Energy & Commodities Trading Counsel

Exxon Mobil Corporation; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Workplace Flexibility

Comprehensive medical plan

Wellbeing programs

Disability Plan

Job summary

Exxon Mobil Corporation in Houston, TX seeks an experienced attorney to provide strategic legal counsel to traders, commercial lines, and senior leadership in the energy sector. You will support trading and commercial matters to advance business objectives.

Role focuses on negotiating physical commodity contracts, advising on regulatory risk, and collaborating with Law Department teams across regions to ensure compliant, efficient commercial transactions.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school is required.
• Active license to practice law in at least one state (Texas preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience with commodities, energy trading, derivatives, or commercial trading.
• Experience drafting and negotiating master trading agreements and related contracts.
• Knowledge of commodity, derivatives, or energy market regulations.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts and other legal documents related to physical commodity trading, specifically natural gas, crude oil and oil products and NGLs including sales and purchase agreements
• Advise on contract status, legal risks, and the legal liabilities associated with commercial transactions
• Support adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements of commodity trading, including all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and guidance
• Partner with trading teams to understand their strategic and commercial initiatives and advise and provide legal support to find appropriate solutions to facilitate commercial transactions
• Partner with subject matter experts in the Law Department, for example antitrust, antiboycott, anticorruption, sanctions, labor and employment, litigation, trading regulatory and compliance
• Day-to-day activities will require consistent interface with other lawyers in the Law Department as well as Trading Regulatory & Compliance (regionally and globally)

Skills

Legal drafting

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Energy trading

Negotiation

Communication

Team collaboration

Ethics

Travel willingness

Education

J.D. from accredited law school

License to practice law in at least one state

Job description

Exxon Mobil Corporation in Houston, TX seeks an experienced attorney to provide strategic legal counsel to traders, commercial lines, and senior leadership in the energy sector. You will support trading and commercial matters to advance business objectives.

Role focuses on negotiating physical commodity contracts, advising on regulatory risk, and collaborating with Law Department teams across regions to ensure compliant, efficient commercial transactions.