2-4 PQE Oil Trading Lawyer - Independent Oil & Gas Company
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- excellent bonus and benefits
- Closing date
- 16 Jul 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Junior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Energy, Transport (Including aviation and shipping), Shipping (Dry), Commodities
- PQE
- 1-3 Years
Job Details
This role will suit a commercially focussed lawyer, with excellent academics and top city training. The role will focus on corporate negotiations, providing support to the trading and shipping departments and working closely with other areas of the business. Work undertaken will include:
- advising on upstream oil and gas agreements and transactions (principally transportation agreements, joint ventures, confidentiality agreements);
- supporting the crude oil trading department in the preparation of tenders, negotiating FOB crude oil sale and purchase agreements, advising on disputes with counter-parties and related activities;
- general legal advice to the UK business and other subsidiary companies;
- anti-bribery and corruption, trade sanctions and competition law issues;
- assisting other team members in negotiations, legal research and drafting.
A suitable candidate will possess the following qualities:
- a proven track record as a company and commercial lawyer (ideally with corporate oil and gas, trading or shipping experience) either in-house with an energy company or with a leading law firm;
- experience of working on significant transactions and managing multiple work streams;
- excellent written and oral communication skills;
- resourcefulness, with the capability to work as part of a team or independently, as required;
- the ability to meet the challenges of working in an operations and production driven business, where commercial solutions are required daily.
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.
For more information please contact your nearest office:
5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
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Suite 614, Liberty House
DIFC
P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
T: +9714 448 7770
1918 Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
Level 15, Prudential Tower
30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
T: +65 6420 0500
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Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
T: +61 (0)2 9236 9000
Level 4
520 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
T: +61 (0)3 8610 8400
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