Sr Counsel - Chemicals & Retail
Chicago, IL, United States
- Full-time
- senior legal counsel
- corporate governance
- commercial contracts
The Senior Counsel provides legal advice and support to Saudi Aramco's Chemicals & Retail downstream entities, focusing on corporate governance, commercial contracts, and shareholder issues. Key responsibilities include drafting and negotiating complex supply and offtake agreements, managing board meetings, and advising on internal policies and claims. The role demands extensive experience in commercial contracts within the chemicals and retail sectors, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to provide leadership and mentorship.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.
Overview
We are seeking an experienced attorney to join the Chemicals & Retail Legal Practice of the Downstream Law Department within in the Aramco Law Organization.
The Chemicals & Retail Practice provides legal support to many of these downstream entities, primarily from a shareholder and governance perspective, with particular focus on general corporate and commercial contracts.
As Counsel, your primary role is to provide legal advice to Saudi Aramco and its subsidiaries, particularly in the area of commercial agreements for the supply and offtake of Saudi Aramco’s wide array of products, including long-term crude and product sales/placements, crude importation, long-term refined product/chemical offtakes, processing/netting agreements, tolling arrangements and international hydrocarbon trading.
Key Responsibilities
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Serve as the corporate secretary for one or more entities, organizing and managing board meetings, and advising as to board authority and corporate governance matters.
- Advise as to shareholder issues and manage the interface between the entity, the parent, and other affiliates.
- Work closely with internal Saudi Aramco Downstream clients and support their substantial and complex contracting and purchasing functions.
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, O&M agreements, service agreements, and other commercial contracts and related agreements. This may include negotiation of complex products supply and offtake agreements.
- Advise as to internal policies, review and resolve claims, and provide training to company personnel on a variety of legal matters.
Minimum Requirements
As the successful candidate, you will have:
- Bachelor of Law degree as minimum. Master or Juris degree preferred.
- Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
- A minimum of 7 years progressive experience gained in a sophisticated law firm or corporation. A mix of private practice and in-house experience would be preferred.
- Relevant commercial contracts and general corporate experience, particularly in the Downstream chemicals and retail sectors.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Experience providing concise and clear support to clients and leadership and mentorship experience.
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia - To be specified in Job Offer
Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job Offer
Job Posting Duration
Job posting start date: 11/19/2025
Job posting end date: 12/31/2026
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.
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