Position Summary:
The successful candidate must be able to provide practical, efficient, and high quality legal advice to Chevron Supply and Trading’s various business teams their support functions and business management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide advice and guidance to, and collaborate with, lawyers in other Chevron business units, insuring maximum effective use of in-house legal resources.
- Negotiate resolution of claims (e.g. failure to perform, shortage, off-specification product, demurrage) associated with trading contracts.
- Provide advice on legal issues associated with trading on exchanges, such as ICE and CME/NYMEX.
- Provide advice and training on compliance and risk exposure under relevant laws and regulations including competition law, market manipulation rules, international trade, import/export rules, anti-corruption laws, corporate governance, anti-boycott, sanctioned parties.
- Consult, in a cost effective manner, with outside counsel when necessary and appropriate.
- Advise clients on legal issues relating to international commodity transactions.
- Negotiate and draft contracts related to energy commodity trading transactions, including physical and financial purchase and sale agreements, offtake agreements, marketing agreements, master agreements, terminal storage agreements.
- Provide subject matter expertise support of other parts of the enterprise e.g. Exploration & Production, Refining.
- Provide advice to other support functions such as Compliance, Finance, Contracts, Credit, and Public Affairs in the supply and trading context.
- Provide advice and training on regulatory compliance matters, including EMIR, MiFID II, REMIT, and assist with any regulatory trade reporting requirements.
Required Education & Experience:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Lawyer qualified to practice in England and Wales.
- Ability to effectively manage a high volume of complex and diverse matters, provide support and advice to multiple teams and manage conflicting and evolving work demands.
- Capable of working in a team environment and partnering with clients, other in-house counsel, outside counsel and staff.
- Demonstrated ability to respond quickly and decisively to client needs in a rapidly changing and fast paced highly competitive trading environment, while at all times emphasising compliance with all applicable laws.
- 5+ years PQE with experience in regulatory trade compliance and international trade..
- Sound understanding of corporate and legal structures and associated policies and practices.