Senior Legal Counsel (Temporary Contract)

The Temporary Senior Legal Counsel will provide high-quality legal and commercial support to the business. The role requires an experienced and commercially minded lawyer capable of independently managing a demanding workload in a fast-paced international environment.

The successful candidate will support commercial, operational, and leadership teams by drafting, negotiating, and advising on a broad range of contracts and legal matters while ensuring practical risk management aligned with business objectives. The role requires a proactive individual with strong problem-solving capabilities who can work autonomously and efficiently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements.

• Provide practical and commercially focused legal advice to internal stakeholders across operations, sales, procurement, finance, and senior management.

• Support contract negotiations, tenders, bids, and project delivery activities across multiple jurisdictions and customers.

• Identify legal and commercial risks and develop pragmatic mitigation strategies that support operational and commercial objectives.

• Provide company secretarial support across international group entities, including coordinating board approvals, corporate governance matters, statutory filings, and maintaining corporate records where required.

• Support international corporate governance and entity management activities across multiple jurisdictions, liaising with external advisors and local counsel as necessary.

• Manage a high-volume and fast-moving workload independently, prioritising matters effectively and driving issues through to completion with minimal supervision.

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, sanctions, anti-bribery requirements, and internal governance procedures.

• Maintain strong working relationships with external counsel, customers, suppliers, and internal business functions.

• Commitment to Safety Standards: Actively promote and adhere to Tracerco’s safety policies and practices. Ensure compliance with all health, safety, and environmental regulations relevant to the office environment and support initiatives to foster a culture of safety within the global business.

Requirements

1. Education:

Solicitor, Barrister, or equivalent internationally recognised legal qualification.

2. Experience:

• Minimum 8 years’ post-qualification experience preferred.

• Strong experience within the oil and gas, energy services, engineering services, or industrial services sectors.

• Proven experience handling complex commercial contracts in an international business environment.

• Experience providing company secretarial and corporate governance support across international entities and jurisdictions.

3. Skills:

• Strong commercial judgement and pragmatic approach to legal risk management.

• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure.

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to problem solve and provide practical business-oriented solutions.

• Understanding of corporate governance, entity management, and company secretarial processes.