Counsel, Trading & Shipping, LNG

Job Family Group: Legal Group Job Description: Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner. About the role: Working as part of the LNG Legal team based in London and operating as part of the wider Global LNG Legal team, you will primarily support the ST&S LNG business in the Atlantic Basin. This involves working closely with the originators, traders, and project managers in London, Houston, Madrid and Brazil, together with other functional partners (incl. Credit, Tax, Operations, Shipping) in a fast-paced commodity trading environment, as well as downstream LNG activities including regas and LNG to power. What you will deliver: Reviewing, drafting and negotiating: LNG master trading agreements and related documentation for shorter term physical transactions. Complex, high value, bespoke mid and long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements. Infrastructure project documentation in respect of downstream LNG projects, including regas capacity agreements, equity participation/JV arrangements, terminal use agreements etc. Providing related structuring advice for LNG trading activity (primarily physical) and more structured activity such as "ship to ship" trading structures, storage, marketing arrangements, value chain optimisations. Advising on contract implementation and LNG operational events, including force majeure, government action, late ship arrivals, cargo scheduling issues, credit support, compliance with trade compliance/sanctions/competition law. Support on an increasing numbers on formal and informal disputes in collaboration with the bp Legal dispute resolution team. Contributing to legal know-how, and improvement of contracting procedures, design of new structures and products to meet market developments. Sharing experience within the global LNG Legal team through both informal and structured interaction. Collaboration with Ethics & Compliance team to help ensure effective implementation of the T&S and bp group compliance agenda. Collaborating with and assisting other members of the T&S LNG Legal team, locally and globally, and collaborating with colleagues and subject matter experts within bp Legal and more broadly. What you will need to be successful: Qualified to practice in England & Wales. Confident application of first-class legal skills and knowledge of legal principles relevant to the distinctive features of the LNG industry. Excellent understanding of UK contract law. Experience of client counselling and transactional work in an energy trading or project environment. Ability to balance risks and rewards to enable appropriate activity to proceed and to manage multiple matters simultaneously. Commercial awareness, ability to offer multiple solutions to address risk and to influence business decisions. Strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills, an ability to work with multiple contributors, and effective management of resources. Ability to advise in time-sensitive situations, and to advise on complex, high-value transactions while resisting "deal fever" pressure. Why join us? At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now! Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks. We're an international energy company with global scale, ambitious plans and a team of brilliant people delivering energy to the world, today and tomorrow.