Senior Legal Counsel / Legal Counsel | Commodities Industry | 8-12 PQE (CL-OC-24)
Interested applicants do reach out via email to claire@2nats.com (do not only apply through this job portal, TQ!)
An international group within the commodities industry is looking to hire a legal counsel to support its trading, investment and compliance activities. This is a commercially focused role for a lawyer who is comfortable handling both transactional and contentious matters across cross-border business operations.
Key responsibilities
- Advise on a broad range of trade, commercial and investment-related contracts
- Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, transactional documents and related legal materials
- Support M&A and investment matters, including due diligence and transaction support
- Manage disputes arising from trade and commercial dealings, including arbitration, litigation strategy, negotiations and enforcement coordination
- Oversee and manage external counsel across multiple matters
- Provide guidance on compliance issues, including trade controls, competition matters and broader regulatory risk
- Partner internal stakeholders on legal risk management across business activities
- Support other legal and strategic matters as required
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer from a common law jurisdiction
- Around 8-12 years’ relevant post-qualification experience
- Strong background in commodities, international trade, cross-border transactions or investment work
- Experience gained in a leading law firm and/or in-house environment
- Confident handling both advisory and dispute-related matters
- Familiar with cross-border legal and regulatory issues, with sound commercial judgment
- Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Open to occasional travel where required
Why this role
This is a strong opportunity for a lawyer who enjoys the intersection of commodities, trade, disputes and investment work within an international business platform.
Interested applicants do reach out via email to claire@2nats.com (do not only apply through this job portal, TQ!)
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