Deutsche Boerse General Counsel Michael Lappe to Leave, Bettina Kramer-Braun to Succeed

Deutsche Boerse AG announced that the General Counsel Michael Lappe will leave the marketplace organizer at 30 June, and Bettina Kramer-Braun, lawyer and solicitor, will be promoted to succeed him in the role. Michael Lappe has been with Deutsche Boerse since 1 March 2018. Following his departure, he will continue to advise Deutsche Boerse as an independent consultant.

Prior to being the General Counsel of Deutsche Boerse, Lappe served as a Senior Counsel for various international legal consulting firms, having previously spent more than 20 years holding  various mandates as a corporate and M&A partner at Linklaters LLP, with a focus on the financial services industry, among others. 

According to Theodor Weimer, CEO of Deutsche Boerse, Michael Lappe is a brilliant lawyer highly appreciated by all of his colleagues across the Boerse. During his tenure with Deutsche Boerse, he has made a significant contribution to legal risks mitigation and important acquisitions.

Bettina Kramer-Braun will step into her new role at Deutsche Boerse from the British energy company BP on 15 April. She has 20 years of experience in areas of restructuring, change management and strategy, through working as a Counsel Corporate/M&A at Linklaters, as the head of the European Legal Department of BP-Castrol, and as part of BP-Castrol's management team.

Ms. Kramer-Braun's most recent role with BP was as Vice President for strategic cooperation with the automotive industry. In addition, she has been a member of the BP Europa SE supervisory board Since 2019.