English speaking vacancies in Holland: Legal Counsel

Sunday 11 December 2011

Legal Counsel

Shell - Rijswijk (The Hague Area, Netherlands)

Job Description

We’re looking to recruit an exceptional Lawyer to join a strong team of lawyers which services our recently formed global Projects & Technology (P&T) business.

P&T was created to improve performance, functioning as a common thread across the entire Shell value chain, working to enhance our competitive edge. P&T provides technical services, technology capability and major project and wells delivery across the globe. We also deliver differentiating technical information technology (IT) for Shell and drive research and innovation to create technology solutions for tomorrow. Safety & Environment and Contracting & Procurement are also rooted in P&T.

This is a fantastic entry point for an ambitious Legal Professional who wishes to commence/continue their in-house career within one of the largest organisations in the world.

Responsibilities:

The successful applicant will be exposed to a broad variety of legal work including extensive contracting and commercial work in support of different business units responsible for the execution of Shell projects around the world.

You’d be expected to provide professional, timely, cost-effective and practical legal advice and support to a diverse range of divisions within Shell Projects & Technology. Each division would require you to advise the business on legal issues relating to their business activity, find legally sound and creative solutions and options for achieving business objectives within acceptable legal constraints.

You will be responsible both for your own projects and for supporting more senior lawyers on complex transactions. The position involves a significant amount of liaison with colleagues in other legal syndicates in Shell including Legal Corporate, Compliance and Intellectual Property Services.

The variety of work offered by the role will suit an energetic lawyer keen to further develop a range of legal skills and to obtain an exposure to a range of Shell's core business activities. Some degree of business travel can be expected.

Desired Skills & Experience

A strong academic background, law degree and / or legal professional qualification, with relevant experience in private practice or in a legal department of a major corporation. The successful candidate should have a strong commercial legal background and will preferably have some knowledge of construction law issues. Some exposure to the oil and gas business is desirable but is not essential. Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written along with demonstrable negotiating skills is also a pre-requisite.

Company Description

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies. It consists of the businesses of Upstream Americas, Upstream International, Downstream, and Projects & Technology. With around 93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories, Shell is helping to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. In Upstream we focus on exploring for new oil and gas reserves and developing major projects where our technology and know-how adds value to the resource holders. In Downstream our emphasis remains on sustained cash generation from our existing assets and selective investments in growth markets. Shell by numbers (figures for 2010) Shell by numbers + 90 countries where we operate ~93,000 number of employees 48% of our production is natural gas 16.8 million tonnes of LNG sold (2010) 3.3 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day 43,000 Shell service stations worldwide 145 billion litres of fuel sold (2010) >30 refineries and chemical plants we run

Additional Information

Posted:: December 6, 2011
Type:: Full-time
Experience:: Associate
Functions:: Legal
Industries:: Oil & Energy
Compensation:: competitive salary & excellent benefits
Job ID:: 2255628; They made a mistake with putting the link where to apply on. So just contact Shell if you are interested

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