Apq General Counsel

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

**Reimagine What’s Possible**

**KEY ACTIVITIES**

**General Legal Support**
- Provides legal support
- Supports due diligence studies on legal issues pertaining to potential development and acquisitions
- Responds to disputes, grievances, arbitration and litigation and any other relevant matters with the objective of mitigating the company’s legal risk
- Supports other legal initiatives as requested

**Commercial Contracts and Agreements**
- Tracks corporate formalities required to complete acquisitions and other transactions, including liaison with notaries and outside counsel as directed
- Drafts and reviews contracts, agreements and supporting documentation for protection of the company’s contractual posture and adherence to company policies
- Reviews and reports on contractor/vendor documents and contractor/vendor exceptions and revisions to Air Products Qudra terms and conditions

**Legal Administration**
- Assists with documentation and administration of project, project partnership/joint-venture and project financing transactions
- Drafts various policies and procedures that minimize legal and business risks and for functional areas such as HR, Technology, Finance and HSSE for management review and approval
- Provides occasional non-legal support as needed, e.g. in drafting and editing correspondence
- Compiles and submits legal fee and other budgetary information as required
- Performs any other assignments as needed/requested by management

**Board Secretary**
- Convenes and serves annual general meetings (AGMs) and board meetings (producing agendas, taking minutes, conveying decisions, handling meeting correspondence)

**Personal Development**
- Stays current on regulatory, financial, tax, commercial, environmental and corporate issues that may affect Air Products Qudra’s business and projects
- Uses knowledge, skills and expertise gained in daily work
- Upholds and role-models Air Products Qudra’s values

**QUALIFICATIONS (professional, technical, academic)**

**Essential**:

- Degree in law from an accredited law school and license to practice law

**Preferred**:

- Engineering or a business/commerce degree at the undergraduate level

**EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE**

**Essential**:

- A senior associate in a major law firm, or equivalent experience working for a multi-national company. Minimum of 8+ years legal experience working internationally across the region.
- Expertise in negotiating project agreements, such as EPC contracts and offtake agreements.
- Must be experienced in drafting contracts and possess excellent analytical skills
- IT literate: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- English language written and spoken fluency

**Preferred**:

- Energy industry experience
- Arabic language
- Board secretarial experience

**PROFESSIONAL / PERSONAL COMPETENCIES**

**Essential**:

- High levels of communication (written and oral communication), strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work within a team as an internal service provider
- Demonstrates sound business and legal judgement
- Ability to explain complex, challenging issues in a clear manner
- Clear understanding and adherence to ethical principles, Air Products Qudra’s values, code of conduct and policies
- Ability to work with and gain confidence of supervisors and others
- Confident and able to work independently as well as in multi-functional and cross-cultural teams
- Strong work ethic, a sense of urgency and be able to work effectively with many deadlines
- Willing to travel and work in the region or internationally, as needed

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.