Senior Counsel to the General Counsel (f/m/x)

Position Overview

Details of the role and how it fits into the team

Legal provides legal solutions that protect Deutsche Banks integrity and reputation, manage legal risk, and enable safe, compliant and sustainable business activity. The function partners closely with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology and other control functions to support an integrated Groupwide risk management framework.

The Senior Counsel to the General Counsel supports the Global General Counsel on priority legal, regulatory and governance topics and the steering of highimpact legal matters. The role helps set clear priorities, structures complex issues and translates them into concise, decisionready executive options - enabling sound judgement and pace in senior decisionmaking.

Your key responsibilities

• Close strategic advisory partnership with the Global General Counsel on material legal, regulatory and governance matters

• Costeering, prioritisation and escalation of sensitive and crossjurisdictional legal cases

• Preparation of decision papers, executive briefings, talking points and official positions for the General Counsel and senior management

• Translation of complex regulatory, litigation and crossborder issues into concise, decisionready executive options

• Endtoend ownership of priority topics, structuring ambiguity, driving progress and ensuring disciplined followthrough

• Orchestration of the General Counsels agendas, briefings, and followups across senior committees and governance forums

• Acting as strategic filter and sounding board, determining what requires General Counsel attention, escalation or delegation

• Central interface across Legal leadership, Risk, Compliance and other key control functions to ensure alignment

• Contribution to shaping a highperformance, futureready Legal function

Your skills and experiences

• Outstanding academic background and extensive relevant professional experience as a fully qualified lawyer with experience in banking, financial services, consultancy or toptier law firm environments

• Solid background in banking regulation, litigation, governance, supervisory matters and complex crossborder issues

• Strong analytical capabilities and proven ability to structure ambiguity and synthesise complex topics into executivelevel recommendations

• Excellent drafting and communication skills with a clear, concise and decisionoriented style

• Strong judgement, integrity and confidence in operating with senior stakeholders

• Fluent executive communication skills in German and English

What we offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced
  A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

• Physically thriving
  We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check-ups; vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

• Socially connected
  Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self-confidence and well-being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g parttime, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Financially secure
  We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or Deutschlandticket.

Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and parttime.

In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Martina Fend.

Contact Martina Fend: martina.fend@db.com

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