Oceaneering is hiring for the role of Senior Legal Counsel for their office in Chandigarh, apply now!
About Oceaneering
Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily for the offshore energy industry. They develop products and services for use throughout the lifecycle of an offshore oilfield, from drilling to decommissioning. They operate the world’s premier fleet of work-class ROVs.
About the Job
The Senior Legal Counsel serves as both a business partner and a subject matter expert on legal and contracts-related matters, with responsibility for ensuring timely, accurate, and risk-weighted legal advice and service. A member of a collegial and highly effective Legal Department, the Senior Legal Counsel works in close collaboration with other Oceaneers across business units and functional departments to enable business and maximize profit in furtherance of the Company’s strategic objectives and within its Mission, Vision, and Values.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide accurate, relevant, complete, and timely legal advice (including but not limited to document drafting and review, oral or written advice on legal issues, and managing outside counsel and other legal support providers) to the internal client(s) in accordance with Company policy, risk tolerance, and budget.
- Ensure that the Associate/Assistant General Counsel and other stakeholders are timely made aware of legal issues, risks, and proposed solutions where there is a risk of material impact on the Company’s financial, operational, and reputational results.
- Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial contracts and agreements (including parent company guarantees), and advise other legal, contracts, commercial, and/or operations personnel on such matters.
- Experience of supporting businesses operating in some or all of the following territories: [Middle East, Asia Pacific].
- Supervise or support the handling of claims, litigation, and/or internal investigations.
- Advise on labor and employment matters, including policies and practices related to hiring, termination, and restructuring, and on disciplinary, grievance, and discrimination matters.
- Support the establishment and liquidation of subsidiary entities and branches, including advising on drafting and negotiation of joint venture arrangements, as required.
- Advise on and support new country entry (as required for the relevant territory/ies) ensuring that legal requirements are understood by the relevant stakeholders.
- Draft board minutes, shareholder resolutions and powers of attorney.
- Promote compliance with the Code of Conduct, especially as it relates to anti-corruption, trade controls, antitrust, intellectual property, and other legal topics.
Eligibility Criteria
- Law degree from an accredited university
- Licensed (or otherwise eligible to apply for licensure) to practice law in one or more relevant jurisdictions
- 7+ years of legal experience
- Fluent in English
- Experience in a law firm or as in-house counsel for a global business, particularly one with technology and other complex service and manufacturing offerings.
- Litigation, labour & employment, and M&A experience are a plus.
- Fluency in other languages is a plus, particularly Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, French, Hindi and Arabic
How to Apply?
Interested candidates can apply through the link provided below.
Location
Chandigarh, India
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