Our client, a major Oil & Gas company is seeking a Paralegal to support their facilities located in Spring, TX for a 12 months contract (possible to extend).

MAIN FUNCTIONS:

• Provides legal support to assigned attorneys or projects by conducting research, organizing files, scheduling depositions and maintaining records.
• Researches various states requirements for licensing and certification requirements and prepares documents as needed.
• Coordinates and gathers input across multiple corporate disciplines including: Accounting, HR, Risk Management and Procurement.
• Maintains files/database to ensure no lapses in certifications.
• Supports ongoing projects and monitors compliance with contract requirements/certifications.
• Minimal work direction needed, highly skilled and knowledgeable to the position.
• Able to supervise other junior paralegals if needed.
• This position might be described as an expert Paralegal or Law Clerk with some law training but not an attorney.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Research skills, legal administration skills, organization, planning, and attention to detail.
• Unconventional contract experience is a plus
• Strong writing skills
• Familiarity with commercial principles (and reviewing/negotiating langauge regarding same)
• Experience negotiating MSAs or similar framework agreements
• Prefer oil/gas or manufacturing experience in Procurement, Supply Chain or Legal
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word (formatting/redlining)
• tasks include - Subagreement review/preparation
• Attend kickoff meeting and determine whether any of the existing templates fit the need or whether additional support/language is required
• Writing fit-for-risk language to support commercial strategy established by the categories
• Support review and drafting of a variety of templates (or at least issue spotting and making observations on inconsistencies, as part of a "cold eyes review"
• Prepare summary and analysis and participate in review of templates with functional stakeholders
• Support questions from stakeholders and provide guidance to Master Contracts team on complex negotiations/fit-for-risk terms
• Analyze language in existing EM enabling agreements and help