*about bnp paribas*:
*bnp paribas group*:
bnp paribas is a leading bank in europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 75 countries, with more than 200,000 employees, including more than 150,000 in europe. The group has key positions in its three main activities: domestic markets and international financial services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by retail banking & services) and corporate & institutional banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, smes, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In europe, the group has four domestic markets (belgium, france, italy and luxembourg) and bnp paribas personal finance is the leader in consumer lending. Bnp paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in mediterranean countries, in turkey, in eastern europe and a large network in the western part of the united states. In its corporate & institutional banking and international financial services activities, bnp paribas also enjoys top positions in europe, a strong presence in the americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in asia-pacific.
Fully integrated in the bnp paribas group, bnp paribas corporate and institutional banking (cib) is a leading provider of solutions to two client franchises: corporates and institutional, and operates across emea (europe middle east africa), apac (asia pacific) and the americas. The bank is a global leader in debt capital markets and derivatives. It is a top european house in equity capital markets and it has leading franchises in specialized financing. In securities services, it is a top five house worldwide: it provides multi asset, post trade and asset servicing solutions for institutional participants in the investment cycle, from the buy-side and sell-side to corporates and issuers. Bnp paribas cib strives to service the global economy by providing solutions to its clients in financing (ecm, dcm, specialized financing), flow banking (trade finance and cash management), financial advisory (m&a, project finance), global markets (interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity derivatives), risk management, and securities services.
Bnp paribas corporate and institutional banking has had a representation office in mexico since 1966. Since then bnp paribas has played an important role in financing mexico´s development into the 21st century. Bnp paribas was one of the founders of banco nacional de mexico (banamex), one of mexico’s largest banks, at the end of the 19th century, and stayed as a minority shareholder until the nationalization of the banking system in 1982. Bnp was first established in mexico more than half a century ago also acting as an important shareholder in banco del atlántico until 1982. Bnp and paribas merged in 2000 to create bnp paribas. Bnp paribas offers a wide range of financial and advisory services to its clients including large corporates, public institutions and financial institutions.
*bnp paribas mexico* is expanding and has started operating in 2021 a full-fledged mexican bank to better serve its clients through local operations performing local and global markets activities. Operations out of bnp paribas mexico include in particular trading and market making activities on interest rate derivatives, forex (spot and forward), bonds, repos and reverse repos on mbonos, udi and bonos. The coverage activities focusing on mexican corporate and institutional clients will remain and expand.
*business overview*:
the mission of the americas legal department is to provide comprehensive, effective and efficient legal support to the cib business. In this capacity, the americas legal department advises on a broad range of legal matters for the entities within its scope, including providing legal advice to management, business and the functions with respect to commercial and own account activities, and contributing to the bank’s influence on applicable legislative or market wide regulatory initiatives. The team provides legal and regulatory watch and maintains a legal risk management framework, including associated procedures and controls.
*responsibilities*:
- *compliance with laws.* assume responsibility for ensuring that bnp paribas cib conducts its business in compliance with mexican laws and regulations.
- *communicate with regulators.* maintain an open dialogue with mexican regulators and submit reports required to be submitted by the bnp paribas mexico legal department.
- *policies and procedures.* participate in the definition, implementation and supervision of bnp paribas cib’s corporate policies, procedures and programs.
- *litigation and proceedings.* together with the head of legal mexico, manage legal and regulato