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Eberhard H. Röhm
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA

Phone: 212.692.1067
Fax: 212.208.2514
Email: ehrohm@duanemorris.com

Eberhard H. Röhm is a native of Munich, Germany, and now lives and practices law in the United States. Mr. Röhm'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. Röhm 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 New York, Illinois and Germany, Mr. Röhm holds German and U.S. law degrees, having graduated from Fordham University School of Law, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Bonn.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities Regulations
• International Law
• Employment Law

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• German Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
  - Co-Chair, International Banking, Securities and Financial Transactions Committee, 1996-present
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  - Committee on International Law, 1979-1982
  - Committee on Comparative Law, 1976-1979
• International Bar Association
• American Council on Germany
• German-American Chamber of Commerce
• American Arbitration Association
• Center for International Legal Studies

Admissions

• Illinois
• New York
• Germany
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• U.S. Tax Court

Education

• Fordham University, J.D., 1976
• Ministry of Justice of Northrhine-Westfalia, State Judicial Exam, 1973
• University of Bonn, Received German law degree, 1968
• University of Heidelberg, Studies leading to German law degree, 1965

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

Board Memberships

• German School of New York
  - Trustee, 1980-1983

Honors and Awards

• "New York Super Lawyer" in Business/Corporate by Law & Politics, 2009

Selected Publications

• 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

• 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