SD Legal Hiring! Full Time Senior Counsel - Energy in - Ricebowl

Market & Salary Review (2026-27)

We are working with a highly regarded Energy focused MNC, with a established legal team in Singapore (8). This is a new role to support core APAC business leaders with ongoing energy trade deals across a number of verticals.

Focus

• Transaction / Commercial: 80%
• Regulation and Projects: 20%

Responsibilities

• You will play a lead role in supporting APAC focused transactions teams, from origination/structuring through to negotiation /closure.
• You will support in-country leaders on a range of commercial / energy focused agreements.
• You will work closely with regulators to ensure key legislative/compliance changes are taken into account throughout on-going transactions.
• You will work across key / complex markets in Asia, such as Japan and Korea.

Requirements

• 7 - 12 PQE
• Strong background in energy / transactional work
• Tier 1 law firm training, ideally with either secondments and/or In-House exposure
• Ability to work across the region and examples of running lead on complex negotiations
• Ability to work regionally and also in a global matrix organization

SD Legal was established in 2018 and now with physical office locations across Singapore and Hong Kong. To date we have successfully closed over 250+ mandates across the globe.

SD Asia Consulting (part of SD Legal, B.R: 202201232C) - Singapore

SD Legal Limited ((*************009261) and employment agency license 80877) - Hong Kong