Corporate Counsel- Litigation & Land

Diversified Energy is seeking a Corporate Counsel with 2?3 years of experience, preferably in the natural gas or broader oil & gas industry, to support its growing legal team. This position is designed for a licensed attorney with a solid foundation in litigation; conflict resolution (pre and post-suit), including landowner dispute resolution; and regulatory compliance.

• Assist with preparing responses to regulatory inquiries, enforcement actions, or notices of violation.
• Support internal and external audits and investigations into compliance with contractual obligations as well as environmental regulations and safety procedures.
• Provide legal support on environmental matters related to air emissions, water discharges, waste management, and well plugging.

• Evaluate and support the resolution of landowner disputes, surface use conflicts, easement negotiations, and nuisance claims.
• Draft, review, and interpret surface use agreements, rights-of-way, and access agreements.
• Serve as a legal liaison with land, operations, and external relations teams to ensure proactive and timely issue resolution.
• Assist with managing the Company's litigation, including general liability claims, class action claims, employment litigation, contractual disputes, internal investigations, and other litigation matters, with an emphasis on budget management

• Assist in drafting and negotiating a variety of operational agreements, including service agreements and right-of-way agreements.
• Manage document control and support litigation discovery processes as needed.

• Assist with preparing materials on environmental compliance and regulatory reporting
• Work collaboratively with operations, EH&S, land, and engineering teams on multi-disciplinary legal matters.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 2?3 years of legal experience, with a preference for prior in-house or firm experience in the oil & gas sector.
• Ability to organize, integrate, track, and analyze complex information from a number of sources
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating dispute resolution.
• Strong legal research, writing, and communication skills.

• Familiarity with issues specific to legacy well management, abandonment, plugging, and associated risk frameworks.
• Prior work with state and federal regulatory agencies such as Pennsylvania DEP or West Virginia DEP as well as state and federal environmental regulatory regimes
• Knowledge of energy infrastructure M&A and title