As Argentina’s largest cooperatively-owned bank, Banco Credicoop has a legal function comprised of some of the country’s best legal talent. Amongst its longest-serving members are Vanesa Paula Sulam who joined in 1998 and senior legal adviser Gisela Elizalde who joined a year later and today provides corporate legal advice in general, financial and banking contracts as well as legal and technical advice in foreign trade and customs law. A further key member of the team is senior lawyer Javier Condado who has been giving sound advice to the non-profit institution since 2007. The team is credited as having a positive input on various matters ranging from opening new branches to lobbying against proposed tax reforms.