Legal Counsel

Where you fit

Expect lots of support and encouragement while you’re here. You’ll be working alongside people who love what they do and enjoy sharing their enthusiasm with everyone around them. We value career growth. You’ll have limitless opportunities to explore – whether that means building up new areas of expertise or taking in a different direction. You will be providing high quality, accurate and timely legal advice under Legal Services Global Operations department with a focus on Upstream’s and Integrated Gas’ activities globally.

What's the role?

This role will be in the Central Legal Services (CLS) team which is part of the Legal Services Global Operations (LSGO) organization and will be based in Shell Business Operations (SBO) Centre in Cyberjaya-Wisma (Malaysia).

The successful candidate will work alongside other lawyers based in the team to support a wide variety of general legal matters for various businesses. This role will focus on support for Upstream and Integrated Gas (IGU) businesses. The primary scope of work include, among others, drafting contracts, advising on legal risks and compliance related topics, and working with others on initiatives to continuously improve our documentation and ways of working through workflow systems, templates and, where appropriate, automation.

Scope:

• Drafting, review and advising on legal risks for various categories of contractual documentation entered into by the IGU business which includes (but is not limited to): Non-disclosure Agreements, Sponsorship Agreements, Joint Study Agreements, Data Exchange Agreements and Learnings from Incidents,
• Providing legal support for projects such as Mergers and Acquisitions,
• Work towards establishing Centres of Excellence in LSGO,
• Contribute towards the continuous improvement of CLS.

What do we need from you?

• A professional, fast-learning and enthusiastic lawyer with an ability to advise on a wide variety of commercial matters and is keen in developing experience working in a global role that is exposed to multiple businesses.
• Fluent and proficient English speaking and writing skills.
• Law degree and license to provide legal services in the jurisdiction where physically located.
• Minimum 4-5 years legal experience, preferably in a regional or global role.
• Ability to ensure that documents accurately reflect the commercial decisions, at all times consistent with legal obligations and Shell’s requirements.
• Ability to prioritize and manage issues independently.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering commercially pragmatic and business value-adding legal advice.
• Demonstrated ability to identify legal risks and alternative strategies in a defined area.
• A good degree of flexibility, interacting with legal and business colleagues spread across different regions across the globe.

Company Description  

SBO Kuala Lumpur is home to 11 different functions that support Shell within the Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Middle East region. Housing more than 2000 employees, SBO Kuala Lumpur is focused on driving excellent corporate performance that enable Shell to operate in a global competitive and ever-changing business environment.

Shell Business Operations (SBO) Kuala Lumpur is focused on driving excellent corporate performance in Contracting and Procurement, Creative Solutions, Customer Operations, Finance Operations, Human Resource, Information Technology, Legal Operations, Retail Centre of Excellence, Supply Chain, Technical Asset Operation and Upstream Transformation. We enable Shell to operate in a global-competitive and ever-changing business environment.

An Innovative Place to Work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An Inclusive & Progressive Place to Work  

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills and reach your potential.

• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply and we’ll take it from there.
• We’re closing the gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of or .

A Rewarding Place to Work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice. Our CARE benefits are mindfully curated to promote Eco Living, overall Wellbeing, Personal Growth and Caring for our loved ones.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.