Senior Corporate Counsel

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** Career Area:
** Legal and Compliance
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* Job Description:

**** Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
** When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Caterpillar is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as Senior Corporate Counsel joining its Legal Team in Singapore. The role will be responsible for providing legal advice and support focused on commercial activities for SPM Oil & Gas Inc., a Caterpillar subsidiary. Beyond that the role will also support other commercial work for the Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division (“COGMD”) in Singapore.

Senior Corporate Counsel for COGMD will work directly as a partner with internal business clients to shape, strategize, draft, review and negotiate innovative and sophisticated commercial agreements, which are implemented to help achieve the clients’ business goals and objectives covering the enterprise’s Singapore and regional Asia Pacific customer base.

The successful applicant will serve as a trusted advisor to the internal business teams. This position is an exciting opportunity for a commercial attorney that seeks a challenging, rewarding, and fast-paced environment with an organization with consistent financial performance and historical significance. Caterpillar offers solutions that help our customers build a better, more sustainable world!

This role works directly with SPM and COGMD teams globally, as well as other legal professionals, and reports to an Assistant General Counsel for SPM Oil & Gas Inc sitting in Fort Worth, Texas (USA).
** What You Will Do
*** Provide legal counsel and transactional support on a wide range of agreements and issues for COGMD, including transactions involving commercial direct sales and supply chain activities, as well as general advice and counsel regarding commercial risks and issues.
* Provide general advice and counsel regarding risk mitigation and issue spotting, for a wide range of legal issues including dispute resolution, compliance risks, general business strategy, and other commercial matters.
* Advise on any other local issues, including employment law and administrative issues, including contact with authorities.
* Be accountable to assess and communicate legal risk and help to resolve and mitigate such risk.
* Work closely with SPM and COGMD business unit leadership and staff, as well as relevant subject matter experts.
* Collaborate with members of the enterprise legal team and regional legal teams to ensure the provision of responsive and high-quality legal support globally.
** What You Have**
* ** Risk Management**:
Knowledge of processes, tools, and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to various kinds of risks; ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.
* ** Decision Making and Critical Thinking**:
Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques;
Willing to take initiative, bear risks, make decisions and take responsibilities to resolve problems and improve business results.
* ** Effective Communications**:
Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques;
Ability to collaborate vertically and horizontally, across levels and various business functions, and with external parties.
* ** Managing Multiple Priorities**:
Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
* ** Problem Solving**:
Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving…