Legal Counsel

Deadline
08/11/2024- Office
Panama City, PanamaAre you ready to grow as a legal professional and thrive in an international environment? Are you ambitious, commercial minded and highly motivated by a role with a variety of legal tasks, among others, contracts, tenders and counsel on corporate law? Then, you might be the Legal Counsel we are looking for as our new colleague.

Monjasa is a leading global partner in the oil and shipping industry who believes strongly in driving Personal Business. We aim to inspire our business partners and become first choice by challenging status quo with our original solutions. We are thus on the lookout for a colleague who can identify with Monjasa’s values and is capable of building strong relations both internally and externally.

As our Legal Counsel, you will become part of a legal team of six strong professionals located in our offices in Fredericia, Dubai and Panama City, where we are currently aiming to strengthen the team by increasing our numbers from two to three members. Your main responsibilities are to advise the group on a broad range of legal matters in relation to our corporate structure, contractual relations with customers and suppliers and handle administrative tasks related thereto for the group’s entities in the Americas. You will provide essential support to our managers, thereby allowing them to focus on the strategic aspects of their work. You are expected to have a solid legal understanding, an analytical mind-set and to work methodically with high quality standards while always focusing on the commercial value of your advice.

In this role you will work very closely with the business, giving you the opportunity to see projects through with a focus on high performance and results. Therefore, it is important that taking ownership of projects and tasks comes naturally to you.

**Focus Areas**
- Draft, amend, negotiate, and generally provide assistance regarding commercial contracts
- Corporate law related matters
- Regulatory affairs and communication with public authorities
- Analyse various legal issues and provide ad hoc legal support to the organisation

**Your professional Skills**
- A Master of Laws degree
- At least five years of post-qualification experience from a law firm or from a multinational company
- Proficiency in maritime law, and/or experience within the oil and gas industry will be seen as an advantage
- Fluency in both written and spoken English and Spanish. Proficiency in Portuguese is also advantageous
- IT proficient - experienced in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word etc.)

**Your personal Skills**
- Strong personal drive and able to work independently
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Commercially minded
- Very good judgement
- An excellent communicator
- Good stakeholder management experience

Questions?

Ainisis Vivas

HR Manager

**Contact Ainisis**
Phone: +507 838 9086

Application

Deadline
08/11/2024

Office
Panama City, Panama

Monjasa at a glance

Monjasa is a global partner in the oil and shipping industries. Our core business includes trading and supplying marine fuels and shipowning activities on a global level.

We are characterised by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and have experienced strong developments since our start in 2002. Financially, Monjasa is recognised as a robust business partner and total revenue reached USD 5.5 billion in 2022 - or equivalent to 6.4 million tonnes of marine fuels supplied. The fleet currently consists of 30 tankers and barges, and our operations and offices are certified according to ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 50001:2018 and ISO 9001:2015.

The Monjasa Group is committed to running a responsible business. We are actively engaging in the green transformation of the maritime sector by being an enabler of environmentally friendly fuels, as one of our ambitions in our Responsibility Framework.

The Monjasa Group also includes offshore ship owning company CBED.

Monjasa as a workplace

Monjasa offers you a fulfilling career in a global organisation, where you will be part of a dynamic and ambitious team. We enjoy great learning opportunities and are proud of our fantastic work environment.

With “Monjasa means personal business” as the headline to our corporate purpose, this serves as the guiding principle for our business.

You will also find that we live and breathe our values of Respect, Ambition, Curiosity and Smile & Joy. All four values and our corporate purpose are anchored in how we work together and reflect our company DNA.