Senior Legal Counsel

Job Purpose

• Provide advice on legal aspects of all Company activities and prepare pertaining legal documents ensuring compliance with applicable laws and Company policy and procedures.

Job Context & Major Challenge(s)

• The Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for handling all legal related issues and advice pertaining to the Company, Project Owners and affiliates under relevant service agreements, often involving complex matters across Qatar and global jurisdictions.
• Ensure practices are aligned with accepted industry standards and best practices and are also consistent with statutory, regulatory and corporate guidelines.
• Has a high degree of freedom in the execution of job functions, events and activities within legal environment.

Key Job Accountabilities - I

• Provide legal advice and guide stakeholders, regulators and contractors on legal related issues adhering to department guidelines and law in a timely manner.  
• Review and draft Company policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure consistency with applicable law.
• Perform duties such as interpreting laws and follow up legal suits and arbitration to which the Company is a party to and supervise the activities undertaken by outside counsel.
• Draft letters and documents addressed to Governmental authorities on legal related issues and maintain filing record of government documentation.
• Draft, review and negotiate all contractual arrangements including those with contractors, customers, consultants, suppliers, buyers, lenders to ensure compliance with applicable laws and Company policies and department objectives.
• Develop standard agreements and reviews relevant agreements to ensure legal risks are appropriately addressed.
• Represent the Legal department on internal or external working groups and committees and implement legal strategies in support of the legal Department’ objectives.
• Perform other duties at the request of the Associate General Counsel and/or General Counsel and provides Legal support and advice to the Associate General Counsel and/or General Counsel & Company Secretary to ensure legal decisions are carried out in a timely manner supporting Company objectives.

Key Job Accountabilities - II

• Provide Legal support on complex EPC projects.
• Oversee drafting, review and negotiation of EPC contracts, purchase orders for large scale equipment, services, contracts, confidentiality agreements and commercial agreements.
• Manage risks, develop mitigation strategies and provide legal support across the projects lifecycle including bidding phase, execution, clais, variations, disputes and contract close-out.
• Work closely with project management, procurement, finance and commercial teams on day to day project matters.
• Instruct and coordinate with external counsel if specailist legal support is rquired.
• Ensure compliance with applicable international and local news, this includes corporate, construction, regulatory and labor laws as we as corporate governance requirements.
• Mentor and particiate in the training of junior lawyers ensuring high standards of legal services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws “LLB” from a civil law or common law jurisdiction or Juris Doctor “JD” degree from a recognised law School or,
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline and otherwise qualified as a Lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction.

Knowledge and/or Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ of post qualification experience . 
• proven experience working on large scale energy, infrastructure, or construction projects, oil and industry expereince preferred.
• Excellent English communications skills, Arabic language is an advantage.
• Front line legal advisory experience in multi-national, multicultural environment.