Synectics/Houston, TX

Description:

Provide overall legal advice and assistance on facility operations matters, which may include real estate matters, permitting state and federal), vendor service contracts, construction contracts and related matters, and working with outside counsel on same.

Provide overall legal advice and assistance on gas storage commercial transactional matters, which may include development and negotiation of storage agreements, interpretation and drafting of storage tariffs (FERC) and other interaction with the FERC in respect of the Company's current and future gas storage activities.

Draft legal documents and contracts, including transactional documents.

Provide a business sensitive, value added approach to the delivery of high quality work product and adequate legal controls, on a timely basis, to the Company's business units.

Be ready to assist where needed.

Adhere to effective internal controls. SKILLS:

Requirements:

Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.

Minimum 3 years' experience in a corporate legal department and/or law firm, with particular focus on commercial transactions, real property, oil, gas and energy and permitting or engineering, construction and procurement.

Proven ability to identify and mitigate material legal risks.

Ability to draft and negotiate storage agreements and vendor master service agreements, draft permitting applications and manage legal requirements associated with the ownership, operations and development of natural gas storage facilities.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Ability to bring diverse interests together through clear and effective communications and an ability to listen and respond to divergent opinions.

Experience in efficiently managing outside counsel is expected as is the ability to work within a team structure.

Preferred:

Membership in the Texas bar.

Experience with form energy agreements (eg NAESB and ISDA), physical and financial trading, natural gas storage, transportation, scheduling, and credit enhancement/margin agreements, letters of intent and term sheets for project development/acquisition.

Experience with general business law and natural gas transactions.

Experience with FERC rules, regulations and policy in respect of natural gas storage matters (including both Section 311 and Section 7(c) authorizations).

Employment Type: Contract

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