Senior Legal Counsel

ENGIE ENERGY MARKETING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

ENGIE ENERGY MARKETING SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior lawyer to support APAC trading activities, with a focus on India. The role covers ISDA negotiations, regulatory risk management, and advisory services for energy commodities and green products.

You will work closely with front-office and internal stakeholders across APAC, travel to India offices as required, and supervise external counsel to ensure compliant deal execution and robust governance.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in India with PQE in commodities trading or energy contracts.
• Strong understanding of APAC regulatory frameworks and risk management.
• Experience with ISDA Master Agreements and derivatives is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop legal strategies to support India and APAC trading objectives.
• Provide legal advice for license applications and target setup.
• Draft, review, and negotiate master and bespoke energy contracts.
• Advise on regulatory compliance and risk management in day-to-day trading.
• Coordinate with front-office to align legal support with business goals.
• Manage external counsel and review ongoing advisories and opinions.
• Monitor APAC regulations and provide training to GEMS colleagues.
• Support corporate secretarial work for India entity when needed.

Skills

Legal drafting

APAC regulatory know-how

Commodities trading experience

Team collaboration

Travel willingness

Fluent English

Education

Qualified as a lawyer in India

Job description

ENGIE is a global energy company, a leading provider of electricity, natural gas, and energy services. With more than 97 000 employees in more than 30 countries worldwide, ENGIE achieved revenue in excess of €83 billion in 2023. ENGIE is committed to being a leader in the energy transition. We are looking for talented and motivated people to create the future of energy. Join a rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity and help us meet the energy challenges of today and tomorrow.

The Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) business unit is the fully integrated trading arm of the ENGIE Group. GEMS teams manage a large and highly diversified energy portfolio, including electricity, battery storage (BESS), natural gas, biomass LNG and other fuels, CO2 and environmental products, and provide a range of trading risk management solutions to all types of market participants in Europe, Asia and in the US. GEMS manages the B2B supply business within ENGIE, including supply contracts and Power Purchase Agreements.

Within the GEMS Business Unit, theSingapore-based Business Platform APAC, the Business Platform ANZ, the newly established Japan business and the upcoming India business are managing and developing the group’s trading activities for these regions around 4 main pillars: risk management and market access, asset management, green solutions and energy supply businesses.

The BP APAC Legal Team is responsible for providing legal support to the Business Platform APAC business and managing legal and regulatory risk in compliance with applicable laws and the Engie Group’s internal policies and procedures.The Team is also a key participant in the implementation of this business platform’s business development plan. The team supports the initial development of the activities in Japan, Australia and India.

We are now looking for senior lawyer within the Business Platform APAC Legal team, currently consisting of three lawyers (including the manager) and a paralegal. The main areas of focus are supporting the development of new businesses and related infrastructure, in particular the newly-establishedbusiness of power trading in India and associated green products (carbon offsets, renewable energy certificates and green PPAs) as well as legal onboarding including ISDA Master Agreement negotiation, derivatives transaction support, monitoring and adapting to APAC regulatory developments, and regulatory compliance support for the region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to facilitate the commercial objectives of the Business in India and BP APAC generally - identifying and mitigating any transactional, regulatory and related risks and issues.
• Support the project team for India project in providing legal advice, support license application and implementation of the target set-up
• Work closely with front officers to contribute to business objectives through providing first class legal and regulatory advice relevant for the company’s business
• Exercise sound professional judgment in identifying issues that need reference to management and/or colleagues legal experts within the business unit or the group
• Advise on legal and related issues as they arise in day-to-day trading/marketing activities, e.g.: transaction support including legal onboarding, drafting, reviewing, advising on and negotiating bespoke, single trade and master agreements on various energy commodities and their derivatives (i.e. green PPAs, gas, carbon offset agreements, guarantees of origin, renewable energy certificates, verified emission reduction, commodity related financial derivatives), contracts with trading related market participants such as brokers and trading platforms
• Conduct regulatory and other due diligence, review and advise on credit support, legal opinions and other conditions precedent relevant for the company’s contracts and services
• Provide legal support in relation to event driven issues such as events of default, covenant breaches, waivers, trustee, inter-creditor issues, acceleration, and enforcement, reservation of rights while considering and advising on the impact on the company’s financial position
• Maintain a deep understanding of APAC legal and regulatory frameworks, monitor compliance with applicable laws and internal policies, provide training on topical issues to GEMS colleagues and attend industry forums and round-tables
• Develop practice notes and assist with policy and guidelines formulation
• Advise on and execute the implementation of the reforms of commercial, financial or energy market regulation in the company’s products and services
• Assist the company secretary with corporate secretarial work for the India legal entity
• Deal frequently with other internal stakeholders in APAC, in the business unit and in the group
• Effectively manage external counsel

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate will meet all or most of the following criteria:

• Qualified as a lawyer in India with significant PQE experience in commodities trading, energy contracts and/or financial services, including substantial transactional experience with top-tier law firm, financial services provider and/or leading commodities firm.
• Strong business sense, commercially minded
• Experience and knowledge of providing legal advice in Asia-Pacific (renewable) energy commodity and emission carbon trading business
• Proven accountability and ownership of responsibilities and managed matters
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Team player
• Ability to working in a multi-cultural and multinational trading environment
• Proven organisational skills and attention to detail, particularly under pressure
• Adaptive to change
• Fluent English essential. Hindi and/or other Asian languages a plus
• The role will require regular travel to the offices of the business in India