad range of legal issues across every aspect of the Company's operations and to ensure compliance with a sophisticated legal and regulatory framework including international considerations.

To contribute to the provision of comprehensive corporate governance, legal and regulatory advisory services to SHG, its shareholders and directors.

Key responsibilities:

§ Provides accurate, relevant and timely advice, guidance and assistance to the Company in respect of legal and regulatory matters arising across all segments of its business.

§ Provides accurate, relevant and timely advice on legal aspects of proposed projects, strategic initiatives and new business opportunities.

§ In close collaboration with the relevant departments of the Company, drafts, negotiates and arranges execution of agreements (including KYC) on behalf of the Company in compliance with internal processes and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

§ Provides accurate, relevant and timely advice on legal issues arising in the implementation of the Company's agreements.

§ Supports the Company Secretary to ensure compliance by the Company, its shareholders and directors with corporate governance requirements (statutory, regulatory and contractual), including preparing board and shareholder resolutions and materials for board and shareholder meetings, logistical organisation of board and shareholder meetings and ensuring all filing obligations are satisfied.

§ Contributes to the review, drafting and implementation of the corporate governance and legal and regulatory compliance frameworks of the Company, consistent with applicable law and contractual requirements.

§ Prepares and gives tailored training sessions on relevant legal areas/new developments to the Legal department and wider Company.

§ Prepares and leads internal compliance training sessions.

§ Develops and updates standard form contracts in coordination with General Counsel and Paralegal (and external legal counsel as required) to streamline the Company's commercial activities.

§ Cost-efficient use of external legal resource.

§ Covers for the General Counsel on an 'as needed' basis.

Qualifications

§ Qualified as a Solicitor of the Courts of England & Wales.

Experience

Essential:

§ 2 years+ PQE with oil & gas industry experience (ideally focussed on transactions, projects, commodity trading or shipping) gained in private practice or in-house.

§ Strong transactional experience.

Preferable:

§ 1 year+ in-house experience (ideally oil & gas).

§ Involvement in oil & gas commodity trading transactions (including familiarity with industry standard forms) and/or shipping matters.

§ Experience of governance, accountability and regulatory matters affecting the energy sector.

§ Exposure to company secretarial matters (drafting resolutions, minutes etc).

§ Some contentious experience.

Expertise

§ Up-to-date knowledge of applicable English law.

§ Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively and appropriately with colleagues and stakeholders (internal and external) at all levels.

§ Strong commercial acumen.

§ Excellent oral and written communication skills.

§ Excellent analytical skills.

§ Ability to work independently and accurately to demanding deadlines.

§ Ability to organise and implement complex projects.

Remuneration & Benefits:

Competitive package based on experience. Including;

§ Basic salary: £70-155,000 dependent on experience (Grade D or C)

§ Non-contractual, performance-based bonus. (Target 20% of basic, grade D, 30% grade C)

§ Pension: 11% of annual basic

§ Car allowance: £8,000 annually, grade D, £9,000 annually, grade C

§ Gym allowance £1,200 annually

§ Private Medical Insurance

§ 35 hour working week

§ Hybrid working: 3 days office, 2 days home

§ 27 days annual leave

Role start date: ASAP

Applicants' Privacy Notice:

South Hook Gas Company Ltd ("SHG") collect and process personal data relating to job applicants as part of our recruitment process. This notice sets out the basis on which we collect, use and disclose the personal data of our job applicants, as well as your rights in respect of such personal data.

Personal data we collect may include your name, date of birth, contact details (including telephone numbers and personal email address), employment history, qualifications, professional memberships, references, information from interviews and current level of remuneration, including benefits. We obtain this information directly from you, from third parties such as your former employer(s) or from publicly available information that you post on social networking sites.

SHG has a legitimate interest in processing personal data as part of its recruitment activities in order to assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and to determine the successful applicant(s). In some cases, we need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations (e.g. eligibility to work in the UK). We will not use your data for any purpose other than the recruitment process.

Your information may be shared for the above purposes within SHG with members of the HR team, interviewers and the Manager of the Department in which the vacant position resides.

If your application is unsuccessful, we will hold your personal data on file for 12 months. At the end of that period, your personal data will be deleted or destroyed (unless we need to retain it for longer to exercise or defend any legal claims). If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment and the periods for which employee data is held will be set out in a separate privacy notice.

As a data subject, you have a number of qualified rights under data protection law, including to obtain a copy of your personal data, to require SHG to take reasonable measures to correct inaccuracies or incompleteness in your personal data, to request deletion of your personal data and to object to the processing of your personal data on the grounds of SHG's legitimate interests.

You can request further information or object to processing of your personal data at any time by contacting SHG's Data Protection Officer: Richard Sinclair,