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JOB DESCRIPTION
Senior Associate/Associate, Group Legal & Governance
Overview
Senior Associate/Associate, Legal supports the Group Legal & Governance Department for matters mostly related to projects in the pre and post bid activities as well as in other areas where Group Legal & Governance Department is required to support.
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Company
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Vantris Energy Berhad
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Department
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Group Legal & Governance
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Job Title
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Senior Associate/Associate
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Reporting To
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Commercial Counsel (Engineering & Construction) / Commercial Counsel (Operations & Maintenance) / Commercial Counsel (Drilling)
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Qualification
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- Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
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Experience
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- Minimum 2 years of working experience, preferably in Oil & Gas or construction industry
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Skill/Attributes
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- Professional presence, excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, and experience delivering crisp, clear executive presentations.
- Possess good negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Good command of written and spoken English and Bahasa Malaysia and computer literate.
- Ability to perform and manage numerous assigned tasks while meeting rigorous performance standards and tight deadlines. Ability to focus on critical priorities.
- Ability to work as a member of multi-disciplinary team.
- Capable of working independently and under minimum supervision.
- Possess strong commitment towards work.
- Possess analytical mind with ability to quickly learn new things, develop useful expertise, produce significant contributions assess contractual risks.
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Main Responsibilities
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- Demonstrate skill level appropriate to role in global contract drafting, negotiation, execution and management.
- Role will require occasional hours outside of standard business hours - to join calls with overseas team members. Able to work with counterparts around the world with different time zones. Regular and, at times, unpredictable travel, including international travel, is required.
- Contractually and commercially risk adverse.
- Review, draft and/or revise standard contract templates and other standard contract sections.
- Review Tender documents and prepare legal deliverables (contract deviations, contractual analysis etc) and attend tender negotiations.
- Meet stakeholders to understand their needs and feedback related to contract requirements, processes, risks and standards.
- Perform and/or support peer reviews of tender documents and draft contracts, both revenue and costs level.
- Develop and/or support contracting strategies and prepare documentation to support the partnership.
- Negotiate, support and finalize award activities by upholding contracting best practices, process requirements, governance requirements and other compliance requirements.
- Advise process, governance, and compliance requirements related to contracting.
- Prepare, develop Standard Contract Templates and the other documents /agreements to support cost contract activities.
- Attend to, articulate, providing advice and resolution strategies, defend demands, disputes and issues to protect company’s interest. Coordinate and monitor litigations until settlement. Source, appoint and manage external counsels.
- Provision of legal opinion and conduct legal research.
- All other work as instructed by the Superior.
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