Legal Counsel

**The Role**:
**Inclusive opportunity and also intended for minorities in general, people with physical disabilities, LGBTQI+, blacks and indigenous people**

**Oportunidade inclusiva e também destinada para minorias em geral, pessoas com deficiências físicas, LGBTQI+, negros e indígenas**

**Company description**

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork, and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.
- An innovative place to work_

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future - whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.
- A rewarding place to work_

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

**What is the purpose**

This Legal Counsel position will provide professional, timely, risk-based and fit-for-purpose legal advice and support to i. corporate activities with respect to all Lines of Business in Brazil (Upstream, Trading & Supply, Downstream and Integrated Gas) and its specific entities; and ii. general contractual and regulatory support to Trading and Supply (Crude Oil, Products, Gas and Power), Integrated Gas, New Energies (Solar, Wind and NBS). It may also be asked to assist with all other aspects of Shell Group’s projects and operations in Brazil. Work allocation across lines of business will be directed by the Managing Counsel - Trading and Downstream Brazil, considering professional experience brought to the role, business needs and continuity, value/risk assessment, demand management and development considerations, among others.

**ENGLISH VERSION**

**Legal Counsel**

**What’s the role?**

Key roles include:

- Provides legal advice in connection with all corporate matters, including the incorporation of the entities, amendments to its by-laws, joint venture governance issues, in Brazil.
- Provides legal support on negotiations of several corporate transactions, including MoUs, JCAs, SHAs, SPAs, project finance and public auctions.
- Supports the Business to assess and develop new businesses and products in country, including with the incorporation and dissolution of corporate entities.
- Delivers general business and industry regulatory legal advice and assists in drafting and negotiating various commercial contracts.
- Advises on other laws and regulations affecting such Businesses in Brazil, including corporate law, commercial contracts, ethics and compliance, administrative law and regulation, and environmental law.
- Ensures appropriate legal and commercial structures and solutions and deal strategies are considered and implemented, and legal documents are soundly drafted to reflect commercial decisions, at all times in manner consistent with the highest professional standards, legal and contractual obligations, Shell Group General Business Principles and Shell Control Framework.
- Obtains internal legal functional assurance and support for business opportunities, acting as the integrator lawyer, ensuring that the principal legal risks and mitigating measures have been identified and adequately mitigated and described in the proposal, whilst early involving other relevant lawyers and Subject Matter Experts in Shell Legal who may work on the legal aspects of the proposal in their relevant fields of expertise.
- Works closely with Ethics & Compliance team in conducting integrity due diligences and addressing red flags, and advising on ABC, AML, Trade Controls, Data Privacy and Antitrust matters.
- Provides advice in connection with, or otherwise participate in, key engagements with regulatory agencies and other stakeholders.
- Contributes to a positive, proactive culture encouragin