Energy NQ - Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland
Job description
Energy lawyer – NQ – Aberdeen
Brief
We are currently looking to recruit a talented newly qualified lawyer to join the Energy Transition Regulatory & Finance team (ETRF) in Aberdeen.
Our Aberdeen Team
The principal focus of the Aberdeen team is oil & gas acquisitions and projects. The team has worked on some of the largest UKCS deals, such as the acquisitions of Siccar Point Energy, Zennor Petroleum and Chevron’s North Sea assets. It is also active internationally including, earlier this year, the acquisition of bp’s upstream business in Algeria and disposals in Egypt and Tanzania. The team’s current work includes oil & gas field developments and infrastructure decommissioning and repurposing.
Key Clients include
- NEO Energy
- TotalEnergies (we are also on the UK panel)
- Ithaca Energy
- Pharos Energy plc
- Sound Energy plc
- Capricorn Egypt plc
- ENI S.p.A.
- Quattro Energy
- Siccar Point Energy
- Jersey Oil & Gas Plc
- Carrick Resources
Work highlights
- Advised NEO Energy Upstream UK Limited – backed by Norwegian private equity firm HitecVision – on its acquisition of independent oil and gas company Zennor Petroleum Limited for a total consideration of up to $625m.
- Advising TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited on the $165m+ sale to Kistos Energy Plc of a significant package of gas fields in the UKCS, together with interests in Shetland Gas Plant and exploration acreage West of Shetland.
- Advised Pharos Energy plc on the sale of a majority interest and operatorship in various Egyptian oil and gas concessions to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas-based IPR Energy for $53m (plus up to $20m contingent consideration).
Our vacancy
We are now looking to appoint a newly qualified lawyer join the Energy Transition Regulatory & Finance team (ETRF) in Aberdeen. The successful applicant will:
- ideally have gained experience in a large commercial firm with an established energy practice
- have a strong academic background and excellent communication and organisational skills
- be a team player with the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment
- be well-organised and have good project management skills
What will we offer you?
- We are a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients.
- We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme, monthly 121s, career discussions and semi-annual appraisals. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver "best of breed" services.
- Early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.
- A starting salary of £61k and benefits package including a generous bonus scheme
Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Steffy Lam who can discuss the role and requirements.
Contact details:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffy-lam-715241238/
At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
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