Main Purpose:
Providing legal advice and procuring legal services to support the entire portfolio of Trafigura’s companies and commercial activities, with particular focus on (i) transactional matters related to investments in, and divestments of, portfolio entities; (ii) mergers and acquisitions and related financings; and (iii) general corporate matters, competition/anti-trust, including shareholders’ legal relationships, corporate governance, reorganizations and insolvency matters.Instructing, managing and supervising external legal resources.
Managing legal risk in a transactional context.
Ensure corporate decisions adhere to relevant laws and regulations and internal policies and procedures.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
- M&A/General corporate lawyer
- Transactional experience crucial in any sectors, while commodities and/or energies sector experience would be useful
- International experience is beneficial
- Competence in financial transactions beneficial
- 6+ years PQE at a top law firm
- English, Australia and Singapore or US law-qualified, but other jurisdictions considered
- English language essential
- In-house experience a plus, especially in energy/trading sector, but not essential
- Must be willing to travel/work in office.
- High work standards and a keenness to learn / ability to adapt.
Key Responsibilities
- To be a first point of contact for the provision and procurement of legal services
- To identify and manage legal risk and communicate risks to the business
- To identify need for external legal resources, procure and manage the same
- Areas covered include
Non-contentious (trading/transactional/corporate/commercial/financial/projects):
- ability to handle all legal aspects M&A transactions from start to finish (with external support)
- advising upon a variety of transactional agreements
- advising on corporate structures including related documentation, corporate, trade and structured finance, joint ventures, sale/purchase contracts, M&A, and associated documentation
- willingness to provide advice on day-to-day general queries from the business
- Contentious (disputes/litigation)
- Willingness to support on contentious (corporate) matters (experience not essential).
Professional
- Work as member of Trafigura Group Legal Network which provides and procures a full legal service to the Trafigura Group.
- Establish strong working relationships across business
Competencies
- Positive, self-motivated, committed, pro-active and efficient.
- Solution oriented.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.
- Strong communication skills to communicate complex legal issues and advice in a digestible manner.
- Ability to relate to commercial staff and management under pressure and with commercial perspective.
- Ability to develop strong working relationships with people at all levels across the business.
- High integrity essential.
Key Relationships and Department Overview:
Key Relationships
- Senior counsel responsible for M&A transactions
- General Counsel
- Legal team
Reporting Structure
- Reporting directly to the General Counsel
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse workforce! We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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