Anglo American

Legal Specialist - 18-month FTC

Anglo American  •  Whitby, GB (Onsite)  •  6 hours ago
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Job Description

Company 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.

Anglo American

About Anglo American

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.

As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Industry
Oil, Gas & Mining
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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