Senior Legal Counsel

Job title: Senior Legal Counsel
Location: London, UK
Job reference #: 32963
Contract type: Permanent. 
Language requirements: Fluent level of English  

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel within Eni CCUS Holdings in London, UK. Reporting to the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs, you will provide legal support across a broad range of matters in support of Eni CCUS Holding Ltd (the “Company) a company jointly controlled by Eni UK Ltd, a company indirectly wholly owned by Eni S.p.A., and GIP - Global Infrastructure Partners, and the Company’s affiliates. The legal function of the Company supports the Company and its affiliates in all business areas for both day-to-day operations (e.g., corporate, contractual, regulatory, litigation matters) and extraordinary transactions (such as M&A and project financing).

About Eni CCUS Holding Limited

Eni CCUS Holding Limited, a member of the Eni S.p.A group, is responsible for overseeing the group’s portfolio of CO2 Transportation and Storage (T&S) projects in the UK and abroad.  Eni CCUS Holding Limited has a clear roadmap to become an integrated leader in the carbon ecosystem.  Utilising its extensive portfolio of depleted gas fields, the Company is leveraging its comprehensive knowledge and networks to repurpose existing infrastructure in the heart of industrial clusters to provide fast, cost-effective and scalable solutions to lead the energy transition.  By joining Eni CCUS Holding Limited, employees become part of a pioneering effort in end-to-end orchestration for carbon capture and storage projects, contributing to a sustainable future while benefiting from a dynamic and innovative work environment.

Main responsibilities:

Provide high quality, proactive and commercially focused legal advice across all aspects of Company and its affiliates with regards to all aspects of the CCS business, including:

• Reviewing, drafting, negotiating and generally advising on (where appropriate, with external advice and/or support from relevant Eni group functions) transportation and storage agreements, compression and storage agreements, shareholders’ agreements, other joint venture/collaboration/cooperation/development agreements, transportation and processing agreements, construction and tie-in agreements, project construction and engineering agreements, security agreements, procurement contracts, proximity agreements, real estate and planning agreements, service agreements, preliminary agreements, confidentiality agreements and transfer/novation agreements (including execution deeds).
• Advising on legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to the CCS business, including appraisal and storage permits as well as licences and agreements with regulators and any relevant public authority.
• Advising on connection the CCS projects and the relevant entities of Eni S.p.A. group (for instance, Eni UK Ltd.) including in relation to asset transfers, intra-group services and associated regulatory matters. 
• Advising and assisting on any acquisition and divestiture/M&A activities undertaken or supported by the Company and/or its affiliates including work on due diligence activities, pre-emption analysis, drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, regulatory approvals and supporting general transaction management of these and all related activities.
• Advising on contentious matters and dispute resolution in respect of CCS business, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination, which may involve preparation/analysis of relevant documentation and correspondence, reporting to the business, engaging and managing external counsel.
• Supporting the Company’s group finance and company secretarial functions on corporate re-organisation, restructuring and liquidations projects, providing legal advice as required.
• Supporting on other UK and international CCS projects and transactions as they may arise from time to time.
• Monitoring changes and updates to relevant legislation and regulation that may affect CCS Business and providing advice and legal analysis of the same.
• Internal liaison with the Company and its affiliates’ client departments and other business units/departments and external liaison with joint venture partners, other counterparties including contractors and subcontractors, landowners, government/regulatory authorities, industry groups and external legal and other advisers, in each case attending meetings in person (including travel where required) or remotely, as necessary.
• Ensuring full compliance with the Company’s Code of Ethics and Compliance Model, the Company’s group health, safety and environmental policies, procedures and standards and undertaking any other compliance activities that may be required (e.g. claims reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley).

Skills and experience required:

• Degree in Law with strong academic results.
• Qualified solicitor/barrister or equivalent.
• Strong working knowledge of and relevant experience in some of the following: the UKCS upstream oil and gas industry, CCS, renewable energy development projects, and/or big procurement projects.
• Significant prior experience working at a senior level.
• Strong communication skills, able to liaise effectively with all stakeholders across the business.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, and to manage high levels of responsibility.
• Good computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite).
• Astute, commercially aware and highly motivated.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Fluent level of English.

How to apply:

• Applications are only accepted through our online application system.
• Please upload your CV in English.

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