Senior Legal Counsel

Location: 

Lysaker, NO

Employment type:  Employee
Place of work:  Hybrid
Offshore/Onshore:  Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 20,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.  

We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel!

For our Legal Counsel in Norway, we are looking for someone to act as a centre of excellence for general legal operations support, including the management of local litigation/arbitration; local outside counsel; local legal strategy and local corporate and employment support, real estate and local crisis management representation. 

 

Job Description

Position Duties:
•    Provide daily advice and counsel on legal operations matters
•    Manage, translate and implement legal policies and standards
•    Provide local legal and regulatory expert services to operations and functions
•    Interact and consult with relevant Legal GBU(s)/REMS as the centre of excellence for local law
•    Manage dispute resolution at the local level, including litigation and arbitration and major disputes in collaboration with the Regional Legal Manager for Northern Europe & Middle East.
•    Implement local Legal strategies for operations and establishments
•    Manage the relationships with outside counsels in relevant countries in collaboration with Regional Legal Manager for Northern Europe & Middle East, People & Culture and other functions. Control, monitor and report legal matters and outside legal spend in Legal Tracker
•    Provide legal “landlording” services, including legal support to facilities, real estate etc. and ensure freedom to operate through compliance with local legislation, local content and licenses
•    Support People & Culture on all labor and employment related matters
•    Legal representative for HSE incidents and crisis management
•    Coordinates Legal representation in regulatory and legal forums and trade associations 
•    Supports the implementation of compliance policies, procedures and compliance activities
 

Reporting Responsibility:
•    Reporting to Regional Legal Manager for Northern Europe and Middle East
 

You are meant for this job if:

Position Requirements:
•    Norwegian Qualified Lawyer 
•    5-8 years of work experience in Legal
•    Native Norwegian speaker and Fluent in verbal and written English 
•    Understanding inter-disciplinary relations and requirements
•    Strong communication and presentation skills
•    Negotiations skills and experience
•    High level of integrity and ethics
•    Ability to work independently under general guidance and or with self-initiative
•    Demonstrates effective management knowledge, leadership, and motivation in a dynamic business environment and can operate and perform within a matrix organization
•    Demonstrates exceptional planning, interpersonal and communication skills
•    Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
•    PC skills with proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, project, and presentation software

Your Future at TechnipFMC

  • Your journey starts with our onboarding program
  • As an international company, we provide you with great opportunities for internal growth
  • You will have the opportunity to attend development activities
  • We offer benefits, programs and the possibility to work partially from home to support your Work-Life Balance
  • We have benefits like company cabins, in-house gym, and sports teams
  • You will be secured by good insurance and retirements plans

Practicalities

Deadline to apply: 21st of November 2024

Location: Lysaker or Kongsberg 

 

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.

Learn more about TechnipFMC and find other open positions by visiting our Career Page.

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Date posted:  Oct 31, 2024
Requisition number:  9806