Legal Counsel, Trade Compliance

Legal Counsel, Trade Compliance - LON0302 Company : Worley Primary Location : GBR-GL-London Other Locations : GBR-GC-Glasgow, GBR-NWE-Manchester, GBR-AC-Aberdeen, GBR-SOT-Stockton Job : Counsel Schedule : Full-time Employment Type : Employee Job Level : Experienced Job Posting : Sep 5, 2023 Unposting Date : Ongoing Reporting Manager Title : Chief Compliance Officer :

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Legal Counsel, Trade Compliance

Role Context

As a Legal Counsel at Worley, you will form part of the Global Compliance Team and play a pivotal role in understanding various sanctions’ regimes and applicable laws to ensure Worley is compliant in the work that we do. Based in the UK you’ll initially support UK activities with a view to expanding into multiple countries going forward. This is a fully remote working role; however we can discuss attendance at one of our main UK offices if this is preferred.

You'll Be

• Carrying out and reviewing sanctions related due diligence
• Managing export control review requests
• Determining whether opportunities have a sanctions/export risk, analyse the risk and present to Senior Management for approval
• Assisting the business in identifying possible mitigative steps and assisting the due diligence team on reviews
• Spread awareness about the concept and Worley standards amongst Worley employees
• Keep up to date on sanctions provisions from US, Canada, UK, EU, Australia, UN & Singapore

You'll Have

• An LLB or LLM Degree plus experience of trade compliance and sanctions of US, UK, EU, UN, Canada, Australia and Singapore
• The ability to make difficult decisions and lead/manage others in changing business conditions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to convey information and ideas to individuals and groups
• A pro-active and goal-oriented approach to working who displays integrity and consistently honours commitments
• An ability to work on multiple projects of various size and complexity

What we offer you

Providing an agile culture and challenging work opportunities results in a positive work environment. Our people enjoy competitive compensation packages and a fun, personal, collaborative and safe working environment. We value equal employment opportunity and are committed to promoting fairness, equality and diversity.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

If you have the passion and talent to keep up, it's time to test the limits of what you can become. Find your future with Worley.