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10 Deutsche Bank legal leaders
These ten current and former Deutsche Bank legal leaders have held general counsel, head of legal and associate general counsel roles at the bank. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Deutsche Bank from people who have held the role.
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01—10Allison Cambria
LinkedInExperience: Head of Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement -- Americas · Deutsche Bank
Head of Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement -- Americas at Deutsche Bank since 2025. Former Director and Associate General Counsel (2024–2025), Director and Senior Counsel (2021–2024) and Vice President and Senior Counsel (2016–2021) in the bank's Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Group, based in New York.
Chantal Dreher
LinkedInExperience: General Counsel at Deutsche Bank in Switzerland Member of the Executive Board · Deutsche Bank
General Counsel at Deutsche Bank in Switzerland and Member of the Executive Board since 2021. Also Head WM Legal Switzerland, Associate General Counsel at Deutsche Bank (Suisse) SA since 2013, and former Senior Legal Counsel there (2005–2013). Former Senior Lawyer at Python Schifferli Peter & Partners (2000–2005).
Dr. Julia Sommer, LL.M.
LinkedInExperience: Director Associate General Counsel Sanctions Legal Germany & Europe · Deutsche Bank
Director Associate General Counsel Sanctions Legal Germany & Europe at Deutsche Bank since 2025. Former Head of Global Sanctions & Embargoes Regulation and Policy, AFC at Deutsche Bank (2023–2025) and former Head of Financial Sanctions at HypoVereinsbank - UniCredit - Deutschland (2017–2023). Former Compliance Legal, Attorney at Law Syndikusanwältin at Siemens (2012–2017).
Gregory Candela
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director and Associate General Counsel - Head of Legal for the Private Bank in the Americas · Deutsche Bank
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel - Head of Legal for the Private Bank in the Americas at Deutsche Bank since 2018, where the profile describes managing senior legal teams and advising senior management on legal, regulatory and reputational risk. Former Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel - Head of Legal for J.P. Morgan Advisors at JPMorganChase (2005–2018).
Ian R.
LinkedInExperience: Head of Legal DB UK Bank Limited · Deutsche Bank
Head of Legal DB UK Bank Limited and Head of Legal Private Bank UKI at Deutsche Bank since 2022. Former Associate General Counsel and Director (2017–2022), former Senior Counsel and Director Head of Legal Middle East & Africa (2012–2017) and former Senior Counsel and Vice President (2007–2012) at the bank, based in London.
Judith Wittig
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director and Associate General Counsel · Deutsche Bank
Former Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at Deutsche Bank (2020–2026) and former Director und Associate General Counsel there (1999–2020), based in Frankfurt and listed in the Legal department at Director level. Judith Wittig has worked as a freelance Juristin, Autorin, Herausgeberin und Referentin since 2025.
Kelli Stenstrom
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Legal eDiscovery, Director & Associate General Counsel · Deutsche Bank
Global Head of Legal eDiscovery, Director & Associate General Counsel at Deutsche Bank since 2014, based in New York. Former Director and Senior Counsel (2007–2014) and Vice President and Counsel (2004–2007) in Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement at Deutsche Bank, and former Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (1999–2004).
Luke B.
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Capital Markets and M&A Legal, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel · Deutsche Bank
Global Head of Capital Markets and M&A Legal, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at Deutsche Bank since 2024, and Co-Head of Global Lending Practice Group since 2016. Former Co-Head of Financing, Lending & Capital Markets Legal (2021–2024) and former Head of EMEA Leveraged Finance & Debt Products Legal, Managing Director (2016–2021) at the bank.
Rebecca Burton
LinkedInExperience: Director and Associate General Counsel · Deutsche Bank
Director and Associate General Counsel at Deutsche Bank since 2024, in the Legal department at Director level. Former Director and Senior Counsel (2020–2024) and Senior Counsel (2015–2020) at Deutsche Bank, and former Senior Associate at Clifford Chance (2011–2015).
Wan Yi H.
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel - APAC & MEA Sanctions (Director) · Deutsche Bank
Associate General Counsel - APAC & MEA Sanctions (Director) at Deutsche Bank since 2025, based in Singapore. The profile lists this role in the Legal department at Director level. It is the only work role shown in the listing, which places Wan Yi H. in the bank's sanctions legal team for the APAC and MEA regions.
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- 02How do in-house lawyers at a global bank keep up with sanctions rules that change across jurisdictions?
- 03What does a head of litigation at a bank spend most of their time on with regulators and outside counsel?
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