Associate

Opportunity for a Jnr Associate to join the ENR Team in Singapore

Description

The role is a relatively unique mix of litigation and transactional work, focussed on advising trading companies, oil majors, mining companies and banks in relation to live trade problems, arbitration/court litigation and drafting or reviewing all kinds of sale and ancillary contracts (spot, long term, life of mine, offtake, tolling, related services, letters of credit, and letters of indemnity).

The team has a Who's Who portfolio of top clients in this sector and has been rated in category one of Legal 500 and Chambers for more than 15 years. Most of the clients are long term repeat business clients who view Reed Smith as their partners.

In addition to sector and sale contract knowledge, candidates will also usually have good shipping knowledge.

The Firm

Reed Smith is a dynamic international law firm dedicated to helping clients move their businesses forward. With an inclusive culture and innovative mindset, we deliver smarter, more creative legal services that drive better outcomes for our clients. Our deep industry knowledge, long-standing relationships and collaborative structure make us the go-to partner for complex disputes, transactions, and regulatory matters.

Reed Smith in Singapore.

Reed Smith is strategically positioned to advise clients in Singapore and throughout the region, particularly Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

Our Singapore lawyers provide a seamless service with particular strength in international trade and commodities, dry and wet shipping, trade and ship finance, energy and natural resources, corporate, international arbitration, dispute resolution, and regulatory and investigations work. Many businesses are now adopting Singapore as their chosen arbitration forum, and our location on the ground enables us to act efficiently and effectively on behalf of clients with arbitrations taking place in Singapore and across the region.

Reed Smith is in a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with Singapore law practice Resource Law LLC. The FLA significantly expands Reed Smith's offering in Singapore and our ability to service our clients legal requirements in handling multi-jurisdictional transactions, disputes, and cross border work involving Singapore law and the Singapore courts. The full service offering of the FLA includes advisory, transactional, corporate, and dispute resolution expertise in all of Singapore's core industries and practices, including energy and natural resources, shipping, financial industries, insurance, regulatory, restructuring and life sciences.

We all share a common culture, with core values supporting the firm's commitment to add value, achieve excellence, and promote professional development. We place a huge significance on listening to our people and incorporating their ideas wherever possible.

Key Requirements

• You should be SG, US or common-law qualified (such as UK, Hong Kong, Australia, or New Zealand) with at least 1+ years PQE.
• Experience of physical commodities disputes
• Technical ability and knowledge of sale of goods
• Ability to handle transactions and disputes with limited supervision, plus ability to work as part of a wider team
• Ability to explain legal issues and concepts in simple terms
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of sector knowledge and commercial awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication and drafting skills
• Self-confident, proactive, pragmatic approach to tasks and projects
• Highly enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Ability to work well in both a team and individually
• Ability to interact and build relationships with people at all levels
• Ability to handle client contact at all levels ( sophisticated in house legal teams to traders/ operations team)
• Desire to be proactively involved in business development and marketing with a view to handling networking and client contact from the outset
• Commitment to excellent client service and the highest professional conduct

At Reed Smith, we welcome direct applications either in response to one of our advertised vacancies or on a speculative basis.

No search firms/agencies please.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified accordingly.

Reed Smith's success depends heavily on the effective utilization of qualified people, regardless of their race, ancestry, religion, colour, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, veteran's status, or any characteristic protected by law. As a firm, we adhere to and promote equal employment opportunity for all.