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With a remit that extends to all of the country transactions and regulatory implementation for Citibank in Portugal, the legal team of the company is led by Isabel Charraz in...
| Citibank Europe – Sucursal em Portugal
Citibank in Portugal has been established for over 33 years, hosting corporate and investment banking, a markets business and Sagres, a special purpose entity that undertakes securitisation transactions, in particular...
| Citibank
Süreyya Uğurses, the country legal counsel, company secretary and assistant general manager, who has over 20 years’ experience in the banking and finance sector, leads the legal team of four...
| Citibank Turkey
Having over 200 million customer accounts and operating in more than 100 countries, Citibank is one of the leading global financial institutions in the world. It started doing business in...
| Citibank del Peru
With a presence in Peru for almost 100 years, the financial activities of Citibank del Peru are supported by a legal team consisting of four highly experienced in-house lawyers who...
| Citibank Canada
The Canadian franchise of Citigroup has roots in Canada dating back 100 years. In Canada, the global bank operates multiple entities including schedule II and schedule III banks that service...
| Citibank Colombia
The Citibank Colombia legal team has been through significant change and accomplished much in the last year and continues to demonstrate its strength. Led expertly by general counsel Francisco Baquerizo...
| Citibank India
Citibank India is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Mumbai and is a subsidiary of Citigroup, a multinational financial services corporation. As one of the premier financial institutions in...
| Citibank Argentina
The March 2017 sale of Citi’s consumer business in Argentina had a big impact on the company’s legal team in the country. Explaining the effect of the function’s reduction in...
Citibank in Egypt has undergone major changes to its business strategy over the past few years. The parent company decided to take the major step of ending its retail banking services in favour of institutionalised corporate clients. Naturally, this has meant a great deal of work for the company’s legal team, led by highly rated corporate lawyers Hesham Fayez and Karim Emad Youssef. Fayez, explains that this process has been ‘a complex legal assignment on many levels, [that] has required prolonged working hours to efficiently advise on and handle the different difficult legal matters’ related to it. The legal team has also been involved in another complex issue, related to a debt settlement deal worth $55m.
In this case, Fayez says that ‘the efforts of the legal team have significantly led the complex negotiations with the defaulting customer, and have been the key driver’ for moving the process forward. The team has achieved this while maintaining a compact size that has meant workload management has often been an issue, with the political turmoil that has rocked Egypt over the past few years causing another challenge that further highlights their efficiency and professionalism.
The team continues to go the extra mile despite these difficulties, and allows its individuals time for personal development, which pays dividends as team members gain new qualifications and increase their skillset. The legal team at Citibank in Egypt maintains very close ties with the strategic management of the company, and it is ‘involved in all significant business matters and in charge of drafting all standard documentation’, making them a highly important function for the company as a whole.
