Legal Counsel, Commercial at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Legal Counsel, Commercial

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description

• The Legal Counsel Commercial is to support the Associate General Counsel (Corporate & Compliance) in providing proactive, first-class, business-minded legal advice on the Business Finance & Tax, Corporate & Project Finance aspects of the business.
• Construct and manage the legal framework for delivering the liquidity targets for financing the Group’s
• Construct creative and integrated solutions to a wide range of highly sensitive / confidential, novel and/or complex problems or challenges facing the Group, which cut across operational, commercial, governance, compliance, stakeholder management and legal risk management issues.
• Brainstorm with the Business and navigate them through the legal structure and documentation for business ventures that are first of its kind for the Company or in Nigeria
• Build an integrated legal framework and action plan for efficiently delivering the transformational targets of the Group, using the best global practice to ensure high quality results.
• Support the Associate General Counsel (Corporate & Compliance) in proactively monitoring and mitigating legal and regulatory risks, internal and external red flags for the Company and actively uphold the Company’s governance framework and ensure business continuity.

Requirements

• B.L / LLB
• Professional Qualification in Law
• At least 10 years’ experience post-call.
• Strong expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements for complex transactions across the Corporate & Project Financing value chains, and with local and international private/government parties.
• Ability to drive the legal aspects of, and manage complexities and ambiguities arising within, an entire project/transaction value chain (i.e., from deal structuring to post-completion.
• Working knowledge of the evolving local and international ESG and including the Legal issues and obligations faced by mid-size Oil & Gas Company with dual-listing status.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.