Senior Legal Counsel – Unconventional Gas

Saudi Aramco; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 53,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Aramco is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Gas Corporate & Commercial Legal Practice in the Upstream Law Department. The role focuses on providing corporate and commercial legal services to support upstream unconventional gas operations and related joint ventures.

You will negotiate complex contracts, advise internal clients, and coordinate with specialist teams in tax, IP, M&A, and dispute resolution, while coordinating with external counsel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Law degree minimum; Master or Juris degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and legal agreements.
• Provide strategic legal advice to internal clients, identifying and mitigating potential legal risks while supporting business objectives.
• Lead or support multidisciplinary legal and commercial projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery.
• Advise on claims management and dispute resolution processes.
• Serve as Board Secretary for designated joint ventures and subsidiaries.
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel, including oversight of budgets and service quality.

Skills

Corporate law

Contract negotiation

Legal advisory

Board secretary

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Law

Master/Juris degree

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Gas Corporate & Commercial Legal Practice in the Upstream Law Department within in the Aramco Law Organization.

The Gas Corp & Commercial Legal Practice provides legal support to the company’s upstream unconventional gas business, including drilling, production, processing and day-to-day operations as well as related joint ventures and subsidiaries

As Senior Counsel, your primary role is to provide comprehensive corporate and commercial legal services, working closely with internal stakeholders and coordinating with specialist legal teams in areas such as tax, intellectual property (IP), mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and dispute resolution. The role will require collaboration with external legal counsel as needed.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts and legal agreements.
• Provide strategic legal advice to internal clients, identifying and mitigating potential legal risks while supporting business objectives.
• Lead or support multidisciplinary legal and commercial projects, ensuring timely and effective delivery.
• Advise on claims management and dispute resolution processes.
• Serve as Board Secretary for designated joint ventures and subsidiaries.
• Manage relationships with external legal counsel, including oversight of legal budgets and service quality.

Minimum Requirements

As the successful candidate, you will have:

• A 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 10 years experience gained in a sophisticated law firm or corporation. Preferably within a major international or national energy company or oilfield services organization.
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the upstream oil and gas industry, particularly unconventional gas operations.
• Proven ability to negotiate complex commercial agreements and deliver clear, practical legal advice to business clients.
• Strong leadership and mentorship experience, with the ability to guide junior legal professionals.
• Prior experience serving as Corporate Secretary to a Board of Directors is highly desirable.

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

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.

Job ID: 16874

Tagged as: Upstream Law Dept