About

Representing Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining behemoth, Glencore, the legal team is led by general counsel Kenneth Klassen. Klassen has steered the team through exceptional negotiation practises in the M&A field, and has individually been named as a leading M&A lawyer in by the International Financial Law Review. Although the company has faced significant challenge from fluctuation in the prices of metals, grains and petroleum products, the Swiss giant has managed to thrive. The legal team has been a success driver, helping to push the business back to its optimum market-leading position. Glencore takes pride in its privacy frameworks and this is an element the legal team has helped maintain and fortify while building one of the largest natural-resources operations that the world has ever seen, boasting $170.5bn in sales in 2015. Oil trading has been a focus for Glencore and recently the business has been tasked with selling a portion of the business to a Canadian pension fund, as well as hiring London-based gasoline traders from competitor Noble. The team has been integral to these transactions which will lead to the company’s continuous exponential growth.