Emirates NBD sponsored team excels at Lawyers Polo Association Tournament 2012

Press release

Published October 18th, 2012 - 09:58 GMT

Al Bawaba

The Emirates NBD Polo Cup 2012, organised by the Lawyers Polo Association at the Polo Club du Domaine de Chantilly, Apremont, France, came to a successful close with the Lechuza Caracas team winning the tournament followed by La Victoire team, in the second place.

The “Emirates NBD” team, named after the leading bank in the region and the title sponsor of the event, won the third place in the tournament. Seen here in the first picture are (from left to right) Joachim Feller, Eduardo L. Bérèterbide, Dato Mohamad Zekri Ibrahim and Eduardo M. Bérèterbide, the players comprising the “Emirates NBD” team.

The tournament kicked off with a black tie reception at the elegant George V Hotel in central Paris, play-off games and final matches, followed by a trophy ceremony and closing reception. Six polo teams formed by international and local polo playing lawyers participated in this year’s tournament.

More than 350 international polo-playing lawyers are members of the Lawyers Polo Association, which is a global organisation founded in 2008 to bring together polo players from the legal industry around the world. The Polo tournament coincides with the annual International Bar Association (IBA) conference each year, and is held in the same city.

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.