Regulatory, Ethics and Compliance Counsel

Support the legal requirements workstream for the integration of Discover Financial into Capital One Bank by identifying, mapping, and operationalizing statutory and regulatory obligations across U.S. and international jurisdictions; collaborated with foreign outside counsel in Canada, the UK, EU, Singapore, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Jordan to assess legal impacts on payments, consumer protection, data privacy, AML compliance, and licensing requirements in alignment with local regulatory frameworks.

Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise-wide legal requirements documentation reflecting statutory, regulatory, and rule-based obligations imposed by U.S. federal, state, and key foreign financial authorities.

Translate complex legal instruments—including laws, regulations, supervisory guidance, and official rulemaking—into actionable internal policies, control standards, and procedural guidance applicable to banking operations, consumer services, payments, and international business lines.

Serve as principal legal-requirements liaison across Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Business Units to ensure uniform interpretation and implementation of binding obligations, including under AML/CFT, consumer protection (e.g., UDAAP, ECOA), sanctions laws (e.g., OFAC, EU Sanctions), and payments frameworks.

Maintain authoritative inventories of legal and regulatory requirements across international jurisdictions (e.g., U.S., UK, EU, Singapore, Japan, Canada) to support audit readiness, regulatory exams, and ongoing compliance risk management.

Collaborate on the design and execution of governance frameworks that trace legal requirements to internal policies, procedures, and control environments in accordance with internal risk taxonomy and regulatory change protocols.

Conducted a domestic Risk Assessment for publicly-listed energy company with focus on renewable tax credits, antitrust, anti-bribery, economic and trade sanctions, trade compliance, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment practices and policies.

Conducted and advised a publicly-listed automotive multi-national corporation on anti-bribery due diligence matters of third-party suppliers using software designed to review and monitor business relationships.

Served as in-house counsel to a business segment of a multi-national corporation advising on implementation of an ethics and legal compliance plan and drafting associated policies and procedures in order to comply with corporate compliance laws in areas such as data protection, global trade, and financial crimes for corporate joint ventures with a foreign partner.