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Oil & Gas Commercial Contracts Attorney

Posted May 01
Full Time
Dallas-Fort Worth

Introduction Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients, such as complex licensing agreements, intellectual property, employment counseling, compliance policy creation, and M&A transactions. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe. __

By joining the Epiq Counsel Waitlist, you will be considered for future Oil & Gas engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences. Leverage our network to bridge the gap between your skills and organizations in need of top-tier legal services. Take the next step in your legal career and join a vibrant community of Epiq legal professionals!

We are actively seeking Oil & Gas attorneys located in Dallas, TX with the following qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in oil and gas law, with a focus on commercial contracts.
  • Strong understanding of the oil and gas industry and related legal standards.
  • Substantive expereince advising on legal risks and business terms of various deals.
  • JD from an accredited institution.
  • Active bar license in good standing in Texas.
  • Willingness to support a hybrid role in the Dallas, TX area (two days onsite).
  • Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our corporate clients on the following:

  • By joining the Epiq Counsel Waitlist, you will be considered for future Oil & Gas engagements aligned with your expertise and preferences.
  • Provide legal expertise in oil and gas law, including the drafting, negotiation, and management of contracts.
  • Advise on legal risks and business terms of various deals.
  • Draft and negotiate transactional documents and other legal agreements.
  • Work closely with the business team to ensure contracts are in line with corporate goals and strategies.
  • Variable hours in a consultancy role; commitment may range from part-time to full-time based on project requirements.
  • Professional immersion in diverse corporate cultures and industries.

Benefits

  • Predominately hybrid work
  • Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement
  • 401(k) with company match
  • PTO and paid federal holidays
  • Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)
  • Access to professional development resources and learning and development programs.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.