Legal Specialist - Santiago de Chile - De Beers Group of Companies

De Beers Group of Companies

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Santiago de Chile

hace 1 semana

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Valentina Hurtado

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Company Description

We're reimagining mining to improve people's lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy, inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we're putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.

Job Description:

The purpose of this role is to manage Anglo American Group's Chilean legal risks and opportunities with specific reference to Commercial Law, Procurement Law, Employment Law, Mine Health and Safety Law, Mine Tenure and Permitting Law and Litigation and Dispute Resolution and provide legal support to other work within their fields of professional competence.

Your duties will be:

Provide robust legal advice in various specializations concerning the Group's operations in Chile.
Remain updated on Chile's dynamic legal environment, ensuring compliance and anticipation of impactful changes.
Detect and assess critical legal risks, suggesting strategies for potential mitigation.
Engage with international and domestic legal teams, encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Aid in crafting and implementing legal training specific to Chilean operations.
Work with senior lawyers to develop resources, including templates and best practice guides tailored for Chile.
Facilitate collaboration with external legal services, ensuring timely, costeffective support.
Contribute to group legal reports, emphasizing accuracy and relevancy.
Act as the Group's representative in legal negotiations within Chile.
Seek continuous professional development, exploring global legal trends.
Support senior lawyers in other disciplines such as mergers and projects with insights on the Chilean context.
Propose improvements to current legal processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.

Qualifications:

Graduate & admitted as a lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction
Admitted as a lawyer in Chile.
Additional degree would be desirable

Experience:

Familiarity with Chilean litigation and administrative law procedures.
Solid legal background in natural resources, environmental law and/or permitting.
From 5 to 6 years of relevant professional experience in a Law Firm in natural resources and environmental matters.
Useful mining industry experience, but not essential.
Language requirements: fluent oral and written Spanish and English.
Proficiency in drafting and reviewing legal documents.

**Additional Information

Who we are**We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day's work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry.

Not only that, we're also continually investing in new technologies - from drones to data analytics - that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

**How to apply