Legal Counsel - (3 Year PQE/Commodities Trading)

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commodity sale and purchase agreements, ISDA/EFET documentation, trade finance agreements, and other commercial contracts.
• Advise trading, operations, risk, and management teams on legal and regulatory matters relating to commodities trading activities.
• Support structured trade finance transactions, including letters of credit, guarantees, and financing arrangements.
• Provide legal guidance on shipping, logistics, storage, and transportation-related matters.
• Manage disputes, claims, arbitrations, and external counsel engagements.
• Monitor regulatory developments and ensure compliance with applicable trading, sanctions, AML, and corporate governance requirements.
• Support corporate, strategic, and cross-border business initiatives.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 3-5 years of PQE gained from an international law firm, commodities trading house, financial institution, or multinational corporation.
• Experience in commodities trading, commercial contracts, trade finance, and regulatory advisory.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially focused with the ability to provide practical legal solutions in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Interested candidates kindly forward your CV to ethelsk.tan@peoplesearch.jobs (Ethel Tan Seok Khoon, Reg No: R2096281). Feel free to forward this great opportunity to someone who would be a great fit for this role.
• All information will be kept strictly confidential. We regret to inform that only successful applicants will be contacted.
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• EA License No: 16S8057

Additional Information

Our client, a commodities trading firm is seeking a commercially minded Legal Counsel to support the firm's commodities trading business.

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