Corporate Counsel - Energy & Infrastructure

About the role

ONEX Holding is looking for a Corporate Counsel to act as a trusted, commercially minded legal partner to the Chairman, senior management and business units across the Group and its entities. The role gives practical, timely legal advice on investments, transactions, projects and day-to-day operations, protects the Group's legal, regulatory and reputational interests, and supports growth through contracts, governance, compliance and risk management. It combines hands-on legal work with oversight of external advisers.

Key responsibilities

• Provide clear, practical legal advice to the Chairman, senior management and business units, covering cross-border matters such as structuring, licensing, local regulation, sanctions and trade compliance.
• Lead legal support for gas development, power generation, refinery expansion and other infrastructure projects, including EPC contracts, equipment supply, technology licences, consultancy appointments and O&M agreements, and advance payment guarantees, performance bonds and parent company guarantees.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, commodity purchase and sale arrangements, fuel supply, gas sales, power purchase, offtake and tolling agreements, and support vessel acquisitions, chartering and maritime matters.
• Lead or support legal workstreams for acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and restructurings, including term sheets, confidentiality agreements, sale and purchase agreements, shareholder agreements and due diligence.
• Work with finance teams and lenders on financing agreements, security packages and guarantees.
• Maintain and improve standard contract templates, playbooks, approval workflows and contract-management practices.

Required profile

• Law degree (LL.B., J.D. or equivalent) from a recognised institution.
• Admitted to practice and in good standing in a recognised jurisdiction, with working knowledge of the legal frameworks used by the Group.
• Experience at a Magic Circle law firm and relevant in-house experience in Oil & Gas or Infrastructure in the UAE and Iraq.
• Excellent written and spoken English; French is an advantage.
• Preferred: Master's degree (LL.M.) or additional qualification in corporate or commercial law, familiarity with data protection laws such as GDPR, and membership of a professional body such as a bar association or the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Required skills

• Proficiency with contract management tools and Microsoft Office.
• Contract drafting, negotiation and review.