Senior Legal Counsel

2 days ago


Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ADNOC Full time
About the Company

ADNOC L&S is a global energy maritime logistics leader with a world-class asset base. We are the dedicated and vital logistics arm for ADNOC Group, providing mission critical and highly specialized services across ADNOC's entire value chain. We also provide market-leading, cost-competitive maritime and logistics solutions to over 100 global customers and ship to more than 50 countries across the world.

About the Job

Responsible for entire gamut of legal affairs and corporate legal matters of the company. Provide legal opinions, advises, interpretations, complex risk mitigations and due diligences on contracts, agreements, deeds, and other legal drafting's and documents from the projects, commercial, drilling, subsurface and other functions.

Recommend settlement of claims in connection with complex major projects. Interface with external counsel in respect of litigation that the company is involved in, and advice on alternative dispute resolution.

Key Accountabilities

  • Plan, organize, coordinate and supervises the activities of Legal affairs of the company.
  • Defines and draws up as required major complex contract agreements between other parties and the Company. This involves analysing the contract conditions and making recommendations as to legally acceptable courses of actions to be taken. Formulates principles to be followed in contracts policies, ensures that the agreements meet with the laws of U.A.E.
  • Provides preventive legal advice to Senior Management/Commercial Division and Project Function on all topics such as curative legal advice, to minimise disputes and litigation, which is costly to the Company.
  • Involved in the preparation, review and negotiation of company contractual transactions to limit potential risk exposure, providing legal representation for the company, ensuring that all matters of business comply with company policies and ethical standards.
  • Provision of comprehensive legal services to the contract and procurement function.
  • Risk transactions on international deals that require negotiation of issues that involve International Law.
  • Studies and scans contractor's claims likely to have an effect on the Company operations. This involves analysing claims and making legal recommendations and ensuring all relevant points are brought to the attention of the Commercial Division.
  • Participates in negotiation of settlements of disputes arising out of claims or contracts as required, prepares submission in arbitration cases and co-ordinates with the Company advocate when representing the Company in court actions both locally and abroad.
  • Drafting and reviewing different contracts in the oil and gas, construction, Drilling sector.
  • Supervising and giving guidance and counselling to subordinate staff in the legal department.
  • Advising on how new regulatory initiatives impact the entire business of the Company.
  • Advising on corporate governance and giving recommendations on the adoption of corporate governance policies.
  • Advising management on legal and regulatory changes that impact the business of the company.


Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Law or other suitable similar discipline.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience preferably in top international law / consultancy firms and/or local or international blue-chip corporate/s.
  • Experience in Shipping/Maritime/Logistics industry is an advantage but not a pre-requisite.
  • Must be a qualified lawyer in a common law or civil law jurisdiction.

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