Featured Talent: Senior Legal Counsel – Energy Trading & Shipping

This Singapore-based senior legal counsel brings deep expertise in energy trading, shipping law, and commodities transactions, with a proven track record across two major international oil companies.

Having supported multi-billion dollar trading operations across Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, this candidate demonstrates exceptional commercial acumen and crisis management skills in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.

Notable experience includes:

• Lead counsel for complex energy trading transactions including crude oil, LPG, refined products, and carbon credits
• Sole legal counsel for groundbreaking dual-commodity LNG and crude condensate prepayment deals
• Crisis management and dispute resolution for shipping matters including contamination issues, demurrage disputes, and war risk scenarios
• Project leadership for major divestments and corporate restructuring exercises in Hong Kong
• Comprehensive regulatory compliance expertise across sanctions, anti-corruption, trade regulations, and competition law
• Extensive experience with storage financing agreements, terminal lease arrangements, and charterparty negotiations

With fluency in English and Mandarin (certified business proficiency), this candidate has consistently delivered time-sensitive legal solutions while managing complex stakeholder relationships across multiple time zones and cultural contexts.

Open to: Senior Legal Counsel or Legal Director roles in Energy, Commodities Trading, or Shipping across Singapore and the Asia Pacific region.