Global Trading Attorney

About Houston

ExxonMobil’s state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

Learn more about what we do in Houston here.  

What role you will play in our team

Exxon Mobil Corporation (“ExxonMobil”) is seeking to hire experienced attorneys for its global trading legal team in Houston, Texas.  The attorneys will work closely with assigned clients, often on a daily basis, with oversight from more experienced attorneys where required. 

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts and other legal documents related to physical commodity trading, specifically crude oil and oil products, both sales and purchase agreements
• Advise on contract status, legal risks, and the legal liabilities associated with commercial transactions
• Support compliance with regulatory and compliance requirements of commodity trading, including all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and guidance
• Partner with trading teams to understand their strategic and commercial initiatives and advice and provide legal support to find appropriate solutions
• Partner with subject matter experts in the Law Department, for example antitrust, antiboycott, anticorruption, sanctions, labor and employment, litigation, trading regulatory and compliance
• Day-to-day activities will require consistent interface with other lawyers in the Law Department as well as Trading Regulatory & Compliance (regionally and globally)
   

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Strong college and law school record (top 1/3 of class preferred) 
• Licensed to practice law in at least one state (Texas bar membership preferred)
• Strong compliance and global trading background 
• Strong research and writing skills 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant legal experience, at least partially with a major law firm, corporate legal department, or government agency
• High ethical standards and integrity 
• Strong analytical skills and ability to exercise sound business judgment 
• Ability and desire to work independently and as a member of an integrated team 
• Able and willing to travel domestically and internationally in support of client transactions
   

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Compliance and global trading experience in the energy industry 
• Experience managing legal compliance issues (e.g., antitrust, anti-corruption and trade law matters) 
• Demonstrated record of leadership and initiative 
• Foreign language proficiency is a plus
   

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you
   

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.