Description:
Our CultureWe are uniquely ExxonMobil. Integrity, care, excellence, resilience and courage, these core values determine how we work every day. At ExxonMobil, our values aren't just words— they're how we show up, focused on delivering the right answer, the right way, every day.
About Houston (Spring)
ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.
By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company's ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.
The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.
The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world's top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
Learn more about what we do in Houston here.
What role you will play in our team
Exxon Mobil Corporation (“ExxonMobil”) is seeking to hire an attorney with strong transactional experience for its legal team in Spring, Texas. The attorney will work with a team of experienced lawyers to support ExxonMobil's Product Solutions (Downstream and Chemicals) businesses on a wide variety of transactional, commercial, regulatory and operational matters, including but not limited to, the negotiation, drafting and implementation of agreements supporting a wide variety of transactions and operations (e.g., acquisition, joint venture, operating, and divestiture agreements) and goods and services contracts (such as EPC, drilling, and various equipment and materials purchase contracts). The attorney will work closely with assigned clients, often on a daily basis, with oversight from more experienced attorneys where required.
About You:
Skills and Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Strong college and law school record
- Licensed to practice law in at least one state
- Strong transactional background
- Strong research and writing skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant legal experience, at least partially with a major law firm, corporate legal department, or government agency
- High ethical standards and integrity
- Strong analytical skills and ability to exercise sound business judgment
- Ability and desire to work independently and as a member of an integrated team
- Able and willing to travel domestically and internationally in support of client transactions as needed
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Transactional experience in the energy industry
- Experience drafting and negotiating agreements for complex transactions, including M&A transactions, joint ventures, investments, and other strategic transactions
- Project finance experience on major energy or infrastructure projects
- Experience managing legal compliance issues (e.g., antitrust, anti-corruption and trade law matters)
- Commercial litigation experience in a law firm or corporation, including experience handling and managing significant and complex commercial litigation matters
- Demonstrated record of leadership and initiative
- Foreign language proficiency is a plus
- Texas Bar Membership is preferred.
