About this role
Chevron is accepting online applications for a Counsel and/or Senior Counsel position through Friday, August 7, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
This Counsel or Senior Counsel position supports Chevron’s Enterprise Legal Services (ELS) team with a primary focus on providing transactional and governance support to Chevron’s global portfolio, including its organizations in the U.S., Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. The position is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and reports to the Supervising Counsel within the ELS.
Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:
• Provide contractual, commercial, and regulatory legal support on issues relating to Chevron’s global contracts. • Act as an advisor on a broad range of legal issues; draft and negotiate various agreements; manage legal and commercial risks; ensure Chevron's interests are protected and advanced and provide client teams with ongoing advice and counsel on legal issues, contract terms, corporate policies, and claims. • Work closely with Chevron's subject matter experts in tax, HR, finance, governance, intellectual property, compliance, environmental, insurance and project management to integrate Chevron’s agreements within a comprehensive risk management structure. • Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations; develop legal strategies and provide advice on the relative legal risks with such strategies. • Support assigned projects and effectively learn and advise on a broad array of legal issues. • Prepare and coordinate governance documentation, including written consents, resolutions, and related materials, to support approved transactions and ensure timely and accurate execution of corporate actions. • Support Chevron corporate governance matters, including preparing consents and related documents for officer and director changes, conduct annual reviews of database changes to ensure accuracy, and prepare certificates of fact and other corporate governance documents to support governance activities. • Maintain accurate and complete subsidiary records; organize and retain executed governance documents in accordance with Chevron requirements. • Provide client training and instruction on various aspects of the law including contracting, compliance, and liability matters. • Review intercompany financing requests and supporting documentation to ensure clarity, completeness, and alignment with internal requirements, while identifying potential corporate separateness considerations and appropriately escalating risks or unusual developments. • Communicate clearly, simply, and directly. Provide timely and fit-for-purpose reports to business clients and law management. • Create and maintain the highest level of client confidence and satisfaction, excellent communication, and professionalism.
Required Qualifications:
• Legal degree from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in Argentina. • At least 5 years of transactional legal experience, including supporting material contractual negotiations involving complex liability and risk structures. • Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills in English. • Demonstrated experience collaborating with business clients, other in-house counsel, outside counsel and support staff. • Excellent client relationship skills. • Must be a highly motivated self-starter, with a demonstrated ability to learn quickly, capable of working productively in a fast-paced team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Oil and gas industry experience. • Strong contractual and commercial negotiation experience. • Strong corporate governance experience. • Thorough understanding of indemnity, compliance, insurance, tax and warranty provisions and other similar provisions. • Experience partnering and working with global teams.
Relocation Option: Relocation will not be considered for this role.
International Considerations:
Expatriate assignments will not be considered.
Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.
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