Job Description

The Legal Intern will assist the in-house legal team by providing support in various tasks, such as drafting and reviewing documents, preparing presentations, and offering legal insight. The Legal Intern will gain hands-on experience in corporate law, risk management, compliance, and operational matters while working closely with experienced in-house attorneys.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

Assists in drafting, reviewing, and revising legal documents, including contracts, agreements, policies, and internal memos.
Supports the legal team in managing corporate filings, maintaining company records, and ensuring compliance with internal policies
Helps monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting the Company’s operations.
Participates in meetings with internal business teams to provide legal insights and risk assessments.
Assists with litigation management, including document review and legal correspondence.
Performs administrative legal tasks as needed, such as organizing case files and legal records
Assists with evaluating ways to improve operational aspects of internal Legal Department functions.
Assists with the preparation of legal department presentation materials across a wide range of legal topics.
Participates in special projects and various other duties as assigned.
Provides status reports to supervising attorney on a regular basis.
Meets with team members and others as requested from time to time.

Qualifications / Experience

Must be currently enrolled as a 1L or 2L law student with strong academic credentials.
Basic knowledge of corporate law, including but not limited to: contract law, employment law, securities laws, data privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence
Strong analytical and legal writing skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong work ethic and organizational skills.
Ability to handle fast-paced/customer-focused environment.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to work with sensitive and confidential information.
Strong presentation skills.

Behaviors    

As part of our commitment to fostering a high-performance culture, employees are expected to align their actions and decisions with the principles outlined in our Behavioral Framework. This framework serves as the foundation for our organizational culture and guides our behaviors to drive better outcomes across the company. Employees are responsible for incorporating these behaviors into their daily actions, relationships, and decision-making to help manage expectations, strengthen relationships, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.  

Our five behaviors that define our culture are:  

Analyze & Plan – Being deliberate in understanding and describing the problem to solve and using information from a range of relevant sources to develop solutions that are effective and evidence-based. 

Collaborate – Collaborating effectively, sharing ideas, and leveraging one another’s strengths based on trust, transparency, and empathy, creating an environment where everyone’s input is valued. 

Communicate – Communicate clearly with all employees and stakeholders, ensuring active listening, understanding, and timely information sharing. 

Learn, Grow & Adapt – Building organizational capability through our own learning and development while coaching others and supporting others to adapt, learn, and develop. 

Deliver Results – Striving to deliver and exceed required results, identifying and overcoming obstacles, and taking responsibility for the outcome while respecting our values. 

About Us

At Valaris, our core purpose is to provide responsible solutions that deliver energy to the world. Our purpose is the driving force that defines us as a leading organization in our industry. Our diverse fleet of ultra-deepwater drillships, versatile semisubmersibles and modern shallow-water jackups is capable of meeting a wide spectrum of customers’ well program requirements. Our rig fleet is among the most technologically advanced in the industry and our well-trained crews perform at the highest levels in the most challenging offshore environments. With an unwavering focus on safety and dedicated employees, we provide innovative solutions and aim to deliver excellence in everything that we do.

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