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Solveig Frostad De Sousa

Solveig Frostad De Sousa

Wikborg Rein, Singapore

Work Department

Shipping and Offshore Energy Projects

Position

Solveig has a broad international transaction practice focused on shipping and offshore. She regularly assists international clients with project due diligence and negotiating and drafting project contracts including: agreements for ship sale and purchase, sale and leaseback, chartering and management of ships and offshore units. She also advises borrowers, agents, arrangers and syndicates of lenders regarding ship finance transactions.

Solveig is dual qualified as a Norwegian Lawyer and a Solicitor of England & Wales and speaks Norwegian, English and French fluently.

Career

2022 – Present: Senior Associate, Wikborg Rein Singapore 2020 – 2022: Associate, Stephenson Harwood LLP Singapore 2015 – 2020: Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP Singapore 2012 – 2015: Associate, Wikborg Rein Oslo 2008 – 2012: In-house counsel, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

Languages

Fluent in Norwegian, English and French.

Education

2019: Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales, Kaplan QLTS 2002 – 2007: Master of Laws, University of Bergen 2006: International law, Bond University, Australia