Jeanne M. Rosendale, Esq. Named a Worldwide Branding Professional of the Year for Excellence in International Law

    NEW YORK, NY, May 28, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jeanne M. Rosendale has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in international and domestic corporate, securities, foreign banking, capital markets and private equity law for the past 14 years in her various roles as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for the above-mentioned banks and broker-dealers. Most recently, she was named a Worldwide Branding Professional of the Year for Excellence in International Law.

With nearly two decades of practice experience in the legal field, Ms. Rosendale was uniquely qualified to oversee a wide range of tasks on behalf of Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., a brokerage firm and investment bank founded by the legendary Muriel F. Siebert - the first woman member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. There, she placed her legal and regulatory focus on international and domestic law pertaining to Fortune 500 companies, financial services firms and publicly traded companies. Now, having left Muriel Siebert, she is actively seeking new senior legal and regulatory employment opportunities, seats on Boards of publicly traded companies and new challenges.

Prior to joining Muriel Siebert, Ms. Rosendale was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of TD Securities (USA) Inc. and the Global Chief Compliance Officer of Knight Equity Markets. Ms. Rosendale received her early legal training as an associate with the large U.S. law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. She has also worked as associate general counsel with Credit Suisse and Citigroup. Throughout the course of her career, Ms. Rosendale has been presented with a variety of industry awards for her contributions to the legal and compliance areas of publicly traded companies, foreign and domestic banks, broker-dealers and private equity firms.

To remain in contact with other legal professionals, Ms. Rosendale is affiliated with the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Division, the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, the American Bar Association, The Women's Financial Network, the New York Bar Association and DirectWomen which trains an elite group of women attorneys to sit on Boards of publicly traded companies. She is also a member of the board of directors for the nonprofit Redlight Children, the mission of which is to end human trafficking globally. The Redlight Children's organization received the U.S. State Department award for helping in the fight against human trafficking. Finally, she serves as a member of the advisory board of Fordham Law School's corporate law program.

Ms. Rosendale's accomplishments in her roles as a financial services and public company executive include being general counsel, chief regulatory counsel and head of HR for three publicly traded companies and a board member for a prestigious non-profit and the subsidiaries of two public and one privately traded company. She has a proven track record of a unique combination of board service, large public company executive management experience, legal transactional expertise, regulatory expertise and international law experience. She is an expert in regulations of publicly traded companies and financial services firms, both foreign and domestic. Her background and experience includes over fourteen years as a key advisor to two boards of directors of Nasdaq firms and one bulge bracket foreign, publicly traded company's U.S. subsidiary. Ms. Rosendale's expertise includes implementing corporate restructurings, oversight and successful implementation of risk management, operations and strategic planning for growth and retraction of various business units as dictated by the relevant business environment. Ms. Rosendale has for fourteen years been the key liaison with regulatory authorities such as the SEC, FINRA, the OFSI, the Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory bodies. She has overseen very successfully numerous public company audits, audits of financial services firms, and oversight on internal investigations. She likewise has advised on mergers and acquisitions. She has provided oversight with boards on marketing and managing risk. Ms. Rosendale is an expert in cyber security and business continuity. She is likewise an expert in the rules of FINRA, the SEC, the CFTC, State Securities Divisions, the OFSI, the Federal Reserve Bank, the OCC and the New York State Division of Finance. She is a top litigator, capital markets attorney and transactional attorney in structured finance, public offerings, private placements, sales and trading, Intellectual Property matters, private equity and loan syndications, among other product areas.

Ms. Rosendale excels in her field due to her prior industry experience and her educational background, which includes a JD from Fordham Law School and a BA from Fordham University. A shining example of excellence in her field, she was recently inducted into Worldwide Branding in recognition of her amazing accomplishments. Looking ahead, Ms. Rosendale wants to pursue board positions of publicly traded companies and a senior level legal position with a financial services firm or a Fortune 500 Company. She also intends to continue growing the DirectWomen organization, and share her knowledge and experience by mentoring young students and lawyers. Ms. Rosendale resides in Manhattan. N.Y.

For additional information regarding Jeanne Rosendale's other endeavors, please visit http://directwomen.org and http://linkedin.com.

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