Kim H.

Commercial Counsel | Technology Transactions | AI, Energy & Environmental Markets | Strategic Commercial Agreements

San Francisco Bay Area

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Experience

  • Legal Counsel at Statkraft
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Provide strategic legal support for commercial transactions, energy trading, and environmental markets initiatives. Advise business leaders on transaction structuring, risk allocation, regulatory compliance, and commercial strategy while negotiating complex agreements and developing scalable contracting frameworks. Partner cross-functionally with commercial, trading, and operational teams to enable business growth, improve governance, and leverage AI-driven tools to enhance legal operations and decision-making.

  • Commercial Counsel at Chevron
    Mar 2014 - Sep 2025 · 11 yrs 7 mos

    Led Chevron’s enterprise-wide transformation of commercial contracting operations, spearheading the rollout of AI-driven legal tech and CLM tools to modernize workflows and reduce cycle times. Architected global clause libraries, playbooks, and risk frameworks adopted across procurement, IT, and business units. Negotiated complex SaaS, technology, and vendor agreements while advising business leaders on regulatory and transactional matters. Collaborated cross-functionally with Legal Ops, Procurement, and IT to drive scalable process improvements and enterprise risk alignment.

  • Commercial Counsel – Contracting & Legal Operations at Encore Capital Group
    2008 - 2011 · 3 yrs

    Directed enterprise-wide contract management and legal operations, overseeing a team responsible for negotiating and maintaining a wide array of commercial agreements. Led complex negotiations for SaaS, enterprise software, debt purchase agreements, and vendor contracts across business units. Developed standardized templates, playbooks, and approval workflows to streamline deal execution and mitigate risk. Served as a key advisor to executive leadership on legal risk, commercial strategy, and process improvement.