Legal Counsel (Commodities Trading)

A leading global commodities trading group is seeking a Legal Counsel to join their Singapore office, offering you the opportunity to become the primary legal adviser for a fast-growing and dynamic organisation. This role provides a broad mandate across corporate, commercial, and operational legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, capital markets, dispute resolution, and governance.

What you'll do:

As Legal Counsel Commodities Trading based in Singapore you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of legal advisory within a global trading group. Your daily activities will involve drafting complex commercial agreements that underpin supply chains and trading operations while advising senior stakeholders on regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

• Act as the main point of contact for all legal matters affecting the Group by providing timely, practical advice to the Board, executive management, and business units.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including supply contracts, distribution arrangements, logistics documentation, licensing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and agency contracts.
• Advise on cross-border regulatory requirements such as sanctions compliance, trade regulations, data protection laws, and sustainability obligations relevant to the Group’s operations.
• Establish and maintain legal templates, contract management processes, playbooks, and delegation of authority frameworks to ensure efficient legal operations.
• Coordinate and manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions by scoping work requirements, negotiating fees, controlling budgets, and ensuring quality outcomes.
• Draft and negotiate physical commodities trade documentation including supply contracts, purchase orders, trade confirmations, general terms of purchase and sale.
• Support commercial teams with day-to-day contractual issues arising in the trade cycle such as Incoterms interpretation, passing of title and risk assessments, quality specifications, inspection protocols, demurrage claims, force majeure events, non-performance scenarios and washout arrangements.
• Review shipping documentation including charterparties, bills of lading, letters of indemnity; advise on terminal agreements and blending arrangements for commodities storage and processing.
• Advise on trade finance instruments such as documentary letters of credit, bank guarantees; support collections and receivables financing while ensuring compliance with counterparty screening obligations.
• Lead legal workstreams for mergers & acquisitions from structuring through due diligence to post-completion integration; draft transaction documents like sale/purchase agreements or joint venture contracts.

What you bring:

Your proven experience as Legal Counsel Commodities Trading will include strong academic credentials coupled with practical exposure gained either at a top-tier law firm or within an established in-house function.

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) or equivalent qualification with admission to the Singapore Bar of at least 3YPQE is required for this position.
• Demonstrable track record in mergers & acquisitions transactions including primary drafting responsibility for sale/purchase agreements or investment contracts.
• Practical experience in at least two areas: equity/debt fundraising; IPO/capital markets transactions; commercial arbitration proceedings.
• Working familiarity with banking/finance documentation such as facility agreements security packages debentures guarantees assignments subordination/intercreditor arrangements.
• Comfort handling high-volume commercial/trade documentation including rapid turnaround of contracts purchase orders at commercial pace.
• Proven ability managing legal/compliance matters independently using sound judgement pragmatic approach risk assessment escalation when necessary.
• Capacity working under pressure managing competing deadlines delivering results according transaction timetables without compromising quality outcomes.
• Experience managing corporate restructuring projects across APAC jurisdictions is highly desirable but not mandatory.
• Substantive in-house experience within fast-growing founder-led private equity-backed groups exposure energy commodities agri-commodities biofuels sustainability sectors especially physical trading documentation prior involvement IPO SGX HKEX recognised exchange additional language capability relevant operating markets preferred.

What sets this company apart:

The organisation stands out for its commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace culture where collaboration knowledge-sharing supportive leadership are prioritised. Employees benefit from flexible working opportunities generous pension contributions ongoing training programmes designed enhance both technical skills interpersonal capabilities. The company’s global reach offers exposure diverse markets complex cross-border transactions enabling you develop expertise international commodities trading while contributing meaningful impact strategic growth initiatives. With a focus on nurturing talent promoting professional development maintaining high standards ethical conduct integrity transparency this employer provides an environment where your contributions are valued recognised—making it an ideal place build long-term career within commodities sector.

What's next:

If you are ready to take your career to new heights by joining a collaborative team where your expertise will make a real difference apply now!

Apply today by clicking on the link provided.

Do note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted.
Robert Walters (Singapore) Pte Ltd
ROC No.: 199706961E | EA Licence No.: 03C5451
EA Registration No.: R22105333 Nur Humaira Binte Jamall Abd Nassir