Targa Resources
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Corporate Counsel
role at
Targa Resources .
The candidate will join the Legal Team and will interact with and support various groups across the Company, with a primary focus on legal advice and support for all commercial aspects of Targa’s logistics and transportation/NGL midstream business segment, including contracts for the purchase and sale, exchange, transportation, storage, terminalling, fractionation and treating, and distribution of natural gas liquids. This position will also partner with other attorneys across the Targa Team on various transactional and asset related matters, and will manage other projects within the Legal Team.
Responsibilities
Negotiate and draft agreements for the purchase, sale, and exchange of natural gas liquids and/or other petroleum products
Negotiate and draft various midstream agreements related to natural gas liquids and/or other petroleum products, including agreements for the gathering, transportation by pipeline, rail, motor carrier, and/or marine vessel, storage, terminalling, fractionation and/or processing of such products, as well as pipeline interconnect agreements, access agreements, and real estate agreements
Counsel business clients regarding business arrangements, commercial agreements, and joint ventures
Assist with and provide legal advice related to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence activities
Work as a team with business clients and other attorneys to respond to commercial demands and achieve business objectives
Minimum Essential Qualifications
Juris Doctorate, licensed to practice law in Texas (or can become immediately eligible to be admitted to the State Bar of Texas)
3 – 7 years of legal experience, with substantial law firm experience preferred
Strong academic background
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, legal analysis, drafting, and negotiation
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic legal environment and respond quickly to commercial demands
Commercial, pragmatic, and flexible approach, and ability to quickly grasp complex commercial arrangements
Willingness to provide or experience providing legal advice to senior level business leaders
Ability to develop and sustain relationships with clients at all levels
Proven track record as a team player
Team attitude that no job is too big or too small
Thrives in an environment where you need to roll-up your sleeves and own outcomes
Ability to strike sensible and practical balance between legal risks and the need to do business
Adept at working in a fast-paced, high activity environment with smart and creative people
Strong ability to influence, provide point of view and to listen
Ability to handle ambiguity, juggle many matters at once and quickly shift from one situation or task to another
Solution oriented
Talent for thinking outside of the box in confronting new issues and pursuing novel approaches to old problems
Regular and reliable attendance
Preferred Qualifications
Negotiating and drafting agreements for the purchase, sale, and exchange of natural gas liquids, crude oil, and/or other petroleum products
Negotiating and drafting various midstream agreements related to natural gas liquids, and/or other petroleum products, including agreements for the gathering, transportation by pipeline, rail, motor carrier, and/or marine vessel, storage, terminalling, fractionation and/or processing of such products, as well as pipeline interconnect agreements, access agreements, and real estate agreements
Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence activities
Basic understanding of Federal and Texas state regulation of common carrier natural gas liquids or petroleum liquid pipelines
Negotiating, drafting, and/or administering joint venture agreements
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Targa Resources provides equal employment opportunities based on merit, experience, and other work-related criteria and without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We also strive to provide reasonable accommodation to employees’ beliefs and practices that do not conflict with Targa’s policies and applicable law. We value the unique contributions that every employee brings to their role with Targa.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Oil and Gas
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Corporate Counsel
role at
Targa Resources .
The candidate will join the Legal Team and will interact with and support various groups across the Company, with a primary focus on legal advice and support for all commercial aspects of Targa’s logistics and transportation/NGL midstream business segment, including contracts for the purchase and sale, exchange, transportation, storage, terminalling, fractionation and treating, and distribution of natural gas liquids. This position will also partner with other attorneys across the Targa Team on various transactional and asset related matters, and will manage other projects within the Legal Team.
Responsibilities
Negotiate and draft agreements for the purchase, sale, and exchange of natural gas liquids and/or other petroleum products
Negotiate and draft various midstream agreements related to natural gas liquids and/or other petroleum products, including agreements for the gathering, transportation by pipeline, rail, motor carrier, and/or marine vessel, storage, terminalling, fractionation and/or processing of such products, as well as pipeline interconnect agreements, access agreements, and real estate agreements
Counsel business clients regarding business arrangements, commercial agreements, and joint ventures
Assist with and provide legal advice related to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence activities
Work as a team with business clients and other attorneys to respond to commercial demands and achieve business objectives
Minimum Essential Qualifications
Juris Doctorate, licensed to practice law in Texas (or can become immediately eligible to be admitted to the State Bar of Texas)
3 – 7 years of legal experience, with substantial law firm experience preferred
Strong academic background
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, legal analysis, drafting, and negotiation
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic legal environment and respond quickly to commercial demands
Commercial, pragmatic, and flexible approach, and ability to quickly grasp complex commercial arrangements
Willingness to provide or experience providing legal advice to senior level business leaders
Ability to develop and sustain relationships with clients at all levels
Proven track record as a team player
Team attitude that no job is too big or too small
Thrives in an environment where you need to roll-up your sleeves and own outcomes
Ability to strike sensible and practical balance between legal risks and the need to do business
Adept at working in a fast-paced, high activity environment with smart and creative people
Strong ability to influence, provide point of view and to listen
Ability to handle ambiguity, juggle many matters at once and quickly shift from one situation or task to another
Solution oriented
Talent for thinking outside of the box in confronting new issues and pursuing novel approaches to old problems
Regular and reliable attendance
Preferred Qualifications
Negotiating and drafting agreements for the purchase, sale, and exchange of natural gas liquids, crude oil, and/or other petroleum products
Negotiating and drafting various midstream agreements related to natural gas liquids, and/or other petroleum products, including agreements for the gathering, transportation by pipeline, rail, motor carrier, and/or marine vessel, storage, terminalling, fractionation and/or processing of such products, as well as pipeline interconnect agreements, access agreements, and real estate agreements
Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence activities
Basic understanding of Federal and Texas state regulation of common carrier natural gas liquids or petroleum liquid pipelines
Negotiating, drafting, and/or administering joint venture agreements
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Targa Resources provides equal employment opportunities based on merit, experience, and other work-related criteria and without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We also strive to provide reasonable accommodation to employees’ beliefs and practices that do not conflict with Targa’s policies and applicable law. We value the unique contributions that every employee brings to their role with Targa.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Oil and Gas
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