SUMMARY //
Safina Smak Gregoor is a Senior Legal Associate at Correggio Consulting and has fifteen years’ experience in the field of commodities and international energy trade. Throughout her career, she has worked for leading companies in the energy, mining, banking and finance sectors. Her areas of specialisation include derivatives, gas, power, LNG, coal, oil, biomass, renewables, emissions, freight, capacity and (virtual) storage products.
Safina is originally from England but now lives in the Netherlands. She holds an LLB (Hons) degree in Taxation and Law (Bournemouth University) and an advanced LLM degree in International Tax Law (University of Leiden, the Netherlands). She is called to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) and is an unregistered Barrister.
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Market entry services and new product audits
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Contract negotiation and transaction support
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Legal risk management services
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Business optimisation and legal strategy
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Executive training on various issues pertaining to wholesale trading
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Credit support and finance documentation
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Corporate reorganisations including novation of agreements.
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Regulatory compliance
AREAS OF EXPERTISE //
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE //
CORREGGIO CONSULTING – Brussels, BE
Senior Associate, 2021 – present
SAFINA LEGAL CONSULTING
Projects include:
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Vattenfall Energy Trading Netherlands 2015 - 2018, Interim Senior Legal Counsel
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PetroChina Company, London 2015, Interim Senior Legal Counsel Energy Trading
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 2014 - 2015, Interim Senior Documentation Advisor for Structured Finance (Energy, Commodities and Transportation)
STATKRAFT MARKETS GmbH – Amsterdam, NL
Senior Legal Counsel for energy trading - Renewables, 2012 - 2013
BHP BILLITON MARKETING AG – The Hague, NL
Senior lawyer, Group Legal for BHPB global marketing and mining activities, 2010 - 2012
VATTENFALL ENERGY TRADING NETHERLANDS N.V (formerly N.V. Nuon) – Amsterdam, NL. Senior Lawyer, Commodities, Energy Trading and Wholesale, 2007 - 2010
E.ON D-GAS B.V, THE HAGUE, NL
Manager Contract and Credit, 2006 - 2007
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (UNITED NATIONS), NL Internship and six months of Pupillage, 2004-2005
HARBOTTLE AND LEWIS SOLICITORS, LONDON, UK.
Trainee – one-year university placement reporting to a Partner in the Litigation team - 2000 - 2001 plus project work during Summer 2002 and 2003.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND //
LEIDEN UNIVERSITY – Leiden, NL
LLM International Taxation Law – 2003 - 2004
INNS OF COURT SCHOOL OF LAW (CITY UNIVERSITY) – London, UK
Professional Legal Skills (Bar Exams) – 2002- 2003
BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY – Bournemouth, UK
LLB (Hons) Taxation and Law – 1998-2002 (including one-year industry placement).
LANGUAGES //
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English (native)
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Dutch (conversational)
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German (A-level/limited working knowledge)
Bar Standards Board – External Training Certificate (six months of pupillage) – January 2007
Admitted to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, July 2003 – Barrister (unregistered)