Senior Legal Director

Role purpose

Disputes, arbitration, and litigation

• Lead international arbitration, litigation, mediation, and dispute resolution across multiple jurisdictions.
• Act as legal lead on disputes involving PSCs, concession agreements, joint ventures, EPC contracts, and energy infrastructure projects.
• Manage external counsel, arbitration tribunals, expert witnesses, and litigation strategy.
• Represent the Company in ICC, LCIA, ICSID, SIAC, and other international arbitration proceedings.
• Advise senior management and the Board on dispute risks, claim strategies, and settlement negotiations.

Mandatory qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) and admission to practice law in a recognized jurisdiction.
• At least 20 years of legal experience and at least 10 years in senior legal leadership positions.
• Prior General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Group Legal Director, or equivalent experience in an international energy or oil and gas company.
• Responsibility for legal matters across multiple jurisdictions and complex cross-border operations.
• Experience negotiating and advising on PSCs, concession agreements, JOAs, JV agreements, GSAs, GTAs, EPC contracts, project development agreements, and international commercial contracts.
• Extensive international arbitration and litigation leadership, including ICC, LCIA, ICSID, SIAC, or equivalent forums.
• Experience managing disputes involving governments, state-owned entities, regulators, JV partners, EPC contractors, and international counterparties.
• Strong Middle East experience and extensive Board-level advisory experience, including direct engagement with CEOs and Executive Committees.

Preferred experience

• Master’s degree in Law (LLM) is preferred.
• Preferred experience includes international energy project development, M&A, cross-border investments and financing, and government or sovereign negotiations.
• Additional preferred exposure includes energy transition, power generation, LNG, upstream or midstream projects, and work in Africa, the Middle East, CIS, Asia, or other emerging markets.