Dr Alexander Gommlich leads the legal department of Deutsche Bahn, a German railway company formed by a private joint stock company with the Federal Republic of Germany being its single...

Alexander Steinbrecher has a highly important role to play in the strategic management of legal issues at Bombardier Transportation in addition to his more immediate responsibilities. As such, he is...

The largest Airline Alliance in the world by passengers carried (almost 700 million as of late 2016), Frankfurt-headquartered Star Alliance is a cooperative entity between 28 of the most notable...

Amely Haußer leads the legal, insurance and compliance department of TUI Cruises, a 50/50 joint venture of TUI AG and Royal Caribbean Cruises, the second largest cruise company worldwide. Operating...

With 28 people reporting to him indirectly, Dr Andre Körtgen’s broad responsibilities as head of legal and contracts and general counsel for international defence and security major Thales’ German operations...

Italian-headquartered bank UniCredit has a worldwide presence, and in Germany provides several types of financial services spanning consumer and SME banking, corporate and investment banking, private banking and leasing through...

Dr Andreas Hoffman is the general counsel for top ranked German conglomerate Siemens, a business that is ranked 50th on Forbes’ Global 2000 list and has 351,000 employees worldwide. As...

Having been employed by BMW since 2005, Dr Andreas Liepe has a large number of professional successes to look back on. He recalls his three-year assignment to China, where he...

Previously heading legal departments at Compass Group, Draexlmaier Group and Erwin Hymer Group, Anja Kahle took over as general counsel of international manufacturing company MANN + HUMMEL in April 2016....

A highly renowned and well-respected general counsel with a formidable career history, Arne Wittig spent more than two decades with Deutsche Bank, ultimately in the role of general counsel for...

Christian Sommer boasts an extensive and varied career at Vodafone, the telecommunications giant which accounts for 33% of mobile market shares in Germany. Sommer joined Vodafone in 2001 in the...

Christian Unsinn leads the five-person legal team of Lemon Group Services, the shared services centre of advertising powerhouse DDB Germany, and oversees legal matters for 23 group agencies. In addition...

Continental is a German multinational tyres and technology leader that has been in business since the 19th century. A staple of the sector, Continental first opened a production plant in...

A leading mail company Postcon Deutschland is responsible for delivering billions of letters per year. Christina Sontheim now leads a team of eight individuals in her role as chief legal...

Having amassed over two decades of experience as a partner in notable international law firm Cleary Gottlieb, Christof von Dryander brought a wealth of experience to the in-house sector upon...

With approximately 60,000 employees in over 100 countries and a 2016 revenue of nearly €17bn, The Linde Group is one of the world’s leading gas and engineering companies. In charge...

Overseeing the dual role of group general counsel and head of compliance at Marquard & Bahls, a Hamburg-based company that is active in a number of fields including those of...

Leading the legal department of Deutsche Telekom, Dr Claudia Junker has been the general counsel of the German telecommunications giant since November 2010. A multi-faceted lawyer with a tremendous amount...

Tech-savvy general counsel Claus Kaufmann possesses a comprehensive range of international experience and networks, and provides comprehensive, solution-driven advice. With a strong track record of building and managing global teams,...

An investment funds specialist, Dr Constanze Jacobs was brought in to IKB Deutsche Industriebank to lead the legal support of a new investment business line for the company, now a...

Dr Cornelia Inderst is the general counsel for Generali Deutschland, a Germany holding company consisting of approximately different 20 insurance companies. Leading its legal division for the last two years,...

Undertaking responsibility for the oversight of all corporate legal affairs for one of Germany’s biggest businesses and the largest specialty chemicals company in the world, Dr Cornelius Koke can boast...

Talented lawyer Daniel de Bruycker’s holds a multi-faceted role at McDonald’s Deutschland, heading two areas within the German legal department, franchise law including environment law, as well as IP/IT matters...

With qualifications in a Germany, France and the UK and a highly successful private practice career at such firms as Ashurst, Simmons & Simmons and Baker McKenzie under his belt...

Düsseldorf based Ceconomy underwent a recent corporate transformation in early 2016, splitting its operations into two different, independent companies that each deal with separate business areas: a leading international wholesale...

Eberhard von Klinggräff was appointed as head of the legal function at personal-care company Beiersdorf, owner of a number of household brands, including Nivea and Elastoplast, in 2013. Since 2001...

Dr Erik Staebe currently serves as the head of antitrust procedure and regulatory law within the central legal department of Deutsche Bahn, a position he has held since 2007. Recent...

Dr Florian Drinhausen was afforded the perfect introduction to Deutsche Bank when he moved from his highly successful private practice career, in which he was a partner at Linklaters. ‘When...

Known the world over, leading sportswear manufacturer adidas employs more than 60,000 people in over 160 countries to produce over 850 million product units every year and generate global sales...

Dr Frank Forster has been an integral part within a huge transformation of pan-European investment organisation Aurelius Group over the nine years he has been with the company. He explains...

Group general counsel of the €15bn revenue Merck Group Dr Friederike Rotsch describes how the company has changed significantly during the time she has been with it, and how she...

Dr Gabriel Harnier became general counsel of Bayer in autumn 2016. He replaced the long-serving Dr Roland Hartwig, who had served as Bayer’s general counsel for 17 years and was...

Formerly a partner with Clifford Chance and Sidley Austin, Georg Rützel joined GE in 2009 and has held various positions within the Group since then; alongside his latest role as...

Headquartered in Bonn, Deutsche Post is the world’s largest postal service and international courier company and offers a range of services to its customer base that is present across the...

Achieving the status of being Germany’s second largest bank, DAX30 listed Commerzbank offers a wide range of banking and other financial services to its international customer base in the retail,...

Ismaning-based omnichannel retailer HSE24 – standing for Home Shopping Europe- has seen changes in its most senior legal role as Günther Sailer was appointed general counsel and executive vice president...

Taking charge of a legal department that contains approximately 60 lawyers, the managerial and people skills of E.ON’s head of legal and compliance, Guntram Würzberg, are unquestionable. Equally as impressive...

A lawyer of nearly 20 years, Dr Hans-Konrad Ress is a celebrated and extensively accomplished general counsel based in Munich, having collected a wide amount of financial legal services skills...

Spending over a decade providing legal advice and business support within the food and beverage industry, Helge Köhlbrandt is the current general counsel for Nestlé Deutschland, the German subsidiary company...

Hilka Schneider has been a member of the group executive committee group director legal, compliance and board office of TUI Group since 2014. In this position she is in charge...

Since its founding in 1874, Hochtief has developed into Germany’s largest construction company with currently over 51,000 employees and a sales volume of €19.9bn in 2016. Legal director Dr Holger-Kirsten...

Leading the provision of legal advice at Germany’s largest supermarket corporation Edeka, Dr Hubertus Nölting is one of the most outstanding in-house lawyers in the region by virtue of his...

A highly respected general counsel who has been at the forefront of some of the most complex and innovative legal projects in Europe – being awarded by multiple sources in...

General counsel for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland areas of French food services and facilities management company Sodexo, Ingo Koehler-Bartels has successfully filled this position for the last three years....

Ivana Kollarova has been responsible for the legal affairs of Reckitt Benckiser for the last five years, overseeing the Central Europe area, which covers Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia,...

Head of legal for international telecoms equipment giant Huawei Jan Bredehöft leads a team of six lawyers in total with a broad array of responsibilities. Previously a partner and an...

The second-largest private hospital and healthcare provider in Germany, Asklepios boasts approximately 150 healthcare facilities in the country and 45,000 employees. Jan Liersche began his tenure with the company in...

Jochen Lederhilger is global director of legal affairs for Puma – one of the world’s most recognisable sportswear brands – and is a legal professional that has risen to this...

From his base in Cologne, where Ford of Europe is headquartered, John F. Harris is in charge of the management and execution of all matters related to legal, compliance and...

Experienced European patent lawyer Dr Jörg Dreyhsig, is the vice president for patents for medical instruments company Fresenius, which has a turnover of $14bn and employs 86,000 people. Dr Dreyhsig...

Now general counsel, Judith Eckl has immense experience of the legal function for global brand and iconic fashion company Hugo Boss, having been employed with them since 2000. Eckl mentions...

Julia-Christina Friedrich was recruited in 2014 by Hannover Re to assist in the relocation of its primary insurance subsidiary, Inter Hannover, from London to Hannover. This was the first time...

The German automotive sector has famously benefited from the close links manufacturers have established with engineering faculties at the country’s leading universities. BMW’s hugely influential general counsel, Dr Juergen Reul,...

Japanese-owned international technology company Konica Minolta is particularly known for its many printer and copier lines for the business and industrial market. Kai Mielke has been with the company since...

An enthusiastic self-starter, Kai Recke has consistently displayed an ambitious streak throughout his legal career, pushing him to succeed within the online domain in giving premier legal guidance to creative...

The strength of Germany’s banking and financial services sector is well-known, and Frankfurt headquartered KfW (also known under the previous name of KfW Bankengruppe) operates within this sector having developed...

Head of legal for family owned and globally recognised brand HARIBO, Klaus Cannivé manages and drives the legal and compliance team which supports the ambitious international expansion of a company...

Since its founding in 1946, Axel Springer SE has grown into Europe’s leading digital publisher and currently employs over 15,000 people in more than 40 countries earning over €3bn in...

Telefónica Germany accounts for roughly one-third of the mobile telephone service market in Germany since its acquisition of the E-Plus Group in 2014, making it one of the major players...

With ultimate responsibility for pharmaceutical company Grünenthal Group’s 17-person global legal team, Marcus Heppner has a number of career highlights to look back on. For instance, he recalls that ‘the...

Appointed to the role of group general counsel of FTI Touristik in October 2016, Marcus Stüting has developed a reputation for excellence across a range of legal practice areas and...

With 11 direct reports and a team of roughly 150 reports globally, Dr Marion Welp was promoted from head of law for Europe to global general counsel, merging the previously...

Distinguished professional Mark Adolphs is director, head of special projects and associate general counsel EMEA for Fresenius, a healthcare company based in Bad Homburg which provides a variety of product...

Markus Gerd Kraemer has served as the group head of legal services for the international operations of ERGO Group for the last seven months. In this short time frame, Kraemer...

Distinguished in-house lawyer Martin Eschbach has been operating in the legal market for over 20 years. Eschbach joined global pharmaceutical giant Novartis in 2001 as a legal counsel, subsequently assuming...

Dr Martin Fröhlich joined the Krüger Group in 2015, a business with a €2bn turnover and 4,500 employees in several business units and legal entities around the world. Upon his...

Dr Martin Schwarz was appointed senior corporate vice president and general counsel at Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), one of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals companies and the only family-owned company among the...

General counsel for leading German automobile manufacturer Audi, Dr Martin Wagener has been with the company for the last 17 years, growing professionally with the business over the years. After...

IT services goliath Fujitsu maintains a significant presence around the globe, and Germany is no exception. General counsel, vice president legal and commercial for Central Europe Martina Seidl has around...

Formerly a partner with Mayer Brown in Frankfurt, Matthias Meckert took over as head of legal for PGIM Real Estate in Germany and Luxembourg in 2013. Meckert recalls the company...

Established in 2005, Germany-based software developer Open-Xchange has since emerged as a globally-present and rapidly growing provider of flexible and agile solutions to its business customers, including the only integrated,...

An M&A expert with a highly impressive legal background in the financial services sector, Dr Michael Fischer has practiced as an in-house and private practice lawyer in both the US...

Michael Junge joined SAP AG in 1993 as head of the legal department. In his current role Junge is responsible for the global legal function, which covers all legal matters...

A pioneering company in its field, HD Plus provides customers with the option to watch a broad range of HD channels for a regular subscription fee. Michael Zeck, general counsel...

Described as an ‘analytic legal counsel with over 20 years’ experience in the technology and media industries’ by nominating sources, Dr Peter Macheiner is head of the legal function of...

As head of legal for the second largest bank in Germany by asset size, and the central institution for more than 1,000 co-operative banks and their 12,000 branch offices, Nützel...

Formerly an equity partner at Clifford Chance, where he was a part of the German management team and a member of the partner selection group, Rolf Giebeler moved from this...

Dr Sebastian Biedenkopf became the general counsel for corporate giant Bosch in September 2013, having achieved numerous previous successes in a career that has taken him through prestigious law firms...

Leading the legal department in his role as general counsel, Dr Stefan Brügmann provides support to publically-held commercial bank Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) across all of its business ventures. These span...

Now head of the 26-person group legal services function at the €15bn-revenue Merck Group, Dr Stefan Fandel has had a meteoric rise in the organisation since he joined as a...

Since October 2003, Stefan Heinisch has provided outstanding legal support to Hannover Re, the third largest reinsurance group in the world and has a network of subsidiaries, branches and representative...

From his base in Cologne, where Ford of Europe is headquartered, John F. Harris is in charge of the management and execution of all matters related to legal, compliance and...

Operating within a remarkable organisation with a proud heritage, the group general counsel role of Deutsche Lufthansa has recently changed hands, with the highly-respected Dr Michael Niggemann moving to become...

Operating in approximately 50 countries around the world, Bertelsmann is a multinational media, services and education company that has 116,000 employees and generated revenues of €17bn in 2016. Among Bertelsmann’s...

Accruing a revenue figure of over €153bn in 2016, Daimler is one of the world’s largest and most recognised automobile corporations. Particularly known for its luxury Mercedes-Benz brand, the company...

Dr Thomas Riemann heads the legal department of Verband der Vereine Creditreform, which currently has offices in 23 countries and provides an international expert network for credit reporting and debt...

Dr Thomas Söbbing is chief legal specialist at market-leading firm Deutsche Leasing. Over the course of his career, he has held managing and advisory positions within high profile companies such...

Thomas-Gerd Kühn has occupied the role of general counsel and chief compliance officer at chemical and consumer goods company Henkel since 2007. Having started within the Henkel legal department in...

Dr Timm Ebner joined Heraeus in July 2012, and was made head of corporate affairs legal in January 2013; prior to this he was a senior associate with Hengeler Mueller...

With a career rich in experience at some of the world’s most prominent legal and financial institutions, Timo Matthias Spitzer is the current head of legal global corporate banking in...

In his role as vice president legal affairs for Deutsche Telekom, Dr Uli Kühbacher has a range of responsibilities that are connected with monitoring and mitigating issues that have the...

Responsible for founding the legal capital markets department for IKB Deutsche Industriebank in 2001, Ulrich Freitag’s extensive career with the bank started when he joined in 1997 and he has...

Valentina Daiber leads the legal team at Telefónica Germany, a telecoms company with over 25 million customers. Joining Telefónica Germany, then known Viag Interkom, in 1999, she started as an...

With record revenues of €6.4bn in 2016, the B. Braun Group is in fantastic shape going into the future. This state of affairs is due in no small part to...

Responsible for a number of significant transactions in the recent past, Volker Dürschlag is the general counsel for Rewe Group, a German diversified retail and tourism co-operative group based in...

Volker Mansfeld encompasses an extensive career at Altana, a German chemical company, created in 1977 through the spin-off of divisions of the Varta Group. Mansfeld started at Altana as a...

Ludwigshafen headquartered BASF Group is the world’s largest chemical producer and contains a legal department comprised of approximately 190 in-house lawyers. The Group’s legal division is spearhead by Dr Wolfgang...

As general counsel for the highly significant energy management strand of Siemens’ diversified operations, Dr Yves Bock has a team of 33 reporting in to him, a broad set of...