Lawyer - Specialist, Legal Services Team
Malaysia
About BHP
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About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join a small team with a great culture, to do an engaging variety of high-value commercial contracting, strategic advisory, and improvement/innovation work, as part of BHP's global Legal function.
This role is responsible for providing strategic commercial legal advice and driving innovation to support BHP’s global Legal team, as part of the Legal Services Team (LST).
The role reports to the Manager – Legal Services Team, and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Providing strategic legal advice and leading projects to support to BHP’s global Legal team and business stakeholders, including:
- Supporting negotiation and drafting of material commercial contracts (Procurement, Marketing and other)
- Advising on and responding to developments in key relevant areas of law;
- Updating and maintaining BHP’s legal governance documents and standard contract suite;
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives including developing and maintaining documents, standardised documentation, checklists and guidance materials to upskill the business on contract-related legal issues, and supporting knowledge management.
- Working with the Legal Operations function to lead and drive technology innovation in the Legal function, including leading innovation projects.
- In this role there will be very frequent interactions with members of the Legal team globally, including senior leaders; as well as senior personnel in the Marketing and Procurement functions; and occasionally the GBS Leadership team.
- Providing strategic legal support to GBS in relation to Malaysian and Philippines legal issues.
About You
- The role is for a commercial lawyer, minimum of 6+ years PQE, admitted to practice in Malaysia, and preferably with a law degree and qualification to practice from the UK or Australia.
- Must have strong experience in negotiating commercial contracts (goods, services, software, commodities - or relevant experience with M&A or finance contracting). Some experience in managing Legal improvement projects (process innovation/automation, internal guidance materials and templates) would be well regarded but is not critical.
- Candidate must be a great team player but able to work independently (including leading projects), have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong and pragmatic commercial judgement, and be an innovative thinker.
- The role is based in Kuala Lumpur - occasional travel may be required.
About Our Process
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Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
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