Norddeutsche Landesbank

Norddeutsche Landesbank

Type	Aktiengesellschaft
Industry	Banking
Founded	July 1, 1970
Headquarters	Hanover, Germany
Key people	Gunter Dunkel (Interim CEO) Hartmut Möllring (Pres. of supervisory board)
Products	Financial services
Total assets	€ 244 billion (2008)
Employees	6,257 (2008)
Website	www.nordlb.de

The Norddeutsche Landesbank (abbreviated Nord/LB) is a German landesbank and one of the largest commercial banks in Germany. It is a public corporation owned by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt with its head office in Hanover and branches in Braunschweig and Magdeburg.

NORD/LB head office in Hanover designed by Behnisch Architekten

Nord/LB was established in 1765 as Braunschweigische Staatsbank. The main areas of specialization of NordLB are investment banking, agricultural and real estate banking, corporate finance, ship and aircraft financing and private banking. NordLB maintains branch offices in all major financial and trading centers, including London, Singapore and New York City.

Its Central and Northern European operations in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are carried out in a joint venture with the Norwegian bank DnB NOR into the DnB NORD.

Nord/LB is Germany's largest bank for national and international bond issues.

External links

• • NORD/LB New York

  Coordinates: 52°22′3″N 9°44′29″E / 52.3675°N 9.74139°E / 52.3675; 9.74139