Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team in Parsippany, New Jersey. In this role, you will provide legal expertise across procurement, information technology, commercial services, and regulatory matters. You will play a key role in advising business teams on legal risks and strategies, while negotiating and drafting contracts related to energy transactions and services.

Responsibilities :

• Review and negotiate various procurement-related contracts, including vendor, contractor, engineering, supplier and service-level agreements
• Provide legal advice to procurement teams on a wide range of procurement issues, including contract interpretation, risk management, compliance and contract disputes
• Review and negotiate information technology-related contracts, including software licenses, subscription agreements, master service agreements, consulting agreements and statements of work
• Structure, draft, negotiate and facilitate commercial transactions around a variety of commercial energy activities related to petroleum products, natural gas, environmental attributes and other commodity and energy management services, including transportation agreements, leases, terminal storage agreements and non-disclosure agreements
• Effectively manage outside counsel in a cost-effective manner, whether transactional, litigation or compliance in nature
• Develop a strong rapport and working relationship with business teams to help drive the delivery of effective and high-quality legal services which are appropriately linked to relevant business needs

QUALIFICATIONS :

The successful candidate should have an inquisitive nature with a specific interest in energy and regulatory law, and demonstrate the following skills and abilities :