Emma Slatter
General counsel for UK and western Europe
Deutsche Bank
Although Emma Slatter was only appointed GC for UK and Western Europe in May 2010, one banking partner describes her as spearheading a ‘leading in-house team that is at the forefront of innovative transactional support, regulatory-driven initiatives and external counsel management’.
Slatter kicked off a full-scale law firm review shortly after taking on her current role in 2010, something that the bank is known to do regularly, reassessing its legal advisers on a global, jurisdictional and product level.
Law firms used: known panel firms include Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, Simmons & Simmons, Slaughter and May, White & Case
2010-present: General counsel for UK and western Europe, Deutsche Bank
1994-2010: Legal roles at Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank
1988-94: Solicitor, Slaughter and May