About

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, corporate and investment banking spheres. Providing legal support to the bank in the role of general counsel, Günter Hugger is responsible for the dispensation of legal advice connected with all applicable legal practice areas, and has helped facilitate an improvement in the bank’s performance in recent years. Traditionally one of Germany’s most supportive lenders to small and medium enterprises operating in the country, the bank has continued with its provision of loans to these businesses and is recognised in the market for doing so. Commerzbank has also taken steps to grow its retail banking division in the face of its competitors closing branches and pushing up fees, including offering its customers the opportunity to set up free accounts. Hugger is a graduate of Harvard Business School and was highlighted during the research period for his comprehensive legal advice and corporate know-how.