Legal Counsel Full-time Job

The role will entail supporting the General Counsel and the rest of the AT Legal team in advising on a variety of commodity trading, shipping and finance transactions. The successful candidate will ideally have expertise in reviewing, drafting and advising on shipping contracts (including charterparty reviews), physical and financial commodity trading contracts, general terms and conditions and derivative & exchange contracts and rules.

Job Specific Accountabilities

Provides legal advice on operational, commercial, corporate and transactional matters relating to AT’s supply, trading and financing activities.

Drafts, reviews, interprets and amends various forms of legal documentation related to the business of AT.

Assists in relation to any litigation or claims affecting AT.

Supports the development of junior Emirati lawyers and coordinates with other departments and functions on development and implementation of training and development initiatives.

Manages external legal counsel.

Coordinates with other key departments in ADNOC such as the ADNOC Corporate Governance Department and the ADNOC Compliance Department.

Coordinates with other legal departments within ADNOC.

Performs other similar duties as assigned by the AT General Counsel.

Qualification requirements

Bachelor's degree (law or otherwise) from a reputable university.

Legal professional qualification, preferably from a common law jurisdiction.

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

Minimum of 6 years’ energy trading experience in a reputable international law firm and/or in-house legal department.

Excellent English language (written and spoken). Fluent Arabic in addition is an advantage but not a pre-requisite.

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabis growth and diversification.
We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.
Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabis global emergence.
Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.