Senior Legal Advisor

Job Title: Senior Legal Advisor

Job Description:

This role is responsible for providing expert legal advice to senior management and other stakeholders on various corporate finance, project finance, and commercial matters.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of financial markets, banking practices, and project finance, as well as the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to various stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide independent advice on corporate finance and project finance documentation, execution process, compliance, and utilization procedures.
• Structuring and negotiation of finance documentation, including facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and security documents.
• Evaluate Legal risk for the business and related businesses.
• Ensure OQ Corporate compliance and corporate governance.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

Legal / Corporate Finance

• Providing advice and assistance regarding corporate finance and project finance documentation, execution process, compliance, and utilization procedures.
• Structuring and negotiation of finance documentation, in particular facility agreements, intercreditor agreements, and security documents; coordination execution of documentation; liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach, early identification of commercial and legal risks, and timely delivery to internal clients.
• Managing and coordinating preparation and delivery of financing condition precedent documentation.
• Providing general ad hoc support to the finance department treasury function, e.g., drafting of intra-group loan agreements, assistance in respect of bank accounts.
• Assist in structuring financial transactions to optimize legal and financial outcomes.

Legal Documentation Transaction Support

• Providing advice and support on the structuring and documentation of transactions of various types, including corporate, commercial, finance or any other relevant matter.
• Review and draft legal documentation for financial transactions including loans, project financing, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
• Conduct due diligence and assess legal risks associated with proposed transactions.
• Negotiate terms and conditions with external parties and stakeholders.

Legal Corporate Compliance

• Providing advice and assistance regarding corporate compliance and corporate governance matters and issues.
• Assisting transaction teams in conducting due diligence and risk assessment and analysis.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Identify legal risks and develop strategies to mitigate them effectively.
• Provide legal guidance on corporate governance matters.
• Management of legal risk for the business and support units.

Contract Management

• Draft, review, and negotiate various contracts related to finance, such as loan agreements, securities documentation, and financing arrangements.
• Monitor contract performance and address legal issues that may arise during the contract lifecycle.

Legal / Commercial

• Advice on strategies to address both legal and commercial issues.
• Negotiation and resolution of legal and business issues encountered in the operation of the business with an emphasis on supporting a business-focused approach to support the company's objectives and strategy.

Regulatory Regimes & Compliance

• Advising on applicable regulatory regimes.
• Ensures timely and compliant execution of significant Legal Business Unit/ Downstream & Commercial contracts and catalogues, while maintaining custody of the same.
• Monitoring and maintenance of legal aspects of existing businesses/investments, including (a) ongoing reporting and compliance issues, (b) ongoing contractual obligations, and (c) director and shareholder and other requirements.
• Advising on legal policy and risk.
• Guide resource-based across multiple jurisdictions and ensure high quality advice and experience resources to deliverer that advice.
• Advises on maintaining full compliance with Legal Business Unit/ Downstream & Commercial contractual obligations, regulatory agencies, and environmental laws.

Network Relations

• Liaising with external counsel and other in-house counsel.
• Work with Leader Legal Business Unit/ Stream on most critical business unit matters that require additional guidance/ support.
• Drive integrated legal support to corporate segment / Stream through collaboration with Legal CoE's (Corporate, Operations)
• Providing guide and legal advice on legal processes/ activities and coordinate with legal firms (locally/ internationally) to ensure compliance.
• Coordinate of Legal and regulatory issues related with OQ's Business Unit/ Downstream & Commercial in line with financial, and technical advisors.
• Collaborate with finance, accounting, and business development teams to provide strategic legal advice.

Guidance / Coaching

• Mentoring and training junior lawyers, trainees, and non-legal personnel (on legal issues/matters), preparing internal best practice notes, supervision of junior lawyers and trainees.
• Organizing various aspects of transactions, including supervising internal teams of junior associates and trainees, and retaining and coordinating outside counsel.
• Actively promote legal team career development (and overall legal team generally).

Legal Trends

• Provide insights associated with key variance / legal trends arising from reports, forecasts and plans for Oil & Gas industry.

Legal Planning, Policies & Budgeting

• Guide on how strategize Legal Business Unit/ Downstream & Commercial legal process to various stakeholders among the Group.
• Guide and provide high support on planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting practices / set of processes, as well as, documents, performance indicators (KPIs) and embed in day-to-day activities.
• Guide & contribute on the development and implementation of departmental policies, systems, processes, procedures, and controls, and continuously identify and recommend improvements while ensuring compliance with the group guidelines, international / local standards, and relevant legislation.
• Liaise with Value Partners, Shared Services, and other Centers of Excellence to provide seamless legal service delivery to customers.
• Support the development and oversee the implementation of Corporate Legal policies, systems, processes, procedures, and controls covering all areas Downstream & Commercial so that all relevant procedural / legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service in a consistent manner.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• LLB or equivalent from a reputable university or law school with admission to a recognized civil or common law Bar (or equivalent body), in other words, qualified as a lawyer/solicitor/barrister.
• Post-lawyer qualification.

Benefits:

 

 

Salary details not included due to company confidentiality agreement.

Please note that this job description has been anonymized and some details removed to protect company information.

A suitable candidate would be highly skilled and experienced in corporate finance, project finance, and commercial law, with excellent analytical and communication skills. They should also be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and be comfortable with change.

We offer a competitive salary package and a range of benefits, including flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities, and access to our Employee Assistance Program.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application via our online portal. We look forward to hearing from you.

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