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Mary Patricia Azevedo 215 East Saddle River Road
Saddle River, New Jersey Associate General Counsel and Senior Vice President- International, First Data Corporation, Montvale, New Jersey and Brussels, Belgium. This position continues and expands the work performed as outside consultant in the position below but with the inside position of the publicly traded company’s chief financial services regulatory officer for international (non-U.S., non North America) matters and the company’s main lobbyist before European Union institutions. New duties assumed also cover corporate governance matters for non-U.S. Western Union entities and regulatory strategy for the acquisition and organization of regulated international entities. International Legal Consultant, Western Union Financial Services International, Montvale, New Jersey and Brussels, Belgium. Under a retainer arrangement in place from March of 1999 through May 2005, consulting projects in the General Counsel’s office at Western Union International have included planning for new product development, international acquisitions, the establishment of financial institutions in the EU, advice concerning certain e commerce and payments regulation in the EU, advice regarding certain international sanction programs, lobbying at the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Central Bank and compliance initiatives involving cross border transactions. Associate and Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop, New York and Brussels As an associate from 1981 to 1990, and as a partner until retiring in February of 1999, my practice involved representing banks, financial services firms and international corporations in a broad range of matters, including: development of new financial products; numerous international acquisitions and strategic alliances; government relations initiatives in Washington and Europe concerning financial service regulatory issues, e commerce, data protection and international trade; international negotiations and arbitration with the Islamic Republic of Iran; extensive work with financial regulators in the U.S. and abroad, including the preparation of applications for licenses to enter new markets, for permission to offer new products and exercise new powers; work on a variety of capital markets transactions, including project finance deals; and administering the firm’s Brussels office as partner in charge from 1996 to 1998. Education: J.D. – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980 -Editor-in-Chief, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. M.A.L.D. – The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1976-Ph.D. Orals passed in the fields of international finance; oil and energy; international business transactions and international trade. B.A. – Connecticut College, 1974-Majors: Economics and German literature; Phi Beta Kappa; magna cum laude. Other Information Member of the Bars of New York and Rhode Island. |
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