Legal Specialist - 18-month FTC

Anglo American / De Beers Group; Whitby; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglo American is seeking a proactive Legal Professional to support the Crop Nutrients Project in North Yorkshire, focusing on the SAM team. You will manage legal risks across commercial, regulatory, and contracting areas to help deliver project readiness and operations.

The role requires strong commercial awareness, ability to handle multiple workstreams, and collaboration with internal stakeholders. External counsel may be engaged as needed.

Qualifications

• Provide legal advice on development and operations of the Woodsmith Project.
• Advise on general commercial and contracting, IP, and regulatory issues.
• Manage legal risks and coordinate with internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Advise CN on legal issues and risks for project development and downstream activity.
• Assess contracts, strategy, and costs; propose alternatives to achieve commercial objectives.
• Ensure compliance with AA Group policies and project insurances.
• Support SAM with commercial legal advice including disputes when needed.

Skills

Legal advisory

Commercial contracting

Regulatory compliance

IP law

Shipping & logistics

International contracts

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Job description

We’re re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy and inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and release their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we’re putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring that everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

Job Description :

The Crop Nutrients Business Unit (“CN”) involves the development of the Woodsmith Project (“Project”) in North Yorkshire, England. The Project is progressing through Feasibility stage towards FID and operations. CN is made up of a number of teams including a team dedicated to product and market development, the Solutions & Marketing (“SAM”) team. The role will be an integral part of the CN legal function supporting the Project generally (with particular focus on the SAM team) from development into operations, responsible for the management of the legal risks associated with projects of this nature including commercial and regulatory law and contracting.

Qualifications :

Supporting CN in the UK by

Providing legal advice, solutions and managing the legal risks in relation to the development of the Woodsmith Project (at a Project level and in relation to downstream activity), including achieving operational readiness;

Advising on general commercial and contracting, intellectual property, international sale contracts, shipping and logistics and associated regulatory requirements and the management of legal risks involved in implementing the CN’s business plan.

The role requires a proactive Legal Professional with strong commercial awareness, the ability to manage multiple workstreams, and a collaborative approach to partnering with internal stakeholders.

General Commercial:

Provide advice to the CN teams on legal issues and risks and refer complex or urgent matters for external advice where appropriate;

Assess legal risks associated with the Project and general contractual arrangements and advise as to risks, strategy and potential costs as well as alternatives for cost effective achievement of commercial objectives;

Ensure management of compliance with AA Group policies and procedures and Group and Project insurances;

Supporting the SAM team with general commercial (including intellectual property, shipping and logistics and regulatory) advice including disputes and claims management where relevant

Work alongside external legal service providers (including external law firms, counsel and/or legal process outsourcing firms) where required to support any contentious, contracting or commercial regulatory outcome in a cost effective and efficient manner.

Additional information :

Who We Are

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies.Our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.