Legal Counsel - Moorings & Anchors

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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Legal Counsel - Moorings & Anchors

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN3552

Operating Company

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Advert Acteon, a company specialising in marine energy and infrastructure services, provides unique offerings in survey, engineering, foundations, moorings, and decommissioning. By harnessing advanced technology and industry expertise, Acteon delivers innovative and cost-effective strategies to its customers and the offshore energy sector. Acteon’s capability extends from engineering the seabed to delivering sustainable energy systems on the surface, all with a commitment to excellence..

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages professional growth and development.

The Moorings & Anchors business line, branded as “Inter Moor”, is a global provider of life-of-field mooring solutions to the offshore energy sector (both offshore renewables and oil and gas), offering a complete package of services across all marine environments. This includes permanent moorings, mobile mooring, tow-out and hook-up, mooring EPCI projects, mooring engineering consultancy, and decommissioning of mooring systems.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated In-House lawyer to support the business line, primarily the UK and Norway regions. The ideal candidate will hold a valid practising certificate in England & Wales or Scotland and preferably have experience in the offshore oil and gas sector. Reporting into the Head of Legal – Moorings & Anchors, the role requires a proactive legal professional who can provide legal advice that arise within the UK and Norway regions (or elsewhere as directed by the Head of Legal), including property, employment, litigation, IP, M&A, as well reviewing commercial contracts of clients and supplier, including Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contracts, Transportation and Installation (T&I) contracts, offshore services contracts, rental agreement and sales contracts, and engineering agreements.

Duties & Main Responsibilities

Contract Advice and Support:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts and agreements, utilizing both Intermoor standard templates and industry standard templates (such as LOGIC, BIMCO, IMCA, and to a lesser extent FIDIC, and NEC), including rental contracts, sales contracts, offshore service contracts, T&I and EPCI contracts, framework agreements, master agreements, subcontracts, collaboration agreements, procurement agreement, vessel charter agreements, MOUs, LOAs, NDAs, and the like.

• General legal and contractual advice on contracts, agreements, and transactions to identify and mitigate potential legal and contractual risks.

• Attending meetings with clients and major suppliers to negotiate and arrive at acceptable terms and conditions of contract.

• Taking the lead to identify and advise tender teams on steps to mitigate potential contractual and commercial risks.

• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including insurance, tax, corporate, operations, procurement, and treasury, to ensure thorough review of tenders and bids.

• Preparing legal and contractual risk summaries, outlining deviations from standard contracting principles, and presenting to the management team, including Gate Reviews.

• Following, implementing, and promoting Moorings & Anchors’ contracting principles.

• Supporting and advising Contract Manager colleagues on contractual issues.

Legal Advisory & Compliance:

• Deliver clear, practical legal advice across a broad range of topics that arise in the UK and Norway regions of the business line (or elsewhere as directed by the Head of Legal), including but not limited to matters relating to property, employment, litigation, IP, HSE investigations etc.

• Support the rollout of new legislation across the UK and other relevant jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.

• Lead the resolution of disputes, managing claims and litigation processes with a strategic and solution-oriented approach.

• Coordinate and oversee external…