Job Title: Senior Corporate Counsel
Reporting To: Legal Director
Location: Houston, TX
ABOUT SEADRILL
Seadrill is one of the world’s most modern offshore
Deepwater drilling companies. Using ground-breaking technology we operate
in 15 countries across 5 continents, employing some 5,000 people
representing 65 nationalities. Our vision is to Set the Standard in
Drilling. It’s an ambitious goal. And every single one of us has a part
to play. Help us to keep innovating, improving and maintaining the
highest safety standards, and we’ll give you what you need to be your
best too.
Diversity
and inclusion are more than words for us. Everyone is welcome—as an
inclusive workplace, our people are comfortable bringing their authentic
whole selves to work. We continue to build an inclusive culture that
encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our people. It
fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the
communities we operate in.
JOB SUMMARY
The Senior Corporate Counsel is a member
of Seadrill’s Legal and Compliance team providing effective,
commercially-oriented support to the company on a wide variety of legal
issues affecting our corporate structures and transactions, joint ventures,
financing arrangements, and other commercial and operational issues.
JOB SPECIFIC
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist with review and coordination of securities filings, including annual proxy statements, registration statements, beneficial ownership reports, and annual, quarterly and current reports, and ensure compliance with SEC and NYSE rules and regulations.
- Assist with conduct of annual and special meetings of shareholders
- Provide legal support on investor relations and communications matters, including review of earnings announcements, earnings scripts, press releases, investor presentations, investor communications, internal communications, and other materials.
- Assist with management and preparation of board and committee materials, including drafting of minutes, resolutions, presentations, assistance with agendas and other materials.
- Preparation and maintenance of corporate governance documentation, including committee charters, related-party transactions policy, insider trading policy, etc., and help implement such policies, procedures and training programs, as needed.
- Assist with group subsidiary and branch management, and joint ventures.
Provide support for the finance organization on and with:
- external financing arrangements (revolving credit facility and debt indenture) and support ancillary documentation related to such agreements
- intercompany arrangements, including internal reorganisation and restructuring work.
- Provide
legal advice on corporate and other transactional work including mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and rig sales and purchases:
- Lead and conduct due diligence efforts;
- Negotiate and draft various documents such as
non-disclosure agreements and LOIs/MOUs
- Manage and execute the steps and processes to close
transactions;
- Coordinate discussions and decision-making processes
involving other legal functional teams (e.g., employment,
intellectual property and real estate), the business development
team, integration teams, and business function teams (e.g.,
information technology, procurement and tax).
- Managing
(with outside counsel) corporate litigation and disputes from time to
time.
- Liaising
with external counsel in a timely and cost-conscious manner to resolve
issues.
SAFETY AT SEADRILL
Our
goal is to ensure that ‘nobody gets hurt’ whilst performing their job.
Everyone at Seadrill has a part to play in meeting our safety commitment.
Through
strong leadership and personal responsibility from all employees, we take
a systematic approach to identifying, managing and preventing the hazards
involved in our day to day operations. Nothing is more important to us
than the health, safety and security of our workforce and the communities
in which we operate and behaving responsibly towards our shared
environment. We are vigilant, disciplined and always looking out for one
another. We have developed and embedded a strong safety culture onshore
and offshore, fostered by all employees, who each have a personal
responsibility and the authority to put an immediate stop to the job if
they believe it to be unsafe. Everyone at Seadrill is accountable for
helping to build this culture of care.
SEADRILL
BEHAVIORAL FRAMEWORK
In
Seadrill, setting the standard is not just about what we deliver, but how
we deliver it.
We
co-created our Behavioural Framework with our employees, where we
identified four key competencies that define our culture and help us to
live our values. Our behaviours are embedded in the way we work and
support and guide us day to day:
- Drive & Ownership
- Change & Forward Thinking
- Communication & Collaboration
- Service Delivery
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS
AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Minimum
of 6 years of related legal experience at a prominent law firm and/or
public company.
- Strong
foundation in corporate law and securities law matters, including
subsidiary management;
- Experience
in M&A transactions;
- Support
on capital market transactions including the sale of publicly listed
shares and debt instruments;
- Business-oriented
approach to problem solving, tempered by an appreciation for legal
complexity and risk;
- Superior
legal and analytical skills - excellent judgment and initiative in
selecting the most effective solutions;
- Highly
developed analytical and legal research skills, highly effective
written and verbal communications skills. Ability to communicate
and relate to all levels of the organization and within a team
environment;
- Proactive
approach to matter management and client engagement;
- Collaborative
nature. Understanding of and first-hand experience in advising
clients in a fast-paced business environment;
- Developed
sense of judgment, risk management skills and ability to balance
business needs, regulatory obligations and reputational risks in an
objective, practical way;
- Demonstrated
ability to both grasp the "big picture" and attend to
details;
- Excellent
follow-through skills; dedication to responsive internal client
service;
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize and manage
workload, manage simultaneous tasks, and meet deadlines with a
changing fast-paced environment;
- Experience of working
collaboratively in multicultural teams, and possibly in remote teams
spread across different countries.
Desired
- Experience within the upstream oil and gas or shipping industries is preferred but not essential
- Experience with an international corporate structure; and
- Experience with publicly listed companies
EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in
the US or a common law jurisdiction.
JOIN SEADRILL
We
value our people and want to retain them. So, we offer a competitive
package built around an attractive base salary and a range of benefits
tailored to your location.
Join
Seadrill. Own the Opportunity.