Are you ready to grow as a legal professional and thrive in an international environment? Are you ambitious, commercial minded and highly motivated by a role with a variety of legal tasks, among others, contracts, tenders and counsel on corporate law? Then, you might be the Legal Counsel we are looking for as our new colleague.
Job description
Monjasa is a leading global partner in the oil and shipping industry who believes strongly in driving Personal Business. We aim to inspire our business partners and become first choice by challenging status quo with our original solutions. We are thus on the lookout for a colleague who can identify with Monjasa’s values and is capable of building strong relations both internally and externally.
As our Legal Counsel, you will become part of a legal team of four strong professionals located in our offices, Fredericia, Dubai, and Panama City where we are looking to expand the legal team from two to three members. Your main responsibilities are to advise the group on a broad range of legal matters in relation to our corporate structure, contractual relations with customers and suppliers and insurance and handle administrative tasks related thereto for the group’s entities. You will provide essential support to our managers, thereby allowing them to focus on the strategic aspects of their work. You are expected to have a solid legal understanding, an analytical mind-set and to work methodically with high quality standards while always focusing on the commercial value of your advice.
In this role you will work very closely with the business, giving you the opportunity to see projects through with a focus on high performance and results. Therefore, it is important that taking ownership of projects and tasks comes naturally to you.
Areas of focus
- Draft, amend, negotiate, and generally provide assistance in connection with the entering into and management of commercial contracts
- Corporate law related matters
- Coordinate tender activities and prepare and complete pre-qualification questionnaires, invitation to tenders and tender documents
- Handle insurance related matters
- Analyse various legal issues and provide ad hoc legal support to the organisation
Your professional skills
- A Master of Laws degree
- At least five years of post-qualification experience from a law firm or from a multinational company, preferably within the oil and shipping sectors.
- Knowledge and experience with marine insurance, US maritime law and/or corporate law will be seen as an advantage.
- Fluent in written and spoken English and Spanish (Portuguese will be seen as an advantage)
- IT proficient – experienced in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word etc.)
Your personal skills
- Strong personal drive and able to work independently
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Commercially minded
- Very good judgement
- An excellent communicator
Monjasa as a workplace
Monjasa offers you a fulfilling career in a global organisation, where you will be part of a dynamic and ambitious team. We enjoy great learning opportunities and are proud of our fantastic work environment. With “Monjasa means personal business” as the headline to our corporate purpose, this serves as the guiding principle for our business. You will also find that we live and breathe our values of Respect, Ambition, Curiosity and Smile & Joy. All four values and our corporate purpose are anchored in how we work together and reflect our company DNA.
Monjasa at a glance
Monjasa is a global partner in the oil and shipping industries. Our core business includes trading and supplying marine fuels and shipowning activities on a global level. We are characterised by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and have experienced strong developments since our start in 2002. Financially, Monjasa is recognised as a robust business partner and total revenue reached USD 3.2 billion in 2021 - or equivalent to 5.7 million tonnes of marine fuels supplied. The fleet currently consists of some 20 tankers and operations and offices are certified according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.
The Monjasa Group also includes offshore shipowning company CBED and IT consultancy, RelateIT.
Monjasa was awarded Best Managed Company by Deloitte in 2022.
Application
We encourage you to read much more about the company, the job application process and some good and valuable advice on how to best position yourself for the open job listing at Monjasa's Careers site.
We look forward to receiving your application.
In case you encounter any problems when uploading your application please contact HR support at hr.ame@monjasa.com.
