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Job Description
Job Descriptions
- Provide legal advice on transaction structuring and commercial matters.
- Advise on oil & gas exploration, development and production operations, including community, land and pilotage matters.
- Provide legal support on capital markets transactions, debt and equity financing and commercial negotiations.
- Draft, review and negotiate contracts, agreements, resolutions, memoranda, letters and other legal documents.
- Coordinate the effective management of litigation and external legal counsel.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and support compliance initiatives.
- Develop proactive and defensive legal strategies to protect the Company's interests.
- Collaborate with Technical, Operations, Finance and other internal teams on legal matters.
- Perform other duties assigned by the General Manager, Legal.
Requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.).
- Nigerian Law School qualification and membership of the Nigerian Bar Association.
- Master's degree in Law is an advantage.
- Minimum 10 years' legal experience, with strong experience supporting technical and operations teams within a producing Oil & Gas E&P company.
- Prior experience in a law firm is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience within the Nigerian legal system.
- Strong knowledge of corporate law in Nigeria, UK and US.
- Demonstrated experience in contracts management, negotiation and legal advisory.
- Strong understanding of the Oil & Gas sector; indigenous E&P experience is an advantage.
- Excellent communication, analytical, negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
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