Joerg Riegel

Biography

Joerg Riegel is the Head of U.S. Regulatory Initiatives, responsible for a variety of regulatory change and advocacy matters. He is also the lead lawyer on the Volcker Rule at Société Générale. In this capacity, he was responsible for the legal aspects of the global implementation of the Volcker Rule across all trading and funds aspects.

Prior to joining Société Générale, Mr. Riegel was a Director and Senior Counsel at RBS. Before joining RBS, Mr. Riegel was an associate at Davis Polk, where he represented financial institutions on financial regulatory matters, as well as with respect to OTC and capital markets transactions.

Mr. Riegel holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where he was a James Kent scholar, a JD equivalent in German law from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a DEUG in French law from the University Jean Moulin, Lyon, France. He is a member of the New York bar.