Group Aldelia Nigeria – Our Client, a leading Oil & Gas Exploration & Production company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Oil & Gas – Exploration & Production
Reports to: General Manager, Legal

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Legal Counsel to provide strategic legal support to its core exploration and production operations while ensuring regulatory and corporate compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on transaction structuring and commercial matters.
• Advise on oil & gas exploration, development and production operations, including community, land and pilotage matters.
• Provide legal support on capital markets transactions, debt and equity financing and commercial negotiations.
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts, agreements, resolutions, memoranda, letters and other legal documents.
• Coordinate the effective management of litigation and external legal counsel.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and support compliance initiatives.
• Develop proactive and defensive legal strategies to protect the Company’s interests.
• Collaborate with Technical, Operations, Finance and other internal teams on legal matters.
• Perform other duties assigned by the General Manager, Legal.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.).
• Nigerian Law School qualification and membership of the Nigerian Bar Association.
• Master’s degree in Law is an advantage.
• Minimum 10 years’ legal experience, with strong experience supporting technical and operations teams within a producing Oil & Gas E&P company.
• Prior experience in a law firm is an advantage.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience within the Nigerian legal system.
• Strong knowledge of corporate law in Nigeria, UK and US.
• Demonstrated experience in contracts management, negotiation and legal advisory.
• Strong understanding of the Oil & Gas sector; indigenous E&P experience is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, analytical, negotiation and relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

The Ideal Candidate:
The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• High professional ethics, integrity and confidentiality
• Strong commercial and legal judgement
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to develop practical, proactive legal solutions in a complex Oil & Gas environment

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.