Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel
Mexico City
México

DESCRIPTION:

We are looking for BACHELOR IN LAW for a SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL position, working in our corporate located in Mexico City, for important global firm dedicated to providing the best engineering talent to companies in the energy, petrochemical, mining and infrastructure industries.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support in connection with the following activities and agreements (governed by Mexican Law or foreign law, including without limitation UK and US Law):
• Negotiation, drafting and interpretation of concessions, PSCs and other oil and gas arrangements. Formation and management of joint ventures, joint operating agreements and farm-out/farm-in agreements, as well as bidding agreements negotiations in regard to contract bid rounds; broad mix of company and commercial work including sale and acquisition of assets, transportation/distribution and other hydrocarbon facilities and commercial agreements.
• Provide support and supervise litigations, disputes or similar actions exercised by or against the Company in liaison with outside law firms.
• Working with project teams to manage contractors and administer the contracts to avoid, mitigate or minimize cost over-runs and delays / disruptions to the project activities.
• Liaising and coordinating with HQ subject matter experts in areas such as compliance (ant bribery, antitrust, sanctions, intellectual property, sustainability, among others)
• Provide support in developing legal and commercial strategies, and assistant on legal risks associated with business operations, their potential impact and suggest risk-mitigating strategies.
• Liaise with a variety of external entities, including external law firms, partners, government and suppliers.
• Provide legal advice that may be necessary in connection with the businesses activities with an emphasis on maximizing commercial benefits and minimizing legal risk to the organization.
• Acting and participating in the actions, diligences and procedures, before all levels of governmental authorities and official entities, in order to obtain ministerial, environmental and municipal permits, applications and authorizations, as well as to provide support to different organizational units that require this documentation.
• Act in compliance with and provide support to the implementation and execution of the provisions contained in the Code of Ethics, as well as any other internal policies, rules and procedures

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Law Degree qualification with admission to the bar (e.g. Mexico, other Latin American Jurisdictions and/or the U.S./UK/EU as plus).
• Experience in a law firm and/or as in house within corporate organizations with experience in the Energy/Infrastructure sector.
• Extensive experience as In-house Lawyer or in a Law Firm working on Energy/Infrastructure, JVs, Commercial, Corporate, M&A, Infrastructure and Project Finance related matters.
• Able to fully draft and negotiate agreements and other legal and corporate documents in English and Spanish.

Send your RESUME in WORD FORMAT to:

Contact: Carlos De los Rios
e-mail: carlos.delosrios@trsstaffing.com