GENERAL COUNSEL - OIL AND GAS, ABU DHABI
- Recruiter
- Taylor Root (Dubai)
- Location
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 30 May 2018
- Closes
- 28 Jun 2018
- Ref
- MA/970752
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
GENERAL COUNSEL, OIL AND GAS, ABU DHABI
CLIENT: This is a rare General Counsel position, available for candidates looking to head up a division of a large and diverse oil and gas company.
ROLE: You will have a commercial reporting line to the CEO and be tasked with both establishing and developing the legal function. The work will cover a broad spectrum of O&G sector work such as corporate, commercial, projects, construction, disputes, compliance and regulatory. It will range from large deals such as M&A with extensive drafting and negotiating, and working with JV partners, down to more general day to day matters. The role will also involve mentoring and training up junior staff.
CANDIDATE: It is essential that you have trained and qualified with a strong international standard law firm, and ideally on top of that, will have in-house experience. It is a senior level role and candidates will need in excess of 15 years' PQE. `Your skill set should have extensive experience in O&G and large projects work, as well corporate, commercial and standard in-house work.
It will be hugely beneficial to be based in the region already, although overseas applications will be considered - but only if you have distinct exposure to the Middle East market.
REF: MA/970752
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