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Orpic, Oman’s national petrochemical company and refinery, is supported by a four strong legal team headed by Lorenzo Bruttomesso. Despite being small in number the team has delivered in numerous facets of operation while managing relations with multiple stakeholders, including the government and international banks. The team demonstrated its ability to multi-task a workload expectant of a larger in-house department during the refurbishment of a vast number of documents for procurement and the contract and inventory department, while continuing to service the day-to-day requirements of Orpic. The legal team has always taken a central role in major projects of the company, such as the Liwa Plastics Industries Project (LPIC), which increased Opric’s international activities, breaking away from its traditional local focus. The legal and compliance team provided the assistance and guidance needed to establish the Orpic Marketing Function entailing an international marketing structure, mitigation of tax and other income leakages and also the management sales and distribution channels. Through vigour paper work on the legal front and a combined effort with commercial departments, the function resulted in the creation of the Orpic Marketing Company.