Legal Manager

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Posting date

Sep 30, 2026

Closing date

Oct 19, 2026

Country/Region

AR

City

Buenos Aires

AR Legal & Corporate Affairs

Job Type

Permanent

Travel

0 - 30%

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.

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Business Unit: Glencore Servicios Corporativos Argentina S.A.U.

Reports To

CEO Argentina

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Global Head of Legal – Glencore Copper Industrial Assets

Direct Reports

2

Department

Argentina Country Leadership

Travel Requirements: Regular travel across Argentina, particularly to San Juan and Catamarca, with international travel as required

POSITION PURPOSE

The Legal Manager – Argentina is responsible for leading and coordinating legal support across Glencore’s activities and development portfolio in Argentina, providing strategic, commercially focused legal advice to the CEO Argentina, senior leadership and project teams.

The role provides legal leadership across a broad range of corporate, regulatory, commercial, governance and project development matters, with a particular focus on supporting the advancement of MARA in Catamarca and El Pachón in San Juan.

Working closely with the CEO Argentina and maintaining a functional relationship with the Global Head of Legal – Glencore Copper Industrial Assets, the Legal Manager ensures that material legal risks are identified, understood and effectively managed and reported, and that the Argentina organisation has access to high-quality legal advice to support business and investment decisions.

The position requires a senior legal professional capable of combining strong technical expertise with commercial judgement and operating effectively across major projects, multiple jurisdictions and a complex stakeholder environment.

OPERATING CONTEXT

Glencore has established a dedicated Argentina organisation to shape and advance its significant investment and development portfolio in the country, currently centred on the development of MARA and El Pachón, two major copper projects located in Catamarca and San Juan respectively.

The Legal Manager operates across this Argentina platform, supporting both country-level activities and project-specific requirements and working closely with project leadership and relevant corporate and functional teams.

The legal environment is broad and complex, encompassing corporate and commercial law, mining and regulatory frameworks, major project development, permitting, contractual arrangements, governance, investment frameworks and interactions with national and provincial authorities.

The position operates within a global matrix and requires close collaboration with Argentina leadership, project teams and Glencore legal and specialist functions internationally. The Legal Manager must balance robust management of legal risk with pragmatic, commercially focused advice that enables the responsible advancement of Glencore’s investments in Argentina.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Lead the provision of legal advice and support across Glencore’s activities and development portfolio in Argentina.
• Act as the principal legal adviser to the CEO Argentina and provide strategic legal counsel to the Argentina leadership team.
• Provide legal support to the development of MARA and El Pachón, working closely with project leadership and relevant functional teams on material project-related matters.
• Advise on legal and regulatory matters affecting the development, permitting, financing, construction and future operation of major mining projects.
• Monitor developments in Argentina’s legal, mining, regulatory and investment frameworks and assess their potential implications for Glencore and its projects.
• Provide legal advice on the application and implementation of relevant investment frameworks and incentives affecting major capital investments in Argentina.
• Lead and coordinate material corporate, commercial and contractual matters, including the negotiation and review of significant agreements and strategic arrangements.
• Support commercial transactions, partnerships and other arrangements associated with the development of Glencore’s Argentina portfolio.
• Provide legal oversight and support in relation to corporate structures, legal entities and governance arrangements across Argentina.
• Ensure appropriate corporate governance and statutory requirements are maintained across relevant Glencore entities.
• Identify, assess and manage material legal risks and ensure appropriate escalation to the CEO Argentina, Global Legal and relevant governance forums.
• Provide legal support on significant regulatory, administrative, disputes and litigation matters and coordinate appropriate strategies where required.
• Support engagement with national, provincial and local government authorities and regulators on matters requiring legal or regulatory expertise.
• Work closely with Corporate Affairs and other relevant functions to ensure external engagement is supported by appropriate legal analysis and advice.
• Provide legal input into key investment, project and business decisions, ensuring legal implications and risks are clearly understood by decision makers.

Maintain effective connectivity with the Global Head of Legal – Glencore Copper Industrial Assets and other Glencore legal teams, ensuring alignment with Group legal standards, governance and risk-management requirements.

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