Counsel

**Job Overview**:
Serve as legal advisor and day-to-day counsel for the global Supply Chain Management (SCM) function including claims management.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Align with the strategic vision for the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team and the Sustainability and Governance (S&G) team
- Review and manage Indian projects related claims and coordinate with legal & Contracts Management
- Implement and execute proactive legal policies to minimize risk and protect the organization
- Draft prime contract flow down requirements into vendor subcontracts, purchase orders or existing MSAs
- Draft, review, negotiate and approve vendor purchase orders, supply orders and subcontracts
- Make recommendations and support the project manager and operations team on vendor agreements, taking into consideration risk mitigation
- Provide ongoing legal guidance and project management support throughout the contract lifecycle
- Collaborate with S&G team and SCM to proactively identify and implement process and efficiency improvements
- Responsible for expanding expertise and contracting knowledge within SCM
- In conjunction with SCM, develop and maintain consistent standards and work processes for vendor contracting across the global organization
- Design and execute appropriate training in supply chain contracts to SCM and Contracts professionals
- In conjunction with Legal Counsel - Indirect Procurement, assist with drafting, review and negotiation of a wide variety of corporate agreements, including IT agreements, non-disclosure agreements, security agreements, talent development agreements, procurement agreements, office equipment rental and/or purchase agreements
- Oversee and work with external/internal counsel and internal constituents on strategy, pleadings, discovery, mediations, settlement, trial, etc.
- Work on a variety of matters including contract/commercial, personal injury, property damage, environmental, insurance, labor/employment, and others
- Assess litigation, claims, disputes, and other legal matters for potential reserves and receivables, disclosure in the Company’s financial statements, and compliance with reporting requirements in the Company’s financing documents
- Communicate effectively with various business units and organizations within the company
- Develop close work relationships with the legal team as well as management
- Prioritize and manage multiple tasks and responsibilities
- Utilize knowledge and experience to help advise and guide stakeholders

**Essential Qualifications and Education**:

- Qualification in law preferably a J.D. or LLB degree from a reputed Indian university and 5-8 years of broad legal experience in the construction, industrial or energy industry, with an emphasis on supply chain support, contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Proven experience as a Legal Counsel in a business environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of contract law in a business environment
- Excellent writing, research, and commercial negotiation skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity, sound judgment and ability to analyze situations and information
- Proven experience and knowledge with vendor agreements and prime contract flow down drafting preferred
- Able to work collaboratively with a global and diverse team
- Proactive thinker and creative problem solver
- Juris Doctorate or equivalent
- Good standing member of a Bar Association
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant litigation/claims management experience
- Ability to assist in the development of efficient solutions in support of the company’s global strategies
- Ability to interact in a collegial manner with all members of the business and senior management as appropriate
- Ability to work within a broad range of matters and issues
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Always represent the legal team in a professional manner

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