Senior Legal Associate Corporate

Job Profile:
Senior Legal Associate Corporate & Commercial

Department:
Legal

Position Overview:

Senior Legal Associate, Corporate & Commercial, supports the Legal Department (Corporate & Commercial Division), in matters pertaining to all corporate & commercial legal matters and transactions. The role is responsible to lead and/ or support a broad range of work across corporate and commercial transactions, contract management (if required), compliance and any other legal matters to ensure Bapco Energies Group of Companies complies and aligns with applicable laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Complex drafting, review and negotiation

• Lead and supervise in the preparation, drafting, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing a variety of complex corporate and commercial contracts across diverse sectors within the Bapco Energies' Group of Companies, such as sophisticated corporate and commercial contracts, financing agreements, supply agreements, service contracts, engagement agreement, consultancy agreement, service level agreements and partnership agreements.

• Lead and supervise the legal workstream on corporate and commercial transactions, including but limited to mergers and acquisitions as well as restructuring, joint ventures,

• Lead and supervise strategic projects for the Kingdom of Bahrain, including but not limited to existing and new energy contracts such as LNG related projects, Solar projects and Wind projects.

• Lead and supervise the legal workstream on corporate financings, structuring, negotiation and finalization of related documentations. The role involves managing lender and investor expectations, negotiating finance documents, ensuring enforceability of security structures and aligning documentation with internal treasury strategies, risk allocation and compliance with covenants and regulatory requirements.

• Responsible to prepare, draft and review any legal memorandum and briefings for internal stakeholders including but not limited to internal position paper and briefing notes tailored for C-suite and board-level audiences of the Bapco Energies Group of Companies.

2.Strategic advice and legal risk assessments

• Responsible to deliver strategic legal advice on complex and time-sensitive transactions, navigating intricate commercial frameworks while aligning legal outcomes with overarching business objectives. This responsibility requires balancing legal risk with operational imperatives.

• Lead and supervise comprehensive legal risk assessments by identifying and analysing exposure from a contractual, regulatory, and reputational perspective. Provide Page 2 of 3 Classification: Internal mitigation strategies that are legally sound and aligned in industry practices and sector-specific trends.

• Act as a trusted legal advisor, offering technically sound and commercially viable legal input on a wide spectrum of issues, from entity structuring and governance to contract interpretation and enforcement risk. Communicate complex legal risks in clear, actionable terms to senior executives and commercial teams.

3.General

• Conduct monitoring and reporting on monthly financing obligations, such as credit facilities and corporate guarantees, to ensure continued compliance with lender obligations and facility covenants.

• Conduct legal research and analysis on various corporate and commercial legal issues with a view of providing an informed recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with relevant corporate governance, internal policies, applicable laws and regulations.

• Collaborate with internal departments to address all legal concerns and provide all relevant guidance and legal advisory on business strategies and / or transactions, and provide legal recommendations (if possible).

• Maintain and organize legal documentation and records, ensuring accessibility and confidentiality.

• Provide day-to-day legal advisory and support to various departments including Finance, Procurement, Investments, Corporate Communications and Strategy, ensuring alignment with legal and operational requirements and offering technically sound and commercially viable legal input on a wide spectrum of legal matters.

• Keeping abreast with legal, regulatory, and market trends that could materially affect the organisation's corporate and commercial positions. Translate legal developments into strategic insights and proactively adapt templates and legal positions to maintain competitive and compliant operations.

Qualifications:

•Minimum bachelor's degree in law (LLB or equivalent) from a recognised institution; master's degree (LLM) and/ or professional qualification preferred

• years of experience in corporate and commercial law in house or in a reputable law firm.

• Proven track record of managing complex legal transactions.

• Excellent time management skills.

• Excellent understanding of corporate and commercial contract law

• Excellent research, advisory, drafting, negotiation, advisory and communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal skill