14 Oct
Asterix Communications
Dubai
Legal Compliance Manager, Energy Commodities, Oil & Gas Trading Sector, Location : Dubai, UAE.
We are currently working with a boutique global Energy Trading House based in Dubai, UAE who are seeking a Legal Compliance Manager to join their growing business and assist with a wide variety legal activities and frameworks.
The ideal candidate for the position will be a high-energy, results-driven professional with good business acumen and problem-solving abilities.
Candidates should be initiative, self-motivated, team leaders, and have an eye for new ideas and ongoing growth.
Responsibilities :
- Provide legal advisory support to the Crude & Refined Products trading desk, focusing on trade documentation, new projects and transactions,
international commodity dealings
- Provide sharp and clear legal advice on daily transactional commodities business.
- Litigation and Alternative Dispute resolution
- Draft, review and negotiate various agreements related to energy trading, including sales and purchase, transportation agreements and other commercial agreements.
- Provide support and general advice on transactions.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and provide proactive solutions to facilitate business objectives.
- Analyze regulatory matters to ensure company's compliance, including licenses, reporting obligations, and other regulatory requirements.
- Familiarity with the legal issues relating to physical commodity trading including commercial law.
- Good understanding and working knowledge of complex energy trading transactions and related risk implications.
Qualifications :
- Law Degree
- Law Degree
- Proven expertise in negotiation and legal drafting,
particularly in the energy market and trading agreements (physical and financial)
- At least 5-8+ years of relevant experience, acquired at a reputable law firm or in a similar in-house legal role.
- Strong understanding of the energy, chartering markets and trading instruments
- Familiarity with various commodity exchanges and commodity derivative trading / risk management
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to find solutions within the legal framework while considering the business drivers and needs.
This role will offer a talented and experienced senior legal compliance manager the chance to develop their career with a leading oil / energy commodities trading company.
You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner,
with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely.
Candidates applying for the role should be entrepreneurial in nature, hard-working and initiative driven.
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