Global law firm Dentons is pleased to welcome Jan Pohle as a new partner in its Dusseldorf office, effective June 2025, strengthening Dentons’ existing team of data protection, compliance, IP, and technology specialists in the Firm’s four offices in Germany.
With over 20 years of professional experience, Jan Pohle is one of Germany’s leading lawyers in technology and data protection law. He joins Dentons from DLA Piper with Verena Reichstein, who joins as a senior associate. Together, they will significantly expand the firm’s advisory services on complex technology and data-related projects.
Dr. Sascha Grosjean, Office Managing Partner Düsseldorf, comments: “We warmly welcome Jan Pohle to Dusseldorf and look forward to further expanding our office with a highly respected partner who is particularly well connected in the region. We are not only gaining a true expert in technology and data protection law—who will enable us to optimally serve the growing demand of our clients—but also a highly motivated colleague. His arrival underscores our growth strategy for the Düsseldorf office.”
“With Jan Pohle and his team, we are taking our advice on highly topical, pressing issues relating to the digitization of business processes, the data economy and the use of (AI) technologies. We are delighted to welcome such an experienced and renowned colleague to our team,” adds Dr. Stefan Dittmer, Head of Intellectual Property and Technology in Germany.
Jan Pohle supports companies both nationally and internationally in challenging technology-related projects and in all legal matters relating to digitalization, data law, data protection, and cybersecurity. His particular strength lies in supporting strategic digitization projects and developing and implementing complex technology procurement projects. His experience extends in particular to the outsourcing of IT services and business processes.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Jan Pohle is a lecturer in information law at the University of Oldenburg. He publishes regularly in specialist publications and is co-editor of the Berliner Kommentar on the AI Regulation (Erich Schmidt Verlag, publication date 2025); of the standard work Computerrechts-Handbuch (C.H. Beck) and author in the standard commentary by Taeger/Gabel on GDPR - BDSG - TDDDG (R&W).
Chambers Germany 2025 highlights him for information technology, and the JUVE Handbook 2024/2025 often recommends him for IT law, contracts and licenses, transactions and outsourcing, as well as for corporate advice and product advice in insurance law. The Legal 500 Germany 2025 lists him as a “leading name” and recommends him for information technology and digitalization, as well as for information technology: data protection and IT transactions and outsourcing.
Dr. Rebekka Hye-Knudsen, Co-Managing Partner of Dentons in Germany: “We are delighted to welcome Jan Pohle to Dentons. His extensive expertise and experience in technology, data, and privacy law are invaluable to our clients, especially in times of digital transformation.”
Jan Pohle on joining Dentons: “I am very much looking forward to contributing my expertise to Dentons and working with a strong team to master the challenges of the digital transformation for our clients. What excites me about Dentons is the entrepreneurial opportunities and the chance to further advance the firm’s positioning as a young, dynamic challenger brand in the market. I am convinced that with our affinity for technology and Dentons’ leading role in innovation, we can offer our clients relevant and tailor-made solutions at all times.”
Dentons advises clients in Germany, with its more than 250 lawyers at the forefront of the latest legal developments. With the new addition, the Dusseldorf office now has 11 partners and a total of over 30 professionals. Most recently, energy and transaction specialist Dr. Kerstin Henrich joined the Dusseldorf office as a partner in October 2024, and real estate lawyer Alexander Mühleisen was appointed partner at the location in April 2025.
This news story was originally published on the firm’s website.