About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Purpose</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Provide advice on legal aspects of all Company activities and prepare pertaining legal documents ensuring compliance with applicable laws and Company policy and procedures.</span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Context & Major Challenge(s)</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">The Legal Counsel is responsible for handling all legal related issues and advice pertaining to the Company, project owners, and affiliates under relevant service agreements, often involving complex matters across Qatar and global jurisdictions. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Ensure practices are aligned with accepted industry standards and best practices and are also consistent with statutory, regulatory, and corporate guidelines.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Has a high degree of freedom in the execution of job functions, events, and activities within legal environment.</span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Job Accountabilities - I</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Provide legal advice and guide stakeholders, regulators and contractors on legal related issues adhering to department guidelines and law in a timely manner. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Assist in reviews and drafting policies and regulations to ensure consistency with applicable law. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Perform duties such as interpreting laws and follow up legal suits and arbitration to which the Company is a party to and supervise the activities undertaken by outside counsel. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Draft letters and documents addressed to Governmental authorities on legal related issues and maintain filing record of government documentation.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Draft, review and negotiate all contractual arrangements including those with contractors, customers, consultants, suppliers, buyers, lenders to ensure compliance with applicable laws and Company policies and department objectives. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Job Accountabilities - II</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Assist in developing standard agreements and reviews all agreements to ensure Company is legally protected. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Support investigations for identifying and resolving legal issues, recommending the most appropriate approaches to remain efficient. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Represent the Legal department on internal or external working groups and committees and implement legal strategies in support of the legal Department’ objectives. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Maintain current knowledge of international best practices, internal and external laws, rules, and regulations and integrate into the Company policy and procedure. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Perform other duties at the request of the Associate General Counsel and/or General Counsel. </span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Qualifications</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Bachelor of Laws “LLB” or Juris Doctor “JD” degree from a recognised law School or, </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree in any discipline and otherwise qualified as a Lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction.</span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Knowledge and/or Experience</H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">6 years’ experience and commercial knowledge related to oil and gas industry.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">Front line legal advisory experience in multi-national, multicultural environment. </span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div></div></div>