Matthias Artzt

Senior Legal Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG

Dr. Matthias Artzt is an internationally recognized and certified lawyer and senior legal counsel at Deutsche Bank AG. He advises internal clients globally regarding data protection issues as well as complex international outsourcing agreements involving data privacy-related matters and regulations. Matthias is a graduate of the University of Tübingen, Germany, where he obtained his Doctor of Law, and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) at the IAPP. He authored numerous articles on data protection law and is a regular speaker at various national and international conferences, e.g., at the Central Bank of Brazil and the Ecosystems 2030 in Spain. Further, he is a guest lecturer in postgraduate law courses at the University of Brunswick, Canada and the University of Brasilia, Brazil. Matthias has an in-depth knowledge of the GDPR and its interfaces with other cutting-edge technologies, such as Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Metaverse. Matthias is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Blockchain Law (IJBL) as well as the co-editor and co-author of the International Handbook of Blockchain Law and the International Handbook of AI Law, both published by Wolters Kluwer.