The Palo Alto office of Baker Botts seeks a litigation associate with 2-5 years experience. Must be licensed to practice law in the state of California. Experience in litigation is required, with experience in patent litigation strongly preferred. A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or equivalent (such as a mechanical engineering degree with strong background in computer science) is preferred, though not required. Candidates must be interested in developing a practice focused heavily on patent litigation. Must have excellent academic credentials.

Interested candidates should click here to apply. Only applications that include a cover letter, resume, transcript and writing sample will be considered.

Baker Botts is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

The Role:

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2:1 degree from a leading UK university or equivalent for non UK
• UK qualified lawyer, having passed all Law Society professional examinations at the first attempt
• Pre-qualification training at leading City law firm or experience at a reputable energy practice including in-house training at a major energy company

Essential Qualities:

• An interest in energy projects
• Willingness to work hard to develop a core skill set across the energy projects/industry spectrum
• Attention to detail, high standards and an ability to perform high quality and accurate work proficiently, to tight deadlines with or without close supervision
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise numerous and competing matters and to work well under pressure
• Ability to interact professionally with clients, associates and other employees at all levels and to actively contribute to the development of the London office and the Global Projects Group
• This role requires travel

Contact:

All candidates should submit resumes to via email

The Role:

To support Global Project partners across the firm's international and U.S. office network in a range of energy projects and transactional matters, with particular emphasis on upstream and midstream oil and gas.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2:1 degree from a leading UK university or equivalent for non UK
• UK qualified lawyer, having passed all Law Society professional examinations at the first attempt
• Pre-qualification training at a leading City law firm or experience at a reputable energy practice, including in-house or major energy company

Preferred Experience:

• Upstream Contracts
• UK Petroleum Licensing
• Joint Operating Agreements
• Farm-out Agreements
• Oil and Gas Sale, Marketing and Transportation Processing Agreements
• Unitisation Agreements
• Product Sharing Contracts
• LNG Sales Marketing Project development
• Assets and corporate acquisition and disposal

Essential Qualities:

• Needs to bring a balance between demonstrably strong core legal skills and an understanding of clients' commercial priorities
• This role requires travel

Responsible To:

Contact:

All candidates should submit resumes to via email

The Role:

General Duties:

• Conduct legal research on wide range of topics
• Review and draft memoranda, legal documents and client correspondence
• Review and proof read documents
• Assisting in the preparation of marketing and presentation materials
• Assist with due diligence, including the preparation of due diligence reports

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Law; graduated from reputable first-class national universities
• Excellent spoken and written English skills
• At least one year of relevant legal experience
• Ability to interact professionally with clients, lawyers and staff at all levels
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work under time pressure
• In depth knowledge of legal terminology and principles of commercial and corporate law
• Ability to perform legal research independently
• Ability to analyze legal documents for accuracy
• Strong team player with self-motivation and initiative
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Contact:

• All candidates should submit resumes to   via email

The Role:

We are currently recruiting for a 0 - 7 year pqe Associate in London to support the finance team across the firm’s international and U.S. offices. The work involves acting on the lender and borrower side, project finance, pre-export finance and infrastructure finance transactions.

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum 2:1 degree from a leading UK university or equivalent.
• UK qualified lawyer.
• Solid, relevant experience at a Top 15 UK Firm or reputable finance practice.
• Solid experience of drafting and amending loan, security and related agreements.
• Real deal exposure.
• Travel will be required, often at short notice.
• It would be useful, but not essential, for candidates to have had exposure to financing of energy projects and/or emerging markets (Eastern Europe, South America, Central Asia and Africa, etc...).

Contact:

• All candidates should submit resumes to Jo Barden via email at

Seeking a Senior Lawyer for our Middle East practice. Ideal candidates have experience in an international law firm or leading regional firm with extensive knowledge gained over several years on the ground in the Gulf, including work in Saudi Arabia.

Must be willing to reside full-time in Riyadh.

Fluency in written and spoken English essential. Fluency in written and spoken Arabic preferred.

Practice should include substantial transactional experience across a variety of areas including several of the following:

• infrastructure development
• project finance
• privatization
• general banking and finance (conventional and Islamic)
• capital markets and securities
• investment funds
• M&A
• joint ventures and inward foreign investment

All candidates should submit resumes to .