Personal Details
Current Role/Designation
Director, Head of Shipping, Helmsman LLC
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Email
maureen.poh@helmsmanlaw.com
Phone
+65 6950 8667
Practice Area
Commodities
Shipping
Languages Known
English
Mandarin
Biography
Maureen’s practice spans the range of shipping and commodities trading work, both contentious and advisory.
She has significant experience with energy-related shipping and commodity-related matters, such as the transportation and off-take contracts for crude oil and LNG. Maureen was involved in drafting and negotiating the charter of the “MOL FSRU Challenger” on behalf of shipowners for the Hong Kong Offshore LNG Terminal Project.
Qualified to practise law in Singapore, England and Wales, Maureen sits on the advisory board of the NUS Centre for Maritime Law. She read law at the National University of Singapore, and before becoming a lawyer, worked in the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Notable Matters
Summary
- Acting for a shipowner in defending a cargo contamination claim brought by cargo claimants.
- Acting for a shipowner in a vessel grounding involving damage to a terminal in Asia.
- Acting for a sub-sea contractor in arbitration in Indonesia in respect of damage to a sub-sea riser.
- Advising a global LNG trader and a significant gas producer in their LNG sale and purchase and transportation contracts.
- Advising one of world’s largest oil and gas shipowners on various issues relating to the construction of oil/LNG tankers and tanker charters.
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