Total recrute un Conseiller juridique – GPE, GENEVE-WTC1(CHE), Suisse


Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to join our Legal team based in Geneva, which provides legal support to Trading & Shipping and Gas & Power divisions at TOTAL.

As Legal Counsel, you will be closely working with Gas Power & Emissions (GPE) trading teams and support functions, ensuring that the company is able to achieve its commercial objectives in compliance with laws and regulations, properly managing and minimising legal risks, and providing solution-oriented legal services: practical, commercial, timely and cost effective.

Your missions would typically include the following:

 

  • Provide legal services and advice on the legal issues relating primarily to gas power & emissions (and derivatives) trading in Europe and related corporate activities (governance, procurement);
  • Draft and advise on all agreements and other documentation relating to the gas, power and emissions business.

 

More generally:

 

  • Negotiation –  assist internal clients in commercial and contractual negotiations with third parties;
  • Risk – advise on legal risks and minimise the impact of legal risks for the business;
  • Disputes – assist in the management of legal disputes for the Company and advise on the risks and outcomes (litigation, arbitration, mediation);
  • Laws and regulations – Laws and regulations – monitor and advise on the applicable laws and regulations for the business, and changes to those laws, in relevant jurisdictions, including Switzerland, the European Union (and Member States) and the UK;
  • Advise on regulatory compliance particularly for energy regulations throughout Europe;
  • Understand the gas and power business and the commercial and technical issues which may affect the legal services being provided;
  • When necessary attend legal and industry working groups to assess industry changes;
  • Assist in the instruction of external counsel and actively monitor and minimise external legal costs.

 

Context and environment

 

You will evolve in an international, fast-paced and dynamic trading environment with time-sensitive, business critical activities requiring responsiveness, proactivity, strong planning and organisational skills and attention to details. The decisions must be quick and require excellent mastery of legal topics as the rapidly changing legal environment could have significant financial impacts.

 

Candidate profile

 

The ideal candidate would have a minimum of 5-year post-qualification experience as a licensed solicitor or an equivalent European qualification, preferably in England and Wales.
A previous experience of energy trading agreements would be a considerable advantage.

You must be proficient in English legal drafting skills (and fluently speak, read and write in English). Knowledge of another European jurisdiction, as well as mastering French and/or another major European language would also be a plus.
You thrive working both as a team player and autonomously and demonstrated effective communications skills at all levels of the organization. You also developed solid negotiation skills, solution-oriented attitude, collaborative mind-set and proactivity.

Offer ID

33541BR

Metier

General Business Law

Employment type

Regular position

Experience level required

Minimum 6 years

Employer company

TOTSA TOTAL OIL TRADING SA

Branch

Trading-Shipping

Salary currency

CHF

Interview location

GENEVE

About us / company profile

Give your best to better energy and make the commitment with Total. With over 500-plus professions in 130 countries, we offer high safety and environmental standards, strong ethical values, an innovation culture and wide-ranging career development. Be part of the global team whose mission is already shared by 100,000 employees: to make energy better each and every day.

Trading Shipping :

One of the most active players in the international oil markets

We have built a vast network of customers and suppliers worldwide, enabling us to trade on a daily basis with national oil companies, producers, other oil majors, refiners, traders, distributors and end-users.

We actively trade most crude grades and nearly all qualities of refined products, from high sulphur cracked fuel oil to gasoline components.

We have developed a set of trading strategies and expertise, which allows us to respond permanently to market changes and opportunities.

Through our commitment to the oil markets, we have become a major player in all their various aspects: physical, futures and derivatives.

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