General Counsel (Legal & Corporate Affairs)

• Mar 2016 - Present

Oversees the legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial functions of the Group, including corporate affairs, with a focus on finance and mergers & acquisitions. - Member of the Board of Directors of RCMA Asia Pte Ltd (fka Tong Teik Pte Ltd).- Member of the whistleblowing committee of Jade Energy Holdings Pte Ltd.- Supports The Merchant Commodity Master Fund and its managers and advisors Oversees the legal, compliance, and corporate secretarial functions of the Group, including corporate affairs, with a focus on finance and mergers & acquisitions. - Member of the Board of Directors of RCMA Asia Pte Ltd (fka Tong Teik Pte Ltd).- Member of the whistleblowing committee of Jade Energy Holdings Pte Ltd.- Supports The Merchant Commodity Master Fund and its managers and advisors

Founder & Teacher

• Mar 2015 - Present

Legal Counsel

• 2012 - 2015

- Supported and advised all product desks (crude oil, liquefied natural gas, coal, middle distillates, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha, fuel oil, base metals, precious metals, iron ore) on trading, operational, shipping, and admiralty matters, claims, and proceedings in the Asia Pacific region.- Supported and advised the structured trade finance team on bilateral and club revolving credit and borrowing base facility agreements and related security documents, including a USD 911 million RCF signed in May 2015.- Supported and advised the projects and investments team on transnational projects from negotiation to completion, including an AUD 5 million iron ore acquisition in Western Australia. - Advised credit, compliance, and structured finance on finance and other transactional documents.- Reported to the head of legal (Asia) directly.

Legal Counsel

• 2011 - 2012

- Conducted due diligence in the acquisition of distressed debt and litigation funding in EMEA and Southeast Asia with minimum face value of USD 5 million. - Drafted and negotiated acquisition, funding, and security documents. Drafted due diligence reports, confidentiality agreements, and investor reports. - Managed debt recovery by way of judicial and arbitral proceedings and settlement discussions in inter alia South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. - Reported to the general counsel directly.

Legal Associate (Litigation)

• 2009 - 2011

- Researched and drafted for and argued civil and commercial litigation matters heard in the (then) Subordinate Courts, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal of Singapore. - Key practice areas included company law, contract law, tort, and employment law. - Reported to the head of litigation directly. - Researched and drafted for and argued civil and commercial litigation matters heard in the (then) Subordinate Courts, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal of Singapore. - Key practice areas included company law, contract law, tort, and employment law. - Reported to the head of litigation directly.

Pupil (Litigation)

• 2008 - 2009

Assisted senior associates and partners in research and drafting for civil and commercial litigation matters heard in the (then) Subordinate Courts and the High Court of Singapore. Assisted senior associates and partners in research and drafting for civil and commercial litigation matters heard in the (then) Subordinate Courts and the High Court of Singapore.