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Kuan Horng

Corporate and Commercial Lawyer
31 years oldLawyer/LegalCome from Malaysia Living in Overseas
Language: English
Mandarin: fluent communication

Kuan Horng is an experienced in-house lawyer with a demonstrated history of working with the largest oil and gas services company in the world, Schlumberger. He is a qualified advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (non-practicing). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Malaysia. He is ambitious to develop a borderless career in legal, contract and management-oriented pathways and is open to working internationally

In-house Lawyer
Schlumberger
Nov 2018 - Now(5 years)

Designation: Legal and Compliance Attorney • Handled day-to-day commercial contracts, contract disputes and corporate matters. • Provided legal support to operations to ensure compliance with local regulations and SLB’s Code of Ethics, including operations assurance review. • Collaborated with internal functions and departments to ensure involvement of Legal Team in all matters that may have a legal impact on the company. • Involved in helping the management team in strategic initiatives and business unit planning and operations. • Assisted and collaborated with Legal Counsels in the following matters: 1. Implement legal procedures, practices, guidelines and templates; 2. Managing and supervising outside counsel; and 3. Internal training and development initiatives and complete assigned training; Designation: Contract Attorney • Specialized in oil and gas industry sales and supply chain contracts related advisory, drafting, commercial risk analytics and mitigation, negotiation, and execution. Covered contract scope ranged from low to high complexity, wellsite to non-wellsite related construction services, equipment rental, products and services sale and purchase, local and international trades. • Worked as part of Global Business Services, a centralized shared services organization. Experienced in handling sales and supply chain contracts in the Greater China (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan), Southeast Asia countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Brunei, and the Philippines), and Middle East countries (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman). • Handled sales contracts and participated in tender process for the national oil companies and customers located in the Greater China, reporting to the Greater China Contract Manager. Tender values usually ranged from USD 50k to 10 million, amounting to about USD 100 million in 2021. • 3 years of demonstrated proficiency in both written and verbal English and Mandarin. Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts in English and Mandarin, and advised the internal key stakeholders in China who mainly converse in Mandarin. • Bridged between the Global Strategic Contract Management team and Greater China local team in implementing the latest contract and commercial global strategies locally in the Greater China, such as inflation, price escalation, tax law changes, trade and customs compliance issues, etc. • Skilled in digitalized contract management process via SAP Ariba system, CMM Salesforce, ensure accurate management of contract online databases. • Worked closely and supported the sales and commercial team, procurement and sourcing team, company legal counsels, and contract managers in various day-to-day legal and contract works at a local and regional level.

National University of Malaysia
, Laws
Sep 2013 - Aug 2017(4 years)

Bachelor's Degree in Laws

EnglishContractComplianceDispute Resolution