Vice President Legal

2 months ago


Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Total Energies Full time
Context & Environment

  • Senior member of TotalEnergies UAE Management Team
  • Provides all legal assistance to all of the TEPUAE Non-Operated Assets (ADNOC Onshore, ADNOC Offshore, ADNOC LNG, ADNOC Gas Processing, Dolphin Energy Limited, NGSCO)
  • Provides legal assistance to other TotalEnergies Affiliates in the UAE (TEMME, TotalEnergies Lubricants, TotalEnergies Solar, TotalEnergies EP Yemen)
  • Corporate Entities - Approximately 30 Corporate Companies including French and Nederland registered companies.
  • Ethics Officer for all the affiliates of TotalEnergies in the UAE

Activities

The VP Legal is accountable for the execution, control and maintenance of these processes:

  • Create, negotiate and validate agreements.
  • Ensure/monitor conformity with Group compliance procedures and processes.
  • Monitoring and alert on UAE law.

He/She manages the legal requirements of the Company laws and ensure up-to-date corporate records.

The VP Legal provides all necessary support and advice for the activities of TotalEnergies in the UAE in order to: i) minimize legal risks; ii) optimize our commercial position; and iii) find pragmatic and diplomatic solutions to problems. Major Activities are:

Negotiations and Agreements

  • Advise on terms of existing agreements / Participate in negotiations with the State, national companies and Joint Venture partners / Prepare, review and validate new agreements and major contracts and support their implementation

Disputes and Litigation

  • Prevent disputes and litigation / Defend the interest of TotalEnergies in the event of disputes or litigation (threatened or actual)

Additional Legal Support

  • Maintain effective contact with the headquarters. Select and manage external Legal support in Abu Dhabi as required

Maintain Legal Databases

  • Stay informed on new Laws and Regulations affecting Company's operations, influence where possible, and alert/advise relevant Departments of new developments
  • Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date Title Documents Database
  • Maintain Corporate Information database

Legal team management

  • Plan and follow the activities of the department
  • Take the lead in the creation of a cohesive and effective team

HSE, Ethics & Compliance

  • Act as the Ethics Officer of TotalEnergies in the UAE. Ensure compliance to the Corporate and local policies, rules, codes and instructions (such as HSE policy, Code of Conduct, Security Rules)

Candidate Profile

Degree: Law - minimum requirement is LL.B Honors from common law jurisdiction (UK, US) but preferably Masters in Petroleum law.

Experience: minimum 15 years' experience in E&P law.

Knowledge/Skills: Petroleum law, International business law/public law; community law/environmental law /fiscal law; company law.

Additional Information

The Legal Department provides legal advice to all of TotalEnergies companies in the UAE to protect the interest of TotalEnergies and minimize legal risks. The scope of the job includes many high value assets with complex and voluminous contractual arrangements. Working in an environment where the legal regime (esp. the energy sector) is not highly developed with recent and constantly changing legislations, so clear answers are often not available. The Legal Department is involved with negotiations and legal discussions which can be protracted and require a flexible, diplomatic approach in order to achieve the business objectives without significant compromise on legal issues.

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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A long-standing player in the energy sector, an integrated multi-energy company (oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity) and a global industrial company, TotalEnergies is also a responsible employer and a corporate citizen. Every day, more than 100,000 employees are focused on reinventing energy in over 130 countries.

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