About this role
Job Title: Legal Counsel at a Leading Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Company - Group Aldelia Nigeria Location: Lagos Employment Type: Full-time Industry: Oil & Gas – Exploration & Production Reports to: General Manager, Legal
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support to its core exploration and production operations while ensuring regulatory and corporate compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice on transaction structuring and commercial matters.
- Advise on oil & gas exploration, development and production operations, including community, land and pilotage matters.
- Provide legal support on capital markets transactions, debt and equity financing and commercial negotiations.
- Draft, review and negotiate contracts, agreements, resolutions, memoranda, letters and other legal documents.
- Coordinate the effective management of litigation and external legal counsel.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and support compliance initiatives.
- Develop proactive and defensive legal strategies to protect the Company's interests.
- Collaborate with Technical, Operations, Finance and other internal teams on legal matters.
- Perform other duties assigned by the General Manager, Legal.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.).
- Nigerian Law School qualification and membership of the Nigerian Bar Association.
- Master's degree in Law is an advantage.
- Minimum 10 years' legal experience, with strong experience supporting technical and operations teams within a producing Oil & Gas E&P company.
- Prior experience in a law firm is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience within the Nigerian legal system.
- Strong knowledge of corporate law in Nigeria, UK and US.
- Demonstrated experience in contracts management, negotiation and legal advisory.
- Strong understanding of the Oil & Gas sector; indigenous E&P experience is an advantage.
- Excellent communication, analytical, negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
The Ideal Candidate: The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- High professional ethics, integrity and confidentiality
- Strong commercial and legal judgement
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to develop practical, proactive legal solutions in a complex Oil & Gas environment
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.