Profile
Dr. Pohl’s expertise covers corporate, commercial and intellectual property transactions in the high-tech, IT, media and entertainment industries. In particular:
Intellectual Property and Licensing
U.S. and European copyright and trademark law and prosecution.
International patent, technology and other intellectual property license agreements.
Research and development ("R&D") contracts.
Software-as-a-Service agreements.
Corporate Transactions
Mergers and Acquisitions.
Venture Capital financing.
General Corporate law.
Project Finance
Advice on cross-border renewable energy project financing.
Structuring international co-production and co-financing of film productions.
Combining European and U.S. soft money/subsidies.
Commercial Contracts
National and international commercial contracts, in particular in the technology sector.
Supply, sale and purchase contracts, maintenance, manufacturing and other cooperation contracts.
International film and media production, distribution and licensing agreements.
European law
Admitted to practice law in Europe.
Significant experience as attorney (Rechtsanwalt) practicing international corporate and IP law in Berlin, Germany.
Presentations and Publications
"Allocating Risk in Renewable Energy Financing Agreements," presented at the Second Texas Offshore Wind Energy Roundtable (TOWER) Conference sponsored by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse, Houston. TX (October 2011).
Trends in Project Finance in the U.S. – The Example of Financing Solar Energy Plants in California, published in European Private International and Comparative Law Review, Vienna (April 2010).
"Legal Framework for Market Entry for Solar Companies in the U.S.," presentation at the Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt/M. (March 2010).
"Market Entry U.S. – Legal Aspects and Case Study – SMA Solar Technology AG," presentation at the Second Annual German American Energy Conference at the House of German Business in Berlin (March 2010).
Speaker at the Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt, "Legal Framework for Market Entry for Solar Companies in the U.S." (March 26, 2010).
Speaker at the Second Annual German American Energy Conference at the House of German Business in Berlin: "Market Entry U.S. – Legal Aspects and Case Study – SMA Solar Technology AG" (March 23, 2010).
Organizer and speaker at the workshop "Cleantech Investments: Structuring and Financing Alternative Energy Projects" at the German American Lawyer's Association's (DAJV) Annual Conference in Berkeley, California (August 14, 2009).
Software as a Service and Cloud Computing – Issues of Data Security and Privacy Laws in the US and in Europe, presentation and panel discussion at the SIIA Software Summit and CODiE Awards Conference, San Francisco (May 2009).
Speaker at the SIIA Software Summit and CODiE Awards Conference, San Francisco, on "Software as a Service and Cloud Computing – Issues of Data Security and Privacy Laws in the US and in Europe" (May 2009).
Speaker at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Roundtable "Opportunities for Solar Energy in the USA" in Frankfurt, Germany (April 3, 2009).
"Going Global: Essential International Law for Business Transactions," lecturer at the NBI Seminar, San Francisco, California (November 2008).
"Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the US," presentation at the occasion of the Official Visit of the Saxon Minister of State for Environment and Agriculture to California, San Francisco (October 2008).
"International Co-Financing Using Tax Incentives and Soft Moneys from Europe," featured Speaker at Institute for International Film Financing San Francisco Town Hall (July 2008).
Contracts in Advertising – Professional Drafting and Negotiation, handbook, Cornelsen Publishers (2007).
Challenges of Copyright Law in the Digital Age: The German Legislator's Attempt to Find a Solution – Second Basket, commentary, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) World Intellectual Property Report, 07/2006, p 32-34, and BNA World Communications Regulation Report, July 2006, p 31-33.
Deregulation of "New" Telecom Markets in Germany, BNA World Communications Regulation Report, July 2006, p 7-8.
At the Interface to Market Power – The Perpetual Case Microsoft Before the European Court of First Instance, Börsen-Zeitung, Dr Siegmar Pohl, LL .M., Tom Pick, LL .M (May 3, 2006).
Sponsorship in Germany, International Sales and Marketing Practice Manual (March 10, 2005).
New Frontiers, Advertising, Marketing and Branding Law Journal (October/November 2004).
Using Narrow Loopholes – The Permanent Establishment Issue in International Co-Productions, Blickpunkt: Film, Spezial: Film Fonds 2003, October 2003, S 7.
Medienfonds – Quo Vadis? – MultiMedia und Recht, October 2003, 621.
Risk Assessment for the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Organisms – a Comparative Study of the Laws of the United States and Germany, Duncker & Humblot (Schriften zum Technikrecht) Berlin (2002).
The Licensing Regime under German Telecommunications Law: Implementation and Interpretation, Comment, co-author with Karl H. Pilny, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review, Vol. 4 (1997).