Description:

Job Summary:
This role will support our senior legal staff in managing a wide range of legal matters, including contract review, compliance issues, risk management, litigation, and corporate governance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts for upstream oil & gas production.
Contract management and administration including master service agreements, client contracts, supply agreements, confidentiality agreements, and subcontracts, change management, claim mitigation strategies, and contract disputes.
Provide legal support to Operations to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations and company Code of Conduct.
Support internal investigations.
Oversee entity management and registered agent activities.
Negotiate real estate documents, including leases, and provide oversight of the Company's real property portfolio.
Interact with support functions and departments, ensuring involvement of Legal in all matters that may have a legal impact on the company.
Work closely and collaboratively with our clients which include the world's largest energy companies.
Implement, draft and update procedures, practices, guidelines and templates.
Participate in litigation management including assisting outside counsel.
Provide legal support and identify and assess legal risks regarding employment matters.
Proactively identify and manage risks to ensure business continuity and avoid business interruption.
Assist with records retention compliance and document control.
Participates with legal department personnel in budget preparation.
Assists General Counsel with document preparation as required in connection with domestic business and transactions.
Supports transactional due diligence including any corporate level or document review.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Must be admitted to practice law in at least one state in the USA.
Minimum of five (5) or more years of experience, preferably in an in-house counsel role and in the oil & gas industry.
Extensive experience negotiating commercial agreements.
Exposure in the areas of litigation, real estate, ethics & compliance, employment matters preferred.
Ability to act independently, handle multiple projects, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
Ability to function effectively and efficiently with minimal administrative support, including typing skills and ability to work with Microsoft Office suite.
Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
Business acumen with a solution-oriented approach
Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
Ability and willingness to conduct and/or attend meetings, including evenings.
Ability to handle complex and substantial legal work.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with good customer service principles.
Multi-tasking capabilities.
Demonstrated leadership and supervisory abilities.

Education Requirements:
J.D. degree from an American bar Association (ABA)-accredited law school.