Exempt

Earliest Start Date

Immediately

Salary

Salary commensurate with experience

Hours per Week

40 hours weekly

Hiring Department
University Lands

Required Application Materials

A resume is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

Please note, position will be filled as Attorney or Senior Attorney depending on qualifications and
experience.

Purpose of Position
The role will support the entire University Lands organization in a wide variety of legal matters, including land operations, minerals, leasing, royalties, surface, emerging energy, regulatory, state purchasing, environmental, sustainability, and renewables.

Essential Functions

Understanding and knowledge of the oil and gas industry and land management practices and ability to use knowledge to provide legal support on a broad range of activities, such as mineral leasing, surface leasing, royalties, renewable and emerging energy, oil and gas production, ranching, environmental, and sustainability.
Provide legal advice and analysis on a wide range of agreements and transactions, including oil and gas agreements, emerging energy agreements, continuous development agreements, royalty disputes, state purchasing agreements, and surface operations agreements.
Perform legal research and investigation and report findings and conclusions.
Independent responsibility in dealing with internal UT System, government relations, commercial counterparties, operators, and many other parties, both internal and external.
Responsible for managing legal projects and matters independently, with oversight from the VP, Legal.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Complexity level and autonomy in work differs for Attorney vs. Senior Attorney.

Tasks
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Behavioral Competencies
No job description available

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Ability to prioritize and balance a large number of matters.
Must have excellent speaking and writing skills as well as exceptional executive, analytical, and communication abilities.
High degree of professionalism.
Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external parties.
Ability to work with various stakeholders, both internal and external to the organization.
Ability to manage and adhere to deadlines, with strong attention to detail, higher level thinking skills, strong professional judgment and interpersonal skills, and a positive and enthusiastic disposition.

Required Qualifications

Attorney - Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and a license to practice law in Texas.
Eight (8) years of experience at a law firm or combination of experience at a law firm and in-house at an energy company or land management company.

Senior Attorney - Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and a license to practice law in Texas.
Eight (8) years of experience at a law firm or combination of experience at a law firm and in-house at an energy company or land management company.

Preferred Qualifications
Prior land experience
Experience in government procurement agreements
Three years or more drafting contracts and complex agreements
Board Certification in Oil, Gas and Mineral law
Prior government and/or in-house experience

Working Conditions
- May work around standard office conditions.
- Requires occasional evening or weekend hours

Additional Information
No job description available