Chahdan E. Jebeyli Email & Phone Number

As a senior lawyer and compliance professional I possess a unique blend of international legal, financial and regulatory experience including US sanctions, legal and compliance matters, and a diversity of banking products and services.Demonstrating exceptional interpersonal communication skills, I am trilingual, fluent in English, French and Arabic. I am at ease working across multiple jurisdictions, previously residing in six cities including New York, Riyadh, Dubai and Cairo. I am also a regular speaker on international legal and regulatory rules with focus on AML/CFT, capital markets, global taxation and privacy.I am recognized as one of the most experienced financial sector in-house lawyers in Lebanon and the Middle East with subject matter expertise in banking corporate governance and anti-money laundering.I have also served as managing director of legal and compliance in the MENA region at Citibank.My global experience includes working across 17 countries in MENA, USA and Europe, cultivating and managing relationships together with an extensive network with global correspondent banks, global and regional law firms, and accounting firms. I have built and led legal and compliance teams and I managed a variety of local and cross border matters including M&A, restructuring, financing - debt, equity, conventional and Islamic.My Career Highlights include:Delivered proper governance in multiple countries, creating compliance regimes for each countryEstablished merger and acquisition transactions across MENA and EuropeCo-founder of an active compliance committee at the World Union of Arab Bankers president of committee for six years - served as President of Compliance Officers Committee at the World Union of Arab BankersRegular speaker in high-level international compliance forums on AML, sanctions, capital markets and global taxation and data protectionCo-Founder of leading compliance body “MENA FCCG” (MENA Financial Crime Compliance Group)

Listed skills include Banking, Corporate Governance, Aml, Risk Management, and 10 others.