Senior Corporate Counsel

Rio Tinto
Phoenix
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Leadership","Strategic thinking","Legal risk management","Stakeholder management","Collaboration"]

Lead and coordinate in-house legal support for the Resolution Copper project, a Rio Tinto-controlled joint venture with BHP, from permitting through operations. Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic legal advice, manage legal risks, draft and negotiate legal documents, and support litigation and environmental compliance across land use and regulatory matters. Work closely with business clients, operations personnel, and the Rio Tinto Legal function, including executive legal training.

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Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto
18 hours ago

Senior Corporate Counsel

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Job Summary

Lead and coordinate in-house legal support for the Resolution Copper project, a Rio Tinto-controlled joint venture with BHP, from permitting through operations. Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic legal advice, manage legal risks, draft and negotiate legal documents, and support litigation and environmental compliance across land use and regulatory matters. Work closely with business clients, operations personnel, and the Rio Tinto Legal function, including executive legal training.
Location: Phoenix
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide strategic, commercially pragmatic legal advice and support to Resolution Copper, including managing legal risks and setting legal parameters for business objectives.
  • •Draft and negotiate legal documents and determine appropriate ways to provide legal advice based on business risk/opportunity and available resources.
  • •Support operational and business matters including litigation, commercial issues, environmental compliance and permitting, and land use and regulatory issues.
  • •Maintain awareness of material internal business and external legal developments that may require legal advice.
  • •Collaborate with business and legal stakeholders and provide legal training to executives and relevant employees.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceRetirement401kPaid LeavePaid HolidaysPaid BereavementParental LeaveEap

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience post qualification with a law firm or in-house, plus 2+ years’ experience in-house.
  • •A license to practice law in Arizona, or the ability to obtain it within one year of commencement (via examination, admission on motion, or as licensed house counsel).
  • •Significant experience in industrial operations/natural resources or administrative/regulatory counseling and litigation for industrial clients.
  • •Strong permitting experience for large, complex infrastructure or natural resource projects (e.g., mines, pipelines, powerlines, oil & gas) across multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks and stakeholder environments.
  • •Demonstrated leadership of legal or business teams or the potential to lead legal teams.
Experience:Natural resourcesMining
Skills:LeadershipStrategic thinkingLegal risk managementStakeholder managementCollaboration
Licenses:Arizona law practice license

Company Brief

Rio Tinto
Global mining and metals company that explores, mines, processes, and markets mineral resources including iron ore, aluminum, copper, and lithium. Supplies raw materials to industries worldwide across energy, infrastructure, transportation, and manufacturing.
Industry: Mining & Metals
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1873
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