Assistant Vice President
Credit Suisse
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :13 years, 2 أشهر
• Completed quality assurance on due diligence investigations for US and international entities across booking locations and in line with the Cayman Islands, US, and EMEA regulatory standards.
• Evaluated corporate documents and financing agreements for structured financing/capital markets transactions such as Collateralized Loan Obligations agreements, SPACs, personal and statutory trusts, regulated and private funds, and collateral/investment management agreements, and performed risk assessments on prospective clients and their associated parties.
• Successfully managed and mapped various KYC and client data migration and remediation projects as part of corporate merger and business line divestment, including providing SME expertise on concurrent projects staffed by cross-departmental teams, managing resources and timelines, reporting findings, and proposing solutions.
• Investigated and prepared audit responses, reports, and presentations as part of internal audits and regulatory examinations for FINRA, FINMA, and the Federal Reserve Board.
• Researched legal/compliance/regulatory changes and their implications on KYC reviews, and drafted KYC guidance and procedure documents to reflect internal processes and regulatory requirements, including identifying and escalating ambiguities and collaborating with stakeholders.
• Led training covering national and international regulatory developments such as EU MiFID regulations and Chinese data privacy rules and their impact on onboardings.
• Analyzing SharePoint/Tableau data to detail overall volumes and metrics to prepare monthly presentations to senior management identifying trends, knowledge gaps and training opportunities.
• Managed the KYC IDD Raleigh team including evaluating individual performance, giving and receiving feedback and facilitating remote onboarding and training.
Utilizing a risk-based approach to mitigate alerted transactions or draft suspicious activity reports detailing red flags such as Office of Foreign Asset Controls sanctions, negative news instances, high-risk jurisdiction/sectors and politically exposed persons.
•Completed periodic KYC reviews of SPVs and trusts by verifying customer identification information, corroborating sources of wealth/income and negative news screening.
•Examined agreements such as wills, trusts, and court orders to calculate and verify paid beneficiary disbursements, expenses and fees to resolve alerts or escalate discrepancies.
•Reviewed contracts/purchase orders and extracted relevant clauses including subcontracting/assignment, statement of work and governing law pertaining to a business acquisition.
Negotiated the development and acquisition of three acreages valued at over $100m by drafting and negotiating agreements such as oil production sharing and gas commercialization contracts with public authorities, joint venture agreements detailing production/cost allocation and crude oil and gas marketing agreements.
•Negotiated and drafted OMV’s major field development contracts worth over $50m including Engineering, Procurement, Commissioning & Construction (EPCC) contracts for Early/Central Processing Facilities, pipeline construction and crossing projects, onshore drilling rigs rental services and seismic and aeromagnetic gravity surveys.
•Streamlined procurement turnaround by 75% by creating contractual templates for purchasing terms and conditions, consultancy/contractor agreements and equipment leasing.
•Decreased 60% of annual legal expenses by managing and resolving on-going and potential litigation and disputes including attending court sessions/hearings and arranging dispute resolution and mediation meetings.
•Reduced legal risk exposure by monitoring and enforcing legal/regulatory compliance and implementing corporate standards and directives through auditing and personnel training.
Developed course content/materials and presented weekly lectures for the Oil and Gas Law and International Business Law modules.
•Advised and supervised students with oil & gas/international business law research projects.
•Utilized my time management skills by successfully balancing my duties as a part-time lecturer and Legal Counsel at OMV.
Legal Practice Course and LLM in Professional Legal Practice
LLM International Business Law
BA Economics and Law