David Molloy

Licensed to practice law since 1999, Molloy has more than 20 years’ in-house legal experience in the energy sector. Most recently, he was the general counsel and member of the executive team developing a large-scale private equity owned and operated petroleum refinery complex.

He also spent five years at SNC Lavalin as lead lawyer for the 20,000-employee oil and gas engineering and construction business, which operates in 36 countries. While there, he managed a legal team of 60 across the globe responsible for negotiating contracts totaling multi-billion-dollar revenues. He also implemented legal frameworks agreements and managed the integration of three legacy organisations.

Prior to this, Molloy held the senior corporate counsel role at Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, in Houston for three years. Here, he led the legal team that provided legal support for a refinery and three petrochemical facilities and their associated product streams. He was also the sole in-house attorney responsible for all aspects of the $3bn refinery expansion.