Trafigura-posted 2 months ago
Senior
Houston, TX
5,001-10,000 employees
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

As a Senior Contracts Lead, you will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to Trafigura's Power & Gas desk. This role involves drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and administering various commercial contracts related to energy marketing and trading, while also managing the entry of these contracts into the Contract Management system. You will participate in the configuration and deployment of trade confirmation templates and support the development of procedures and standards for the Contract Admin team. Additionally, you will mentor team members and oversee their training and professional development, ensuring adherence to Trafigura's policies and industry best practices.

  • Draft, review, negotiate and administer commercial contracts, including NAESB Base Contracts (NG & NGLs), ISDA Master Agreements, purchase & sales agreements, non-disclosure agreements, transportation and storage agreements, and other energy marketing and trading agreements as needed
  • Coordinate the review and approval process of agreements among Legal, Credit and Front Office and their execution
  • Manage the entry of the same into the Contract Management system
  • Participate in the configuration and deployment of trade confirmation templates within our contract lifecycle management system
  • Support the development and implementation of Contract Admin team procedures and standards to help ensure adherence with applicable requirements and industry best practices
  • Strictly adhere and comply with Trafigura's policy and codes
  • Remotely mentor team members providing them the guidance needed to develop their expertise in master agreements and risk assessment
  • Set a clear development roadmap for team members transitioning from confirmation processing to independently handling complex trade confirmations and selected master agreements
  • Oversee team members' training and professional development, tracking and evaluating their progress on technical and legal competencies
  • Maintain accountability for the quality and timeliness of trade confirmations produced by team members
  • Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience in Natural Gas contract administration in an energy trading company
  • Concrete understanding of Energy Trading activities, including transportation and storage contracting
  • Solid understanding and working knowledge of purchase and sale agreements for natural gas (NAESB), financial derivatives (ISDA); NDA and related transportation, transmission & storage contracts
  • Good understanding of EEI Base Contracts (Power), and/or WSPPs and/or environmental products (CCA, CCO, RGGI, RGGI Offsets, RECs) is an asset
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