Société Générale, a European financial services company

Société Générale S.A. (SocGen) is a French multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Paris. The company is a universal bank split into three main divisions, Retail Banking and Specialized Financial Services (particularly in France and Eastern Europe), Corporate and Investment Banking (Derivatives, Structured Finance and Euro Capital Markets) and Global Investment Management and Services.

Based on 2012 data Société Générale is France’s third largest bank by total assets and the no. 8 bank in Europe. Société Générale has…

Simpson Grierson, a New Zealand law firm

Simpson Grierson is a New Zealand commercial law firm founded in 1887; it is ranked in the top four firms in that country. The firm is a partnership comprising 48 partners and consultants supported by around 160 lawyers and legal executives in four departments (Banking & Finance, Commercial, Litigation and Resources & Infrastructure). The legal staff are supported by around 140 personnel (legal administrators, information technology, librarians, accounts, human resources and marketing). It has offices in New Zealand’s three…