Glencore is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies and a leading producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that make everyday life possible. Through a network of assets, customers, and suppliers spanning the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market, and distribute the raw materials that enable decarbonization while meeting today’s energy needs. With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong presence in more than 35 countries—across both established and emerging resource regions—our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices.
Purpose and objective
Ensure effective legal support and governance throughout the project lifecycle, providing advice on contract management, regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and dispute avoidance. The role contributes to the business by safeguarding the company's legal interests, enabling successful project execution, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. It adds value by identifying and mitigating legal risks, enhancing contractual protections, and supporting informed business decision-making to achieve project objectives.
The position is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating project-related agreements, project execution, supporting environmental assessment processes and sectoral permitting activities, and providing strategic legal guidance to project teams and stakeholders. It also supports compliance initiatives and coordinates with external counsel when required. The role adds value by minimizing legal exposure, strengthening contractual and commercial outcomes, facilitating stakeholder alignment, and enabling the efficient and compliant delivery of projects.
Education and Skills
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from an accredited Chilean university.
- Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Chile.
- Demonstrated understanding of Environmental law and permits regulations. LLM would be an advantage
- At least Upper Intermediate English level
- Cross-Cultural Communication skills
Experience required
- Minimum 7 years of post-qualification experience as an in-house lawyer or external counsel supporting major projects, infrastructure, mining, energy or natural resources operations.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial and project-related contracts.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with multiple groups of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience supporting major projects, preferably in the mining, energy, infrastructure or natural resources sectors
Responsibilities
- Legal aspects of Environmental assessments: Participates in all the stages of the environmental permits of projects
- Advise on project permitting requirements and regulatory approvals: Provide accurate advice to the permit department for the development of the projects
- Engage with external lawyers and advisors: Ensure the timely and effective delivery of external legal and specialist advice
- Project execution support: Provide legal advice throughout project development, permitting, construction and operational phases.
- Contract drafting, review and negotiation: Draft, review and negotiate project agreements and commercial contracts.
- Governance: Ensure compliance with internal governance requirements and applicable laws.
At Glencore Copper SAOP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that enables the active and full participation of everyone in our organization, in line with fair employment practices.
- In Chile, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 21.015.
- In Peru, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 29.973.
- In Argentina, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 22.431.