Experience

Cooper Energy

• Australia
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Contracts & Procurement Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Present



Subsea7

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Director & Compliance Officer Asia Pacific

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2018

  Head of Legal, Contracts and Compliance department for Australia and subsequently promoted to include Asia Pacific, responsible for managing the legal and contracts function.Performed organisational planning, development, mentoring and management of a team of legal and contracts personnel in Australia and Asia Pacific, as well as managing external lawyers and consultants, with overall accountability for the provision of legal and contractual support to various business units.Carried out review, qualification and negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements, including client and supplier contracts.Produced contractual opportunity, risk and mitigation summaries in conjunction with commercial, technical, supply chain, finance and other disciplines; presented deviations to senior decision makers up to CEO level and obtained necessary approvals to deviate from corporate principles.Provided contractual leadership and direction for project set up and execution, including key inputs into project risk management, to ensure knowledge of and adherence to agreed terms, warranties, obligations and relevant processes and procedures.Delivered strategic commercial and contractual support to the supply chain/procurement function, including oversight and endorsement of deviations to standard contractual terms and participated in negotiations with suppliers.Commercial and contractual support to ongoing projects, including the management and resolution of project issues, incidents, disputes and claims.Member of local Australian and regional Asia Pacific functional management teams, collectively accountable for the day to day running of various business units, sites and vessels, including management of projects, costs, headcount, strategy, operations and HSEQ.Compliance Officer championing ethics and integrity compliance through training, monitoring and compliance, as well as governing adherence to company’s policies, systems, procedures and authority matrices.

• Legal Director Australia

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2015

  Head of Legal, Contracts and Compliance department for Australia. Responsible for managing the legal and contracts function, including the provision of cross-functional contractual and commercial business support to areas such as operations, projects, supply chain, finance, HSEQ, corporate and regulatory governance

• Legal Director UK

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  Legal Director responsible for the management of all UK legal matters, as well as the management and development of a legal team. A member of the UK management team participating in the day to day running of the business, overall business strategy, costs, headcount, safety and performance.

• Legal Counsel

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

  Legal Counsel responsible for the management of UK legal matters for a number of entities. Responsible for the oversight and endorsement of contract reviews and qualifications carried out by contracts and supply chain. Negotiated key contractual and legal issues with clients and suppliers in the UK, Egypt, Canada, the Netherlands and Brazil.Prepared contractual opportunity, risk and mitigation summaries in conjunction with other disciplines; presented deviations to senior decision makers and obtained necessary approvals to deviate from corporate principles.Provision of general legal, commercial and contractual support to various business functions.Management of insurance matters, including offices and vessels, as well as Construction All Risk and personal injury claims.Management and negotiation of securities – bid bonds, bank guarantees and PCGs.



DAVIES WOOD SUMMERS LLP

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice

• Partner

  • Sep 2000 - Dec 2007

  Partner in private practice primarily focused on civil and commercial litigation, as well as covering a broad range of other legal and commercial matters. Pursued and defended commercial, contractual, professional negligence and other forms of dispute claims. Part of management team having been promoted from trainee to partner within five years. Partner in private practice primarily focused on civil and commercial litigation, as well as covering a broad range of other legal and commercial matters. Pursued and defended commercial, contractual, professional negligence and other forms of dispute claims. Part of management team having been promoted from trainee to partner within five years.