Description:

Position Summary & Responsibilities:
An Independent Energy Sector Company is seeking an experienced securities, reporting, and governance attorney to join our dynamic legal team as “Associate General Counsel (Securities, Reporting & Governance) & Assistant Corporate Secretary” and manage its public company processes, compliance processes, and filings, along with corporate governance workstreams. To be successful in this role, you must have considerable experience with these workstreams in a top-tier law firm or a publicly traded company. The environment is extremely high-paced and requires a self-starter and closer who is able to simplify and solve complex legal problems and impediments in a practical manner. Office in Charleston (WV) or Oklahoma City (OK), but Remote Position available for right individual.

Securities & Reporting:

Ensure U.S. and U.K. regulatory compliance, including monitoring regulatory developments and best practices in the U.S. and U.K. securities and corporate governance fields and oversight of SEC and NYSE (U.S.) and FCA and LSE (U.K.) reporting obligations and filings.
Assist in preparing and advise on securities law matters, including preparing SEC filings such as Forms 20-F, 6-K, 8-K, 10-K, 10-Q, Proxy Statements, and Section 16 reports.
Work with internal teams to draft and review earnings releases, press releases, and shareholder and investor communications, particularly for compliance with applicable securities laws.
Assisting with registered and unregistered debt and equity offerings by the Company and employee benefit plans, including assisting with preparation of registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as well as offering and closing documents.

Governance:

Creation, restructuring, and dissolution of legal entities.? Maintenance of corporate organization structure.
Direct and support risk assessments, compliance, and internal investigations, and support audit activities.
Conduct compliance training for business unit members.
Manage compliance activities relating to various corporate policies, including Code of Conduct, Securities Dealing Code, Insider Trading, Whistleblower and Anti-Corruption policies.
Maintain Board of Director Committee charters and other key corporate governance documents.
Manage corporate governance and Board of Director processes and practices, including the preparation of Board of Director materials, minutes, resolutions and governance policy updates.
Assist with the preparation of the annual report, other public filings, disclosures, and meetings of the Company's shareholders.
Provide advice and counsel on Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance.
Assist in managing equity incentive programs and executive compensation

Position Requirements:

A J.D. from a nationally recognized law school.
Admission in good standing to a State Bar of any jurisdiction in the United States.
Proactive, energetic, self-assured professional with highest personal integrity, and ability to prioritize effectively, think strategically, see the big picture as well as important details, and able to develop solutions and provide practical, risk-balanced advice.
Strong work ethic, thrives in fast-paced environment, willingness to work long-hours when necessary to achieve deadlines, ability to work independently on projects with minimal supervision, and manage multiple projects/meet deadlines within budget and with consistently high-quality work product.
Top-notch organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to successfully manage and meet deadlines, including handling multiple simultaneous projects and in certain cases to be the primary in-house attorney on corporate projects.
6+ years of substantive experience in securities, corporate governance and other public company matters, including 4+ years at a top-tier law firm or public U.S. or U.K. company.