Commodity Trading Counsel - FTSE Mining Company
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- excellent bonus and benefits
- Closing date
- 28 Jan 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Company/Commercial, Commodities
- PQE
- 7+ Years
Job Details
This is a fantastic opportunity for a mid-senior level commodity trading lawyer, with significant experience in physical and paper trading, ideally having trained at a top city law firm and having gained some in house experience. You will be joining a small commodity team, within a larger global legal team, so you should be very comfortable and confident in your ability to work autonomously and communicate with the commercial team.
You will be required to:
- Identify key legal risks and opportunities associated with the marketing business's activities, including day to day trading queries (physical and paper), disputes, projects and origination transactions.
- Report on a regular and consistent basis in relation to progress of work, costs and legal matters.
- Update the Group Legal reports comprehensively and accurately as-and-when material developments occur or monthly, whichever is the more frequent. Where required, participate in briefings of General Counsel, BU management and other stakeholders.
- Work closely with the business teams to provide timely and appropriate advice in connection with commercial transactions, projects and strategy developments.
- Support the compliance and risk teams to provide effective operational compliance oversight and monitoring.
- Manage the provision of legal services by external lawyers and law firms in a cost-effective manner,
- Manage client relationships to deliver high quality/timely advice to the Anglo American Group in relation to its marketing business legal activities.
Key skills required:
- Experience of international commodity trading (physical and paper) preferably gained in-house within a large multinational commodities company
- Would be preferable to have experience in drafting and negotiating international commodity sales contracts in bulks, precious metals and LME products (Incoterms, SCoTA, SIOTA), including shipping terms for bulks and containerised vessels
- Knowledge of anti-trust, compliance and sanctions issues in commodity contracts
- In-depth understanding of identifying and mitigating risk
- Commercial awareness and pragmatism
- Broad understanding of English law or relevant common law
Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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