Overview
Contracts Counsel Jobs in Costa Rica at World Fuel Services
Title: Contracts Counsel
Company: World Fuel Services
Location: Costa Rica
At World Kinect, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.
Main Responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities include:
Advising on:
Energy product sale, purchase, logistics and service agreements
Commercial contracts relating to the operation of WKC’s global business
Providing general commercial legal support to a team of legal professionals who are advisers to WKC’s global energy trading business
A strong and proactive focus on compliance
Proactively developing contract management and other legal processes and contract templates to promote efficient workflows and align legal risk management requirements across the WKC Group
Educating business and support colleagues on legal and contract matters and best practices
Internal and external customer support – developing connectivity and relations with colleagues in other offices and building direct relationships with customers and key suppliers
Strong, visible and frequent collaboration with internal stakeholders –
At all times be a positive brand ambassador for World Kinect and its subsidiaries
Main Requirements
Law Degree and 4+ years of experience.
Training and post qualification experience at a leading law firm. In-house commercial legal experience, which may include time at an energy company, oil major, trading house or shipping, transportation, renewables or industrial services company is welcomed but not essential
A pragmatic, hands-on lawyer who is able to think on their feet and find sensible solutions to legal challenges; ability to assess issues, take ownership and efficiently implement solutions
Strong stakeholder management skills – emotionally intelligent and able to win trust and develop business relationships
Knowledge and a passion to assist World Kinect in its sustainable energy transition
Professional presence and integrity
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic, performance-driven culture.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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