About

Ines Zerdan is the vice president of legal affairs for the Argentinean branch of global financial services company American Express, which provides various financial products for corporate and personal use including credit cards, charge cards and insurance products. Nominators praised Zerdan’s abilities, describing her as having developed ‘an impressive capacity to reconcile the challenges of a business that is growing fast’, echoing the changing nature of the financial services market in the wake of economic uncertainty both domestically and globally. Being in charge of legal affairs at one of the more dynamic companies in the sector, Zerdan has had to contend with a rapidly expanding business along with a local legal and regulatory environment that is known as being ‘demanding’. Dealing with these challenges and being at the forefront of strategic decision making, Zerdan ‘has become one of the most prominent general counsel in the Argentine financial services industry’, according to a private practice source. Zerdan spent five years in private practice at Ortiz & Asociados honing her skills and becoming an associate before she made the move in-house and passed the NY Bar in 1999.