• The legal counsel will be mainly engaged in the contractual and procurement works legal support, including full range of oil and gas agreements: engineering, goods and services supply agreements, lease, sublease, rental, drilling, seismic, seismic processing, construction, site survey, FEED/EPC, logistics, operational and maintenance, consultancy services contracts and other types of agreements.
• The legal counsel might also be involved in supporting corporate issues, including giving relevant legal opinions, supporting the work of corporate bodies, powers of attorney, corporate restructuring, state registration matters etc;
• General legal analysis and advice: analyzing legal regulations and the transactional documents and advising, delivering legal memorandums;
• Compliance function.
• Regulatory and HSE matters: renewal of licenses, regulatory approvals, HSE investigations, etc.
• Business Development: support in negotiation of acquisitions and divestments, including due diligence process.
• Government relations: legal counsel will assist Company of relations with federal and local governments, including preparation of the relevant correspondence. The legal counsel will assist in relation to license obligations, administrative procedures and preparation of bid rounds.
• People & Organization: contract revision, consultations on applying labour related regulation, inspections by authorities, etc.
• General monitoring of the legislation. Regular regulatory reporting duties, including the reporting duties on the legislation update.
• Intellectual property rights issues.
• Litigation. Prosecution and supervision of legal disputes and claims: judicial, contentious administrative and arbitral.
• Coordination of external legal services rendered to Company