Legal Counsel

Job description / Role

Job purpose

Provide legal advice and guidance to the company's management and all divisions/departments, in line with the applicable legislation, the corporate strategy and under supervision of the associate general counsel, in order to optimally resolve legal issues, mitigate legal risks and support management's decision making.

Key accountabilities

Legal consultation
- Manage disputes, legal cases and lawsuits.
- Provide legal advice to the company's management and all divisions/departments and prepare memos with recommendations and actions to be undertaken, for all legal matters raised, so that the right legal action can be undertaken.
- Draft and review all types of national and international agreements and templates.

Draft legal documentation
- Draft and review legal documentation and contracts, under supervision of the associate general counsel.
- Manage external counsel.
- Draft legal opinions on legislation related to the company to ensure that relevant and up-to-date information on legislation is always available to all relevant stakeholders.

Legal representation
- Represent the company in courts, arbitrations and other legal forums.

Legal research
- Perform legal research on legislation relevant to the company in order to stay up to date on all relevant legislation.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills

• Bachelor's degree in law.
• 7 years of relevant experience either as in-house counsel or in law firm with exposure to different aspects of law.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.