Legal Counsel

RESPONSIBILITIES (=) AND MAIN TASKS (+)

• Legal Compliance: monitor and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate governance principles. Stay abreast of changes in relevant laws and regulations affecting corporate governance. Conduct regular assessments to identify and address potential risks
• Company Lifecycle: on a global basis, lead and implement incorporations, mergers, restructuring, liquidations
• Corporate Governance Drafting: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various legal documents (intercompany agreements, resolutions, memorandums, minutes, contracts, etc.)
• Collaboration: efficiently manage the outsourcing partners, which provide corporate filing and update services. Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including executives, compliance, finance, treasury, tax teams and other departments, to address legal issues and provide timely advice. Collaborate with company partners and clients (mainly in relation to JV)
• Risk Management: identify and assess legal risks associated with corporate operations. Together with Head of Corporate Governance, develop strategies to mitigate legal risks and protect the organization’s interests
• Assist Head of Corporate Governance in developing and updating corporate governance policies and processes to align with legal requirements and industry best practices
• Training and Development: provide training session to legal and non-legal employees on corporate governance matters. Develop the necessary tools, training and materials so they can independently work on daily corporate administration activities within well-defined boundaries
• Corporate secretarial: ensure the preparation/drafting, maintenance, and archiving of corporate secretarial records e.g. board and shareholder minutes/resolutions, company statutes, share certificates and registers of SBM Offshore legal entities worldwide. Provide assistance on KYC/DD and other corporate legal requests
• Delegation of Authority: prepare and overview Powers of Attorney, ensuring mechanisms of board members protection
• Document Management System: contribute to development of new document/legal entity management system (with AI features), keeping up to date the document management system and corporate files

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

• Law degree
• TEP qualification is a plus
• Fluent in English (spoken and written) is a must, French language skills highly desirable and Portuguese language skills are a plus

EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as in-house counsel and/or in private practice is a must
• Proven experience as a corporate lawyer with a focus on corporate governance
• Experience managing portfolio of legal entities in multiple jurisdictions from corporate legal perspective
• Experience in document management tools with AI features
• Experience in automation and standardization of corporate governance processes is a plus

PERSONAL SKILLS:

• Strong understanding of corporate law, regulatory frameworks, and governance principles
• Excellent legal drafting skills
• Good organizational skills, solution focused, pragmatic approach to legal support to the business
• Ability to work accurately and quickly
• Good interpersonal relations skills
• Discretion, courtesy and tact
• Reliable and accountable
• Adaptability and stress resistance