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Legalbrief   |   your legal news hub Wednesday 10 June 2026

German bank accuses female bankers of smear campaign

German bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is fighting a sex discrimination lawsuit brought be six former high-level women bankers.

The Times reports Dresdner applied for the dismissal of the case of Katherine Smith, a London-based banker. Dresdner claimed that she should bring her case separately under British law. The bank also asked the court to excise ‘scandalous and mean-spirited’ allegations about visits to strip clubs and an open affair by a former CE. Dresdner said that these claims were irrelevant. Dresdner said the women were using smear tactics and media to tarnish the bank’s reputation. Full report in The Times