Senior Managing Director and General Counsel Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Claudia Junker is Senior Managing Director of the Group for Law & Integrity at Deutsche Telekom including Law, Data Protection and Compliance since 2020. She continues to be the General Counsel of Deutsche Telekom heading the legal department, a position that she took over in November 2010.
Since 2021 she is also active as president of the German Federal Association of Inhouse Lawyers (Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen). Since April 2022 she is the head of the legal committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). She is also the vice-president of the European General Counsel Association and active in the Committee for Economy and Law (Arbeitskreis Wirtschaft und Recht). Since 2012 Dr. Junker teaches at Cologne University. She publishes regularly, e.g. as a co-author of a commentary on corporate law, on the Management Board in a company group (in: “Vorstand der AG” 2020), on the women quota (in: Neue Zeitschrift f. Gesellschaftsrecht 2015) or on the law of inhouse legal counsel (in: Betriebsberater 2016).
Before joining Deutsche Telekom Dr. Junker worked for many years as a lawyer in private practice and specialized on corporate law (including M & A). During that time she often worked for Deutsche Telekom. From 2008 until she started working for Deutsche Telekom she was a partner in an international law firm. Since 2007 Dr. Junker is also a specialized lawyer for commercial and corporate law (Fachanwältin für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht).
She studied law in Germany, Switzerland (Geneva) and the U.S. She holds a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University and an LL.M. from Cornell University.