Sr. Corporate Counsel

4-10 yrs required

Full-time

No

Job Title: Sr. Corporate Counsel
Location: Houston, Texas
Salary: Based on experience and qualifications

Position Summary:
The Sr. Corporate Counsel will join the Legal Team at Targa Resources and provide legal support and advice for all commercial aspects of the company's logistics and transportation/NGL business. This includes contracts for the purchase and sale, exchange, transportation, storage, terminalling, fractionation, export, and distribution of natural gas liquids, as well as contracts for the purchase, sale, gathering, and processing of natural gas for Targa's coastal natural gas gathering and processing business. The candidate will also work with other attorneys on transactional and asset related matters and manage projects within the Legal Team.

Job Functions and Key Responsibilities:
- Negotiate and draft agreements for the purchase, sale, and exchange of natural gas liquids and/or other petroleum products
- Negotiate and draft various midstream agreements related to natural gas, natural gas liquids, and/or other petroleum products
- Counsel business clients on commercial agreements and arrangements
- Provide legal advice for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including due diligence activities
- Advise clients on joint venture agreements
- Collaborate with business clients and other attorneys to respond to commercial demands and achieve business objectives

Minimum Essential Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate and licensed to practice law in Texas or Oklahoma
- 4-10 years of legal experience, preferably in a law firm
- Strong academic background
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic legal environment
- Commercial, pragmatic, and flexible approach to complex commercial arrangements
- Experience providing legal advice to senior level business leaders
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients at all levels
- Proven track record as a team player
- Willingness to take on any task, big or small
- Thrives in a high activity environment where ownership and accountability are valued
- Ability to strike a balance between legal risks and business needs
- Strong ability to influence, provide a point of view, and listen
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Solution oriented and able to think outside the box to address new issues and problems
- Regular and reliable attendance

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience negotiating and drafting various midstream agreements related to natural gas, natural gas liquids, and/or other petroleum products
- Experience with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including due diligence activities
- Basic understanding of Federal and state regulation of common carrier natural gas liquids or petroleum liquid pipelines
- Experience negotiating, drafting, and administering joint venture agreements

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Targa Resources is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status. The company also provides reasonable accommodations for employees' beliefs and practices that do not conflict with Targa's policies and applicable law. Targa recognizes and values the unique contributions that each employee brings to their role and encourages a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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Legal Analysis, Contract Drafting and Negotiation, Due Diligence, Relationship Building, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Time Management, Communication, Leadership, Business Acumen

Juris Doctorate

Interested candidates can apply through Targa Resources' website or through a job search website.

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate, Licensed to Practice Law in Texas or Oklahoma, 4-10 years of legal experience, Strong academic background

Legal