Legal Counsel

, Trinidad and Tobago

Job Family Group:

Legal Jobs

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

June 5, 2026

Business Unit:

Legal

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

The primary purpose of this role is to provide professional, timely, cost-effective, and practical legal advice and support to the Shell Trinidad and Tobago Integrated Gas business. The Integrated Gas portfolio includes a variety of complex Shell operated and non-operated ventures and greenfield, expansion and backfill projects. The role reports directly to the Managing Counsel IG LatAm & Head of Legal Trinidad and Tobago.

The primary role of the Legal Services Integrated Gas team is to provide legal advice, support and related services to business units and projects within the Integrated Gas business. Team members may also provide legal advice, support and related services to other business units and projects (including businesses and projects within other parts of Integrated Gas & Upstream, Downstream, Renewables and Acquisition, Divestment & New Business Development projects). The team is expected to provide such advice, support, and related services in a proactive, timely, cost-effective, and professional manner with a view to furthering business objectives in support of the Shell Group Strategy, adding value and protecting shareholder interests.

The Legal Services Integrated Gas team advises on a broad variety of transactional, contentious, regulatory and compliance matters. It seeks to ensure that legal risks are identified, appropriate legal strategies are considered, and documents are appropriately drafted to reflect commercial decisions, always consistent with professional standards, legal obligations, the Shell General Business Principles, and the Shell Control Framework.

What you’ll be doing:

Act as lead lawyer or provide support on material Integrated Gas related legal matters/projects and from time to time on other complex legal matters (including those within other parts of Integrated Gas & Upstream) including new business development, acquisitions and divestments, contracts and procurement, litigations matters and ethics and compliance and joint venture governance. This role is expected to be significantly focused on providing support to the Integrated Gas and Upstream businesses in Trinidad & Tobago with exposure to matters within the LatAm region as well.

Ensure that legal considerations, including mitigation of legal risks identified, are considered in operations, planning activities, contracting, new business/project development, including relations with relevant third parties

Ensure optimal use of internal and external legal resources to ensure provision of professional, timely, cost effective and commercial legal advice and support, balancing both risk and value

Monitor relevant legal developments and communicate these to the business and functional Directorates

Provide strategic advice to the business, including in relation to commercial and political matters, and act as a sounding board for key decisions and policy matters

Work with commercial colleagues to develop the legal and commercial structure of the existing business activities and any new business opportunities that arise

Engage and collaborate with Shell lawyers globally across the function

Engage and collaborate with senior stakeholders across multiple business and organizational lines

Create a positive, proactive culture encouraging high performance and collaboration, with a focus on continuous improvement

Contribute to the broader Shell Group business, reputational and stakeholder agenda

Maximize benefits and minimize risks that could represent any kind of loss to shareholders, while delivering the business objectives

Propose strategies and provide legal support that enable safe, efficient, and agile decisions to secure competitive advantages

Ensure that legal risks are identified, appropriate alternative structures and strategies are considered, and documents are appropriately drafted to reflect commercial decisions, always consistent with professional standards, legal obligations, the Shell General Business Principles, and the Shell Control Framework

The role does not have any direct reports, but the incumbent is expected to coach and mentor more junior lawyers often in different jurisdictions

Accountable for protecting Shell’s rights and reputation in all commercial and contractual arrangements

Provide advice in connection with, or otherwise participate in, key engagements with regulatory agencies and other stakeholders

Protect Shell's interests and enhance Shell's reputation and brand by providing sound legal advice, negotiating, and drafting legal agreements

Provide support to energy transition matters and related innovative projects

What we need from you

Must have legal authorization to work in Trinidad & Tobago on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.

Minimum 5-10 years of experience

Law degree and professional legal qualification

Excellent legal and strategic judgment, coupled with strong business partnering, integrator and stakeholder management skills

Excellent legal contracting and drafting skills

Role model leadership and foundational behaviors – acting as “one Shell” and constantly embracing HSSE, Compliance, collaboration, business partnering and continuous improvement

Incisive grasp of legal issues, demonstrated learner mindset and capability to expand knowledge in relevant areas of law

Ability to work inclusively with both internal and external stakeholders with diverse backgrounds, including senior government officials, senior lawyers/business representatives

Strong analytical skills, business acumen, risk assessment ability and ability to balance competing interests of businesses at varied stages of their evolution

Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to develop and sustain relationships and trust with business and functions at all levels and in a range of cultures

Good commercial mind and the ability to handle multiple demanding clients in a project environment which requires a quick and thoughtful legal touch across several legal disciplines

Ability to address issues creatively and sensitively and to build excellent networking relationships across a range of internal and external organizations

Resilience to keep a calm and balanced approach and maintain a robust stance in respect of allocation of risk for the Group, while balancing that with commercial and strategic drivers

Ability to clearly explain legal risks, develop sound mitigation strategies and find acceptable commercial solutions

Ability to speak Spanish is an asset.