About

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 Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Banco Santander from his base in the German financial hub of Frankfurt. Spitzer’s role has a broad scope, and on a day-to-day basis involves management of the legal aspects of a number of important cross border transactions, all of these relating to the Spanish bank’s corporate and investment banking portfolio in the aforementioned countries. A bright and adaptable lawyer, Spitzer came to Banco Santander after previous secondee roles at Citibank and Uncredit in London and Munich respectively. He acquired the foundation of his legal knowledge at a variety of international law firms and is a graduate of the BPP Law School in London to compliment his other outstanding credentials.