Senior Counsel/Senior Attorney - Corporate Strategic Development

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn't just a job - it's an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!

The Senior Counsel/Senior Attorney - Corporate Strategic Development is responsible for providing legal advice, opinions and support to help work towards our goals in addition to initiating and supervising project case management to ensure their timely and efficient completion. As a specialist, this role will provide advice and recommendations for action to internal leaders regarding sophisticated matters with meaningful impact on business activities and operations. The ability to use good judgment, collaborate with others and develop and obtain approvals from senior leaders for situation specific strategies and approaches are keys to success.

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you'll quickly learn and grow with us.

Day in the Life:

In your work on our Corporate Strategic Development Legal team, you will support and work with other internal Legal colleagues and Williams team members to complete our Corporate Strategic Development business strategy, including business transactions and other strategic initiatives. Your role will include:

• Supporting our legal and Corporate Strategic Development teams regarding business transactions and other strategic initiatives, negotiating various deal documentation, and providing legal advice and support to relevant internal parties
• Managing transactions to ensure their timely and efficient completion of results
• Mitigating risk and ensuring compliance with business agreements and federal, state, local and industry specific laws and regulations

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Identifies and assesses legal issues and risks for assigned area(s) of responsibility; recommends and initiates appropriate courses of action
• Responds to our internal business partners' requests for information, advice, transactions, negotiations and other legal related tasks and activities
• Researches legislative history and legal issues to ensure up-to-date knowledge and interpretation of laws, regulations, case precedents, court and regulatory orders
• Negotiates contract terms, settlements, mediation and agreements; conducts all post-closing or settlement requirements
• Retains and handles outside counsel in alignment with defined legal strategies
• Monitors compliance with federal, state, and local laws and industry regulations; identifies potential ethical issues and advises appropriate parties for resolution
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

• Required: Juris Doctorate from ABA accredited law school and a minimum of four (4) years' relevant legal expertise or experience in the energy industry; member of State Bar Association and admitted to practice in the state hired, or eligible to become admitted in the state hired within one (1) year of date of hire, with current CLE compliance
• Preferred: Juris Doctorate from ABA accredited law school and a minimum of six (6) years' relevant legal expertise or experience in the energy industry

Shift/Work Hours/Travel Requirements:

• Willing to travel up to 20%

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Needs proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office and PC skills
• Exhibits strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in legal research and analysis
• Demonstrates objective and detailed analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Knowledge of substantive law
• Knowledge of corporate matters, including entity formations, governance, and maintenance
• Experience with pre-transaction agreements, including negotiating and drafting confidentiality agreements, term sheets, letters of intent, and similar customary agreements
• Experience conducting legal and corporate due diligence, as well as supporting a broader due diligence process
• Experience with transaction documentation, including negotiating and reviewing customary mergers and acquisitions documentation
• Experience preparing disclosures for both federal securities filings with the SEC and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification filings with the FTC/DOJ
• Experience researching legal questions and issues arising in the context of business transactions and general corporate matters
• Demonstrates action orientation to drive time-sensitive and sophisticated business transactions
• Must be collaborative and team-oriented while also possessing the ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Preferred: Minimum ten (10) years' corporate and transactional experience, with emphasis on in-house or law firm experience supporting energy clients, including work with public companies

About Tulsa:

Our corporate headquarters is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma and the 47th most populous in the U.S.

Tulsa is known as the Mother of "The Mother Road" - Route 66, and boasts impressive art deco architecture, the #1 city park in the U.S. (The Gathering Place) and is a great venue for live music. It's an easy place to get in and out of, with more than 20 non-stop flight destinations offered at Tulsa International Airport. Tulsa is listed on CNN Travel's best destinations to visit in 2022!

Tulsa is not only a great place to live, but it's affordable. According to the 2019 Economic Report from Tulsa's Future, the cost of living is 8 percent below the U.S. average. There is no place like T-Town. Check out visittulsa.com to learn more!

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

• Competitive compensation
• Annual incentive program
• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
• A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
• Wellness Program with annual rewards
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Robust employee learning and development
• High internal mobility (we promote from within)
• Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
• Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
• Domestic partner benefits
• Educational reimbursement
• Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
• Employee resource groups
• Employee assistance programs
• Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
• Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.

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Competency Requirements:
Action oriented (3 - Meets Expectations), Collaborates (3 - Meets Expectations), Communicates effectively (3 - Meets Expectations), Customer focus (3 - Meets Expectations), Drives results (3 - Meets Expectations), Ensures accountability (3 - Meets Expectations), Instills trust (3 - Meets Expectations)