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Apply For Legal Counsel at Shell Petroleum Development Company. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is now recruiting to fill the position of Legal Counsel. Suitably qualified persons should check below for details on how to apply and the requirements.

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development program and our commitment to seeing our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition.

SPDC Invites applications to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Job Requisition ID: R97466
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

Job Description

If you are a curious person, strategic, creative, and solution-driven thinker with significant experience in managing and advising on complex legal and regulatory issues, then this could be your chance to join a world-class organization and contribute to enabling Shell’s strategy and purpose.
You will play a role in transforming Shell Legal into a simpler, more agile, and more affordable function.
Shell’s Legal Strategic intent is to partner with our businesses and functions in the delivery of the organization’s Purpose and Strategy.
The Upstream Legal team in Nigeria, located in Lagos and Port Harcourt, provides a wide range of integrated legal services to the business and functions with operational excellence, supported by a culture that embeds and sustains differentiated behaviors and networked performance.
You will be a key member of the Nigerian upstream legal team accountable for providing legal services (excluding litigation management) to all the Shell companies in Nigeria.

Job Roles / Responsibilities

The role of the Legal Counsel (LC) is to provide a wide range of integrated legal advice, support, and related services primarily to Shell’s Upstream business in a proactive, timely, cost-efficient, and professional manner with a view to furthering business objectives and protecting shareholder interests in collaboration with the business and other functions.
The LC will report to and work closely with the Managing Counsel, Upstream Nigeria, and other senior lawyers to provide support on a wide range of critical operational, commercial & related stakeholder issues and projects, and advice on JV Governance, and reputational and regulatory compliance-related issues.

More specifically, the role will include:

supporting the asset teams in the management of all operational and related stakeholder issues to enable operations.
providing legal support in the management of land acquisition and post-acquisition issues, oil spill compensation, and providing legal guidance to the related governance board.
Supporting compliance issues and, if required, delivering mandatory compliance training to the business (e.g. Anti Bribery & Corruption/Anti Money Laundering, Anti-trust).
Espousing Shell’s Business Principles and core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people at all levels.
Encouraging and contributing to a team culture of strong performance, and collaboration with an enterprise-first mindset.
Supporting the investigation of Health Safety Security and Environmental related incidents across Shell’s operations in Nigeria, and the Emergency Response team.
Ensuring documentation is appropriately drafted to accurately reflect agreed legal obligations. And is in line with Shell’s Control Framework and professional standards.

What do We need From You?

We’re keen to hear from candidates who love challenging work with experience in complex operations, commercial transactions and regulatory compliance issues including drafting, and have been called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria for a minimum period of at least 8 years.
Prior exposure to working with the Energy Industry is highly preferred.

Beyond that, we are looking for a candidate with:

Demonstrable track record as a team player, with strong communication, collaborative, influencing, and facilitation skills.
Familiarity with/experience in dealing with regulatory, commercial transactions, and operational issues in the petroleum industry.
A learner mindset with the ability to respond quickly to issues whilst exercising sound legal judgment.
Ability to develop and build strong relationships with clients with diverse cultural backgrounds at all levels and across the organization and handle complex and sensitive government and partner relations.
Ability to think creatively and find pragmatic solutions to legal, commercial, and operational issues, within acceptable legal and risk frameworks
Good commercial mindset and the ability to handle and prioritize multiple demanding clients
Problem-solving and strategic decision-making skills with demonstrated sound judgment in sensitive areas and on difficult issues