Senior Legal Counsel vacancy in London

Senior Legal Counsel – contractor vacancy in London

We are searching for suitable candidates to cover a Senior Legal Counsel position in London with one of our clients (oil & gas/energy)

Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel – contractor role
Location: London office
Contract type: one years contract
Salary: day rate information available at our office

This is the opportunity for you if you have these skills and requirements:

-Transactional or contentious Qualified solicitor in England and Wales with five to six years’ post-qualification experience obtained either in a law firm or an in-house legal team with an established reputation in trading and shipping.

-Tangible experience of working in the energy sector and track record of advising on commodity trading issues

-Shipping / transportation experience advantageous but not essential

-Italian advantageous

As a member of legal team you will be responsible for:
Ø reviewing drafting and negotiating a broad range of energy commodity trading agreements, including spot and term sale and purchase agreements storage agreements, as well as advising on documentation ancillary to such transactions, such as general terms and conditions, tenders, agency/brokerage agreements, terms sheets, memoranda of understanding and inter-company service agreements;
Ø providing legal advice and support to the company’s trading desks on recurrent trading issues (recap terms, change of INCOTERMS, delayed deliveries, defaults) and advising the business on the resolution of trading and non trading disputes, with the support of externa counsel, when required;
Ø supporting the credit and KYC teams in connection with the drafting and negotiation of parent company guarantees, NDAs, letters of credit, ISDAs;
Ø supporting the origination teams with bespoke documentation such as profit sharing agreements, JVs, service agreements or the developing of new areas of business such as carbon trading;
Ø advising on, drafting and negotiating sanctions and compliance clauses in sale and purchase and transportation agreements, as well as a sound understanding of the workings of the main international trade sanctions regimes;
Ø providing general legal support in the areas of corporate governance, UK commercial regulation, insolvency and insurance.
Ø Experience on shipping contracts (voyage charters, time charters and COAs), carbon clauses and litigation is preferable but not essential.

Please note that we could only consider local candidates for this role, as position in office based in London.

Should you be interested please apply as instructed

Also advise your notice period and your approximate salary expectations

Thanks
Bahzad
MNR Ltd