Senior Counsel (Corporate & Commercial) - Relocate To Saudi Arabia

Please note that this role is based in Saudi Arabia on a permanent, residential basis.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer. With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society. Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply. We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

We are seeking a Senior Counsel to join the Corporate Functions Law Department within the Business Law Organization of Aramco. The Corporate Functions Law department is responsible for the delivery of broad-based legal services to the Company’s Corporate Functions to advance the commercial objectives of the client base while offering practical and solution-oriented strategies to manage legal risk. The Corporate Functions include virtually all of the Company’s Service Lines (other than Upstream and Downstream) including Technical Services (i.e., Procurement and Supply Chain, Project Management), HR & Corporate Services, Finance, Strategy & Corporate Development, and Technology & Innovation.

The Senior Counsel will serve as the primary legal support to each organization within the Corporate Functions providing legal services, among others, in relation to commercial contracts, transactions, affiliate matters, portfolio management, corporate governance, and contentious matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the relevant internal Saudi Aramco client, bringing to bear sectoral experience and insight relevant to the client.
• Provide broad-based service, including, without limitation, strategic legal advice to senior leadership, day to day corporate and commercial legal support, preparation, review and negotiation of a broad range of contractual and governance instruments relevant to the client’s commercial mandate.
• Identify the need for and seek and obtain specialist legal input from across the Law Organization and provide consolidated legal support to the relevant client.
• May serve as the corporate secretary for one or more entities, organizing and managing board meetings, and advising as to board authority and corporate governance matters.
• Advise as to shareholder issues and manage the interface between the entity, the parent, and other affiliates.
• Advise as to internal policies, review and resolve claims, and provide training to company personnel on legal and compliance matters.

As the successful candidate, you will have:

• A Bachelor of Law degree as minimum. Master or Juris degree preferred.
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
• A minimum of 7 years hands-on experience gained in a large multinational corporation or law firm.
• Relevant corporate and commercial legal experience.
• Experience serving as corporate secretary to a sophisticated board of directors.
• Experience providing concise and clear support to internal clients.
• Energy industry (oil and gas, petrochemical, power or oil field services), construction industry, or international experience are a plus.

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly. At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development. We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.