Legal Counsel- Global Litigation APAC

Company Name: Shell
Location: Austrailia

This role has been established as part of the Shell Pakistan’s Legal Department for the purpose of handling litigation matters and regulatory challenges in Pakistan in a proactive, timely, cost effective and professional manner in furtherance of business objectives and protection of shareholder interests. Accountabilities are the following

• Identifying legal issues relevant to matters handled and acting with the appropriate urgency;
• Handling a broad range of cases in a variety of areas including labor and employment;
• Identifying all potential problem areas with respect to cases and matters and relating them to the business objectives;
• Collaborating with the business to identify options for achieving business objectives within applicable legal and cost restraints and proposing legal resolutions to disputes and regulatory challenges;
• Prepare the annual budget proposal, keeping in view the litigation trend as well as the ongoing prelitigation issues and their expected costs;
• Negotiate the professional fee with external counsel firms to ensure the best possible quote;
• Coordinate regularly with the external lawyers to gather updates on the ongoing litigations which is then incorporated in the team connect database;
• Liaise with business and external counsel firms to gather the required information, including testimony and documents needed in order to prepare the case and/ or reply from SPL;
• Ensure that external counsel firm enter into engagement letters and maintain s record of the same;
• Coordinate to ensure that the witnesses in each case are communicated the date of hearing, attend court with the witnesses and guide them through the process;
• Periodically communicating with the business and updating the business on significant developments in the matters handled;
• Negotiate out of court settlements as per the mandate provided by the business and the lead litigation counsel;
• Participate as an active member of the strategizing team to communicate learnings and devise ways forward to avoid potential litigations/ claims etc. of various natures including tax, contract law, commercial law and labor.
• Fully understanding the Shell Business Principles and Code of Conduct and when appropriate challenging business decision-making process in respect of potential breaches;
• Recommending legal contingencies and provisioning relating to litigation matters handling; reporting significant litigation risks within the Group Control framework;
• Maintaining matters on the Group-wide matter Management database;
• Interfacing with lawyers in other departments in Shell Legal Services regarding litigation risks impacting their areas of responsibility
  
  
  
  

Requirements

• Analytical Skills
• Problem Solving
• Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Management
  
  
  
  

Company Description


As one of the world’s leading energy companies, plays a key role in helping to meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. In Pakistan, is the second largest OMC and employs 400+ people directly and over 12,000 indirectly.

Maintaining its legacy of 116 years with a portfolio of robust businesses and international product offering, Pakistan Limited (SPL) continues to meet the energy needs of the country serving over a million customers across the country every day.

Shell in Pakistan is committed to making business decisions that demonstrate economic, social and environmental responsibility. Over the years, SPL has built a diverse Social Investment portfolio aligned with our business activities in Pakistan

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Skillpool

Legal

Work Location(s)

Karachi

Dimensions

Karachi

No. of Positions

1

13-Nov-2019

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  LegalAdministrativeConsulting

• Industries

  Oil & Energy