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ALBERTO CASTILLO PEREYRA
Bosque de San Pedro # 5 La Herradura,
Huixquilucan, 52784, Mexico.
Tel. (55)5589 8826 and 5587 2776 (home); (55) 3734 2424 (Mobile)
E-mail: [email protected]
Summary
11 years experience in corporate, commercial, financing and banking law with international
corporations. Litigation management expertise. Also experience in general law matters and
participation in mergers and acquisitions. Quality and process oriented to support the business
with the legal and compliance issues. Management expertise and team builder. Customer
oriented, full administrative and business skills to properly link legal and business needs.
Education
2001
Georgetown University Law Center -UIA.
North American Law - Executive Seminar
1995-1997
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas -IPADE
Exchange program w/ Richard Ivey School in Canada
Master in Business Administration (Full Time M. B. A.)
1987-1991
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico -UNAM
Bachelor at Law
Professional Experience
Scotia Capital - Bank & Brokerage House
Compliance Director.
Sept. 06 - today
Responsibilities:
- Responsible to provide banking and brokerage law advice to the business areas such as
derivatives, FX, money market, corporate and investment banking, etc.
- Responsible to provide compliance advice to new products and initiatives.
- Responsible to supervise legal and compliance risk into the company.
- Responsible to manage the supervisory authority.
Main achievements:
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Successful participation in a team project to renew the derivatives authorization on time.
Increase of compliance awareness in to the organization with training sessions (180 employees).
Implementation of a toll to properly notify regulatory changes and organization defaults.
Accurate advice to the money market area to deal increasing their participation in the debt market.
Successful implementation of policies and rules working with Toronto and New York offices.
ABN AMRO Bank Mexico - Bank & Brokerage House
Head of Legal & Compliance.
July 03 – Nov. 2005
Responsibilities:
- Responsible to structure and develop the legal function (bank and brokerage house).
- Full legal support to administrative and business needs.
- Responsible for coordinate external law firms and litigation management.
- Responsible to supervise legal risk into the company.
- Secretary and member of the board of directors. Expertise in corporate books.
- Responsible to manage the supervisory authority.
Main achievements:
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Structure the legal function into ABN AMRO. Proactive participation into the business process.
Reduction of the legal expenses up to 60%, equivalent to $650,000 through negotiations with law
firms. Policies implementation to hire law firms and notaries for the organization.
Successful participation in a trust division portfolio acquisition. Full control and management of legal
activities to succeed an acquisition project regardless time restrictions.
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Implementation of a monitoring tool to track ABN AMRO contracts and agreements.
Successful closing of deals (more than 600MM dollars) with the internal and external customer
recognition.
Enhancement of the supervisory authority relationship. Reduction of fines and recommendations up
to 40%).
Successful support to business and administrative areas in their legal needs.
GE Capital – General Electric
August. 97- July 03
Legal & Compliance Director
Responsibilities:
- Responsible of legal and compliance matters related to the business.
- Ensure the delivery legal requirements by the business areas.
- Responsible for compliance policies (GE Integrity) toward the organization.
- Negotiation with law firms and notaries in order to align these services to the business needs.
- Solve the incidents related with negotiating and closing transactions.
- Responsible for the implementation of corporate policies into the organization (Integrity Manual).
- Litigation Management.- Responsible to manage workout cases and restructuring negotiation.
Main achievements:
- Start up of the legal area into GE Capital CEF. Leaded and developed 5 attorneys to successful
provide legal support to the organization. I received the management award in 2002.
- Merger and acquisitions. Proactive participation in portfolio acquisitions in Mexico and USA.
- Successful development of a preferred list of attorneys and notaries. Key suppliers for the business.
- Proactive participation in Quality Six – Sigma projects. Legal expenses reduction and reduction of
legal cycle time in to the business process. These projects were presented to GE General Counsel
and used as best practice in GE legal team.
- Complex structured deals and negotiations with main Mexican companies (including workout).
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V~ (Mexican Stock Exchange)
July -Sept. 96
MBA Summer Work - Consultant.
Responsibilities:
- Consultant hired up to three months (summer work MBA).
- Review of stock exchange international ethics rules.
Main achievements:
- The project ended with an analysis of ethic rules around the world applicable to stock exchange
trading floor areas. The project included proposals to the Mexican Stock Exchange
Valores Bursátiles de México, S.A. de C. V. (Brokerage House)
Sept.92-Sept.95
Senior Financial Advisor (specialist in Warrants, Options and Peso Futures)
Other Courses
Legal & Compliance Foundation Course
Influencing Others & Working in Teams
Strategic Leadership Skills- GE Capital
Advance Manager Course (3 weeks)
New Manager Development Course
Advanced Credit & Risk Analysis
Negotiation Skills
Project Management
Credit Operations, Review and Evaluation
GE Creative Leasing -GE Capital Services
GE Green Belt Training Quality Six Sigma
Authorized Financial Advisor
Futures, Warrants and Options
ABN AMRO Bank NV – London, England
GE Capital Learning Services - Mexico
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
GE Corporate University / Crotonville, NY - US
GE Corporate University / Crotonville, NY - US
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
General Electric – Stamford, Connecticut
GE Capital Learning Services - Mexico
Instituto del Mercado de Valores, S.C.
Instituto del Mercado de Valores, S.C.
Activities and Interests
Languages
Teaching
Hobbies
Spanish native language; English fluent written and oral;
Portuguese – medium.
Professor of Corporate Investment Management
at Universidad Iberoamericana. In recess since 2002.
Family, reading and fishing.