Senior Counsel

Key responsibilities

• Review, negotiate, and draft contracts related to trading transactions, including physical and financial purchase and sale agreements, offtake agreements, marketing agreements, master agreements, Storage and transportation agreements.
• Negotiate resolution of claims associated with trading and shipping contracts and support litigation efforts as required if the matter is escalated.
• Provide advice and training on compliance and risk exposure under relevant laws and regulations relating to oil trading and shipping, including:  competition law, market manipulation rules, international trade, import/export rules, anti-corruption laws, corporate governance, anti-boycott and sanctioned parties and internal tax/legal policies.
• Review, negotiate, and draft shipping-related contracts including but not limited to voyage charter parties, time charter parties, and manage disputes when they arise.
• Provide advice and guidance to, and collaborate with, lawyers in other business units (in Singapore as well as other jurisdictions/time zones), ensuring maximum effective use of in-house legal resources.
• Provide advice to other support functional teams such as Compliance, Finance, Contracts, Tax, Credit, and Public Affairs in the supply and trading, and shipping context.
• International travel will occasionally be required.