Job description

The Sr / Specialist Legal – Alternative Energy at OQ Alternative Energy LLC (Location: Oman – Muscat; Stream: OQ Alternative Energy; Function: Legal; Reporting to: VP Legal; Direct Reportees: 0) performs end-to-end legal tasks within the Alternative Energy sector under the VP Legal’s instruction, providing timely, value-added legal support and advice to OQ Alternative Energy management and business units to ensure operations are conducted in accordance with applicable laws and internal policies and procedures. Acting in line with OQAE’s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies and relevant policies, guidelines and international standards—supported by an IT Technology platform, HSE standards, Oman’s governmental and other legal directives, and best international practices—the role executes contract review and drafting, joint venture agreement review and drafting, project document review and drafting, corporate support, and government legal relationships. As a key legal team member, the incumbent ensures compliance across OQ Alternative Energy and subsidiaries with a sound understanding of corporate structures, company law and reporting requirements; reviews, interprets, drafts and/or negotiates EPC contracts, Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), procurement contracts, shareholder agreements, Joint Development Agreements (JDA), and subsidiary incorporation/management documents; and provides practical legal advice for complex, multi-jurisdictional Alternative Energy projects while liaising with affiliates and joint venture partners and coordinating legal and commercial workstreams. Technical competencies include excellent legal knowledge and technical legal report writing, corporate reporting and compliance, project financing and banking, projects oil & gas, claims and disputes, litigation and arbitration, the legal frame for oil & gas industry, corporate law, and knowledge of major software packages, with substantial experience across renewable energy and oil & gas operations, regulations, contractual frameworks, joint venture relations, and commercial dynamics. Notable working conditions include an office environment with intensive computer screen use and sporadic visits to operation sites.