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Felix Tse

Senior Adviser, LNG and Alternative Energy
Singapore

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Felix is a Senior Adviser in Helmsman’s LNG and Alternative Energy practice. He has over 20 years’ experience in the wholesale energy and commodities markets, having worked in Singapore, London and Sydney.

Felix previously served as General Counsel of Pavilion Energy Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned Temasek subsidiary focused on energy security of supply until its sale to Shell plc in 2025. His experience spans the full LNG and gas value chain-upstream and project development, midstream trading and shipping (including financial derivatives), and downstream and retail gas supply in Europe and Singapore.

Felix regularly advises on long‑term LNG and gas sale and purchase agreements, energy trading contracts, shipping arrangements, carbon and clean energy products, and complex cross‑border transactions. He has extensive experience in acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, project development and dispute resolution, including price reviews under long‑term LNG contracts.

He previously held in‑house roles with Gazprom Marketing & Trading in London and Singapore, focusing on LNG, crude and products trading, as well as structured gas and power transactions in Europe and the UK. He began his career in private practice with international law firms in Sydney and London, advising on climate change, clean energy and carbon markets, including the development of standardised emissions trading documentation for industry bodies.

Felix holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, where he was awarded the university prize for best results in Litigation (2002).

Experience / Representative Matters

Commodities

As General Counsel of Pavilion Energy, advised Temasek on divestment of its interests in Pavilion Energy, including board and shareholder governance, establishment and management of a virtual data room, delivering management presentations to shortlisted bidders, and negotiations of the sale and purchase agreement

Devised contractual structure and led negotiations for Pavilion Energy’s long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements for DES Singapore delivery, incorporating industry-first, legally binding provisions on greenhouse gas emissions measurement and reduction

Part of investment team leading Pavilion Energy's acquisition of Iberdrola's LNG and gas assets, and establishment of Pavilion Energy's European operations in Madrid

Senior representative for Pavilion Energy's stake in the US$42bn Tanzania LNG Project which aims to develop a 10–15 million ton per annum liquefied natural gas facility in Lindi, Tanzania

Advised on trading contracts for LNG, emissions allowances, crude oil, LPG and naphtha at Gazprom Marketing & Trading in Singapore and in London

Advised on structured transactions for various European clients in the clean energy sector. Notable experience includes advising Credit Suisse on structuring a carbon credit portfolio transaction based on a securitisation/CLO model, the Rimba Raya Forestry Carbon Project (Indonesia) and negotiating bespoke carbon trading master agreements for European Union Allowances under IETA, EFET and ISDA frameworks

Area of Expertise

Commodities

Specialist support in contentious and non-contentious matters.