Head of Legal & Compliance Job at Hyde Energy

Hyde Energy began operations in Nigeria, importing and exporting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and selling clean petroleum products. These operations established our base as a trading company. We enhanced our import and export activities by: acquiring a tank farm for storing petroleum products & securing a two-year term contract for LPG export.

Hyde Energy’s vision is rooted in our desire to be a leading oil trading and marketing company by brand presence, service delivery and profitatability. We make good use of the expertise of our people, who have extensive technical and practical knowledge of the West and Central African oil-producing regions. Over the years, we have expanded our business portfolio into crude oil, rened oil products, LPG and dry bulk commodities. Similarly, our reach has grown, and we serve customers from offices in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Mauritius, London and Malta.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Head of Legal & Compliance

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Job

• The Head Legal & Compliance is accountable for Hyde’s legal and compliance function with responsibilities including providing expert legal advice to executives, board and staff on business and corporate activities; supervising all business and legal affairs and projects; and negotiating and managing all external counsel activities.
• The jobholder sets internal corporate governance policies, manages the impact of external factors such as contractual matters, litigation, taxation policies, and regulatory matters amongst others.

Qualifications

• A University Degree (minimum of a Second Class Lower) LL. B with admittance into the Nigerian Bar.
• Minimum of 7 - 10 years of experience in corporate and commercial law with experience in regulatory affairs
• Experience in the Oil and Gas industry
• A post-graduate degree in Law is preferred
• Specialisation in oil & gas law and corporate or commercial law
• Exposure to a wide range of legal issues.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: careers@hydeenergyltd.com using the Job Position as the subject.