Commercial Legal Counsel
Would you like to be part of a team that provides essential legal guidance?
Would you like to help shape commercial and strategic direction?
Join our leading legal team
Our legal team takes responsibility for supporting the execution of our company's global business and safeguarding its people, assets, and interests. We provide critical legal support across the business, working closely with the business teams and the legal department's functions.
Partner with the best
As a Commercial Legal Counsel, you will provide commercial legal advice and support to the Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segment. This comprises supporting different product lines within the Middle East and North Africa Türkiye (MENAT) region.
As a Commercial Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for:
Providing legal support for customer contracts and activities
Providing legal advice to the business on strategic initiatives, partnerships, and various growth and business initiatives
Delivering training and advice to support legal and compliance teams
Supporting commercial activities of IET in MENAT, including development of tools and templates to support business growth
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
Possess a law degree from an accredited university or law school
Have 10+ years of experience in legal
Have been admitted to a Bar from a recognized jurisdiction
Have impressive knowledge and experience negotiating complex commercial contracts and transactions
Be able to demonstrate deep project management skills and process improvement skills
Be able to demonstrate leadership in interacting with cross-functional teams and providing strategic legal and compliance guidance to leadership
Be a natural communicator, with an ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
Be a motivated self-starter, proactively taking the initiative to lead and solve problems
Show significant experience in a similar role providing legal counsel with experience in-house or at a law firm
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
Comprehensive private medical care options
Safety net of life insurance and programs
Tailored financial programs
Additional elected or voluntary benefits
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Legal Senior Advisor - Commercial Counsel
About us
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner, and more efficient for people and