Eberhard H. Röhm

is a native of Munich, Germany, and now lives and practices law in the United States. Mr. ROhm's practice is focused on international transactional matters with Germany and other European Union countries. He oversees and handles corporate and real estate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, securities offerings for clients in the automotive, machinery, banking and finance, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, computer software, energy, real estate development and management, commercial and industrial construction, and entertainment industries and for foreign governments. He was in charge of the U.S. legal practice of the Ernst & Young global legal network. He serves as an international arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce.

The current co-chair of the Committee on International Banking, Securities and Financial Transactions of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association, Mr. ROhm is active in other bar associations as well as the Practising Law Institute, the American Council on Germany, the German-American Law Association, the German-American Chamber of Commerce and the Center for International Legal Studies, among others. In addition to being the author of international financial reporting standards and German securities regulations, he speaks at legal seminars, most recently in Mexico City, Frankfurt and Tokyo about the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for foreign executives and in New York on attorney-client privilege and on the convergence of international stock exchanges. He is fluent in German and French and can read Italian, Spanish and Russian.

Admitted to practice in California (Foreign Legal Consultant), Illinois, New York, and Germany, Mr. ROhm holds German and U.S. law degrees, having graduated from Fordham University School of Law, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Bonn.

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
•Arent Fox LLP
- Partner, 2005-2007
•Donahue & Partners LLP
- Managing Partner, 2001-2005
•Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
- Partner, 1989-2001
•Rohm International, PC
- Managing Partner 1975-1989

Honors and Awards

•Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2006, 2009 and 2010
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Memberships

•German School of New York
- Co-Founder and Trustee, 1980-1983
•German American San Diego Foundation
- 2012-present
•California Western School of Law
- 2013-present

•German School of New York
- Co-Founder and Trustee, 1980-1983
•German American San Diego Foundation
- 2012-present
•California Western School of Law
- 2013-present

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Co-author, U.S. Financial Reform: Creation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Duane Morris Alert, August 24, 2010
•Carole Basri, Corporate Compliance Practice Guide, Chapter on Consultants and Outside Counsel, 2009
•Carole Basri, International Corporate Practice, Chapter on International Financial Reporting Standards, 2008
•Bloomenthal /Wolff, International Capital Markets and Securities Regulations, Chapter on German Securities Regulations, 2006
• Choice of Law in International Distribution Contracts, New York International Law Review, 1998 (Vol. 10)
• Das amerikanische Gesellschaftsrecht, (IWB), 1996
• Das amerikanische Arbeitsrecht, (IWB), 1996
• Corporate Environmental Liability in the United States, Campbell, Approaching 2000: The Corporation in Transition (Kluwer), 1994

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Presenter, Living and Working in the U.S. German American Business Association (GABA), February 25, 2016
•Panel Chair, Establishing Businesses/Investments in the U.S., Joint Meeting of the N.Y. State Bar Association International Section and the Union Internationale des Avocats, New York City, September 13, 2010
•Panel Moderator, International Matters, Practising Law Institute's Global Financial Issues 2010: Preparing for the Future, New York City, August 4, 2010
•Panelist, Compliance Symposium: Ethics in Financial Services, Data Privacy, Anti-Money Laundering and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 2010 New York Venture Summit, June 17, 2010
•Moderator, The Growth of and Challenges for International and Domestic Microfinance, New York State Bar Association International Section's International Microfinance Symposium, New York City, April 20, 2010
•Organizer, Current Issues for U.S. Corporations Doing Business in Europe and Asia, Duane Morris Seminar, New York City, March 24, 2010
•Co-chair, Fair Dealing Investment Guidelines on Selling Investment Products to Individual Investors, New York State Bar Association's International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting, Singapore, October 27, 2009
•Panelist, International Matters, The Global Financial Crisis 2009: Preparing for the Future, Practising Law Institute seminar, New York City, August 5, 2009
•Co-chair, Converging Securities Market Regulation and Consolidation of Securities Exchanges, New York State Bar Association's International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, September 18, 2008
•Speaker, The Global Subprime Crisis: Issues You Need to Know, Conference, Practising Law Institute event, New York City, July 7, 2008
•Co-chair, Islamic Finance Law panel discussion, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Bar Association, May 16, 2008
•Speaker, International Corporate Practice - Ethical and Legal Considerations conference, Practising Law Institute event, Penn Club, New York City, January 31, 2008
• Threshold Issues in Setting Up a Business in the U.S., Arent Fox Webinar, December 1, 2006