Job Summary
Provide strategic legal support across oil and gas transactions, operations, and projects. Advise on regulatory matters to protect the company’s interests and reduce legal and reputational risks.
Location:
Lagos State
Job Type:
Full-time
Key Responsibilities
1. Legal Advisory and Guidance
- Offer expert legal advice to senior management and operational teams to ensure compliance with laws and industry regulations.
- Prepare and review legal memoranda, transaction documents, and advisory notes to ensure accuracy and commercial value.
- Manage legal matters arising from upstream activities to support business continuity and limit exposure.
- Advise on regulatory and governmental engagements, including legislative and local content requirements.
- Improve internal legal templates, standards, and procedures for consistency and efficiency.
- Supervise and review legal outputs from team members to ensure quality, compliance, and alignment with business goals.
2. Contract Review, Negotiation, and Risk Management
- Review commercial and technical contracts to ensure compliance with company policies and protect key interests.
- Lead contract negotiations with external parties to secure balanced and favourable terms.
- Draft and refine complex agreements covering operations, procurement, and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal teams to integrate legal considerations into contract structures and execution.
- Oversee contract-related work carried out by attorneys to ensure accuracy and alignment with objectives.
3. Transaction and Project Management
- Manage legal aspects of corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestments.
- Support project teams by providing legal input during planning and execution stages.
- Prepare and review key transaction documents to reflect strategic priorities.
- Assess risks and provide clear recommendations to senior leadership.
- Assist in resolving transaction-related issues to maintain value and timelines.
- Supervise legal work on transactions and projects to ensure quality delivery.
4. Dispute Resolution and Cost Control
- Handle disputes from commercial, operational, or regulatory activities efficiently.
- Advise on suitable dispute resolution methods, including litigation and alternative approaches.
- Work with external counsel to ensure effective case management and cost control.
- Review concluded cases to identify improvements for future handling.
- Support reduction of legal costs by strengthening internal capabilities.
- Oversee dispute handling by attorneys to ensure effective and economical outcomes.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualification – Bachelor of Laws (LLB), minimum of second class lower division.
- Professional Requirement – Member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
- Desirable – Master’s degree in Law.
Experience
- Experience within a reputable law firm or structured oil and gas company.
- Proven knowledge of energy law, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial law.
- Strong ability to manage complex assignments and deliver practical solutions.
- Effective communication and strategic thinking skills.
- At least 8 years’ post-call experience in oil and gas or corporate legal practice.
Deadline:
Not specified
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