Purpose:
Provision of legal services to LBCCS and eventually other Eni CCS companies (the latter will be made available to relevant affiliates via intra group service arrangements) in relation to the Eni group’s carbon capture and storage activities, projects and initiatives in the UK (CCS Activities).
Key responsibilities cover the following areas:
- Legal advice in relation to all aspects of LBCCS project activities including real estate, consenting, regulators, project build (engineering, contracting etc.), partners, emitters, CCS network code, business model, regulatory compliance, structuring, financing.
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a wide range of legal/commercial agreements for key clients involved in CCS Activities.
- Internal liaison with LBCCS and Eni affiliated business units/departments.
- External liaison with joint venture partners, trading counterparties, government/regulatory authorities, industry groups and external legal and other advisers.
- Where required, provision of legal advice and miscellaneous shared CCS related services within the wider Eni Group.
- Where required, assistance on any corporate transactions involving CCS Activities (including project financing, other investment, acquisition and divestitures, shareholders agreements etc.).
- Where required, working with Eni UK’s company secretarial function in relation to any corporate restructuring activities arising in relation to the CCS Activities.
- Internal compliance with respect to the internal policies, procedures and guidelines of the Eni Group.
- Where required, co-ordination of legal services within the Eni Group (including the provision of English law advice).
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Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Some or all of the following, as allocated:
- The provision of high-quality legal advice and assistance to CCS Activities in the UK. This will include work on drafting/negotiating/amending (where appropriate with external advice and support from relevant group functions) real estate and planning agreements and documentation, commercial agreements (joint venture agreements, collaboration agreements, memoranda of understanding), project construction and engineering agreements (e.g. EPC), the full suite of agreements with government, CO2 emitters and any other party required to enable the development of transportation and storage activities, financing, investment and divestment agreements, decommissioning security agreements, intra-group service agreements confidentiality agreements and transfer/novation agreements.
- The provision of high-quality legal advice and assistance in support of any financing and acquisition and divestiture activities related to CCS Activities in the UK and, on a case-by-case basis, the wider Eni Group. This will include work on due diligence activities, pre-emption analysis, drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, regulatory approvals and general transaction management of these and all related activities.
- Where necessary as part of advising on CCS Activities, the provision of high-quality legal advice and assistance to international projects/transactions as they may arise from time to time.
- Where necessary as part of advising on CCS Activities, the provision of high-quality legal advice and assistance in relation to the provision of shared legal services to affiliated business units/departments. The work to be completed will be wide ranging and include general legal support in the areas of property, data protection, procurement, pensions, insolvency, employment, corporate governance, etc.
- The provision of high-quality legal advice and assistance to the company secretarial activities of the Eni UK and the wider Eni Group related to CCS Activities including assistance on any corporate restructuring required.
- Dispute resolution inc. litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination.
- English law advice for CCS affiliates within the wider Eni Group.
- Internal compliance with respect to the internal policies, procedures and guidelines of the Eni Group including matters related to HS&E, Anti-Corruption Compliance Guidelines, Law 231, Claims Reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.
- Professional development including internal training, precedents database, legal know-how etc.
- Document/information management systems (Mosaic, Desksite, e:Concession, etc.).
- To ensure adherence to the Company’s Health, Safety & Environment policies, procedures and standards.
- To fully comply with Eni Code of Ethics and the Compliance Model.
- To fully comply with the HSE Critical roles should the position contain any HSE Critical tasks / duties. Please refer to the UK HSE IMS C1-SYS-01 – HSE Critical Roles – accessible via the Eni UK Intranet.
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