Emory University School of Law

New York University, Stern School of Business

Director and Associate General Counsel at Citigroup

New York, New York, United States

Draft and negotiate agreements for software, market data (particularly the full range of Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters products), SaaS, offshore outsourcing, cloud, consulting and software development services in support of Citi's Markets and Investor Services businesses (including Custody and Fund Services) and Operations and Technology functions. Legal coverage for Citi Markets also includes electronic trading agreements, client-facing platform click agreements, as well as agreements involving strategic ventures. General counsel for The Yield Book Inc. (fixed income analytics platform provider) and Citigroup Index LLC (fixed income indices publisher) subsidiaries of Citi prior to their divestiture earlier in 2017 to the London Stock Exchange Group, with heavy involvement in related M&A transaction activities.  Responsibilities included (a) drafting and negotiating product agreements with both buy- and sell-side clients globally (e.g., asset managers, broker-dealers, banks, pension funds, ETF, UCIT and other fund sponsors, government entities, and data aggregators and redistributors), third-party business partners, and market data vendors; (b) co-chairing the Citi Fixed Income Index Governance Committee and providing advice on IOSCO and related benchmark compliance matters; (c) overseeing the trademark portfolio; and (d) handling the corporate secretary function and certain HR-related matters. Prior experience also includes (y) implementation of the Corporate and Investment Bank's program for retention of electronic communications to comply with terms of the Global Research Settlement; and (z) performing due diligence on Citi's acquisition of Forum Financial Group .

George Ong

George Ong