Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Legal Counsel Recruitment

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and a
leader in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in
our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading
development programmes.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Job ID: 93408BR
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Purpose

• The role has been established as part of the Legal Services
  Global Litigation, Nigeria organization for the purpose of managing
  litigations (which term includes arbitration and other adversarial
  legal proceedings) in house.
• This role will be responsible for the day-to-day management of
  assigned environmental litigation matters in Nigeria.

Accountabilities

• As Legal Counsel, this role will be accountable to the Team
  Lead – Environmental litigation in Nigeria for the following:
• Management of the assigned litigation matters by providing cost
  effective and efficient litigation legal services to meet the
  litigation and dispute resolution needs and priorities of the
  company including:
• Management and risk evaluation of litigation and provision of
  advice and opinion to legal and business managers with respect to
  litigation and sundry issues being managed;
• developing a litigation strategy in each of the relevant
  assigned litigations including management of legacy litigation
  arising from spills or alleged pollutions
• Management of interface with external counsel to ensure the
  provision of efficient, cost-effective and result oriented
  services.
• Implementation of the company’s litigation management framework
  including:
• Reporting of significant litigation risks within the applicable
  control framework;
• Maintenance of the matter management database of all litigation
  matters assigned in the litigation management system;
• Promoting litigation risk awareness in the relevant Businesses
  being supported
• Will be involved in the provision of relevant litigation
  related reports and interface with relevant teams in the company
  including the Finance team and the external auditors regarding
  legal contingent liabilities and provisioning arising from
  litigation matters;
• Providing required support and advice in communications with
  external parties to ensure that Company’s right and position in
  ongoing or threatened litigation matters are preserved and not
  compromised.

Challenges:

• Operate within a highly complex and litigious legal environment
  with increasingly challenging regulatory environmental framework
  and be responsible for managing cases spread across local
  geographical boundaries including high profile environmental
  matters which may also require a good amount of travelling.
• Managing all activity related to litigation challenges,
  including case assessment, strategy development, client
  communication, management of external counsel, recommendation of
  provisions and disclosures, settlement recommendations and
  compliance with Shell policies and procedures relating to
  settlement authorities, and management of reputational issues;
• High level of interface with staff and management on the
  litigation matters including providing senior leaders in Nigeria
  with strategic legal advice to avoid, minimize and manage
  litigation risks in Nigeria;
• Liaising with and coordinating input from several stakeholders
  and functions within the Company including Communications, Business
  and Government relations, and External Relations in the management
  of the Litigation.

Requirements

• This position requires a seasoned lawyer with at least 6-8
  years of post qualification experience,4 years minimum experience
  in hands-on management of high-level and complex litigation
  matters.
• Excellent litigation, analytical, negotiation, and problem
  solving skills with ability to spot legal issues and develop cost
  effective legal solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the
  ability to interface with Senior Management and External counsel
  with due regard for the needs of the business.
• High level of professional integrity and strong leadership and
  people management skills with capacity to work independently and as
  part of the team
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize multiple competing
  activities and remain positive in challenging circumstances.
• Capability to learn new areas of law and show flexibility and
  pragmatism in deploying legal skills to achieve business
  objectives.
• Result driven self-starter with good business partnering skills
  and customer focus
• Good understanding of the Petroleum industry in general and its
  legal framework in Nigeria including familiarity with common law
  principles and contract law is required.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
online^[1]

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