Nixon Peabody LLP

  • People
  • Capabilities
  • Insights
  • About

Trending Topics

    • People
    • Capabilities
    • Insights
    • About
    • Locations
    • Events
    • Careers
    • Alumni

    Practices

    View All

    • Affordable Housing
    • Community Development Finance
    • Corporate & Finance
    • Cybersecurity & Privacy
    • Environmental
    • Franchising & Distribution
    • Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
    • Healthcare
    • Intellectual Property
    • International Services
    • Labor & Employment
    • Litigation
    • Private Wealth & Advisory
    • Project Finance
    • Public Finance
    • Real Estate
    • Regulatory & Government Relations

    Industries

    View All

    • Cannabis
    • Consumer
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Healthcare
    • Higher Education
    • Infrastructure
    • Manufacturing
    • Non Profit
    • Real Estate
    • Technology

    Value-Added Services

    View All

    • Alternative Fee Arrangements

      Developing innovative pricing structures and alternative fee agreement models that deliver additional value for our clients.

    • Continuing Education

      Advancing professional knowledge and offering credits for attorneys, staff and other professionals.

    • Crisis Advisory

      Helping clients respond correctly when a crisis occurs.

    • DEI Strategic Services

      Providing our clients with legal, strategic, and practical advice to make transformational changes in their organizations.

    • eDiscovery

      Leveraging law and technology to deliver sound solutions.

    • Global Services

      Delivering seamless service through partnerships across the globe.

    • Innovation

      Leveraging leading-edge technology to guide change and create seamless, collaborative experiences for clients and attorneys.

    • IPED

      Industry-leading conferences focused on affordable housing, tax credits, and more.

    • Legal Project Management

      Providing actionable information to support strategic decision-making.

    • Legally Green

      Teaming with clients to advance sustainable projects, mitigate the effects of climate change, and protect our planet.

    • Nixon Peabody Trust Company

      Offering a range of investment management and fiduciary services.

    • NP Capital Connector

      Bringing together companies and investors for tomorrow’s new deals.

    • NP Second Opinion

      Offering fresh insights on cases that are delayed, over budget, or off-target from the desired resolution.

    • NP Trial

      Courtroom-ready lawyers who can resolve disputes early on clients’ terms or prevail at trial before a judge or jury.

    • Social Impact

      Creating positive impact in our communities through increasing equity, access, and opportunity.

    1. Home
    2. People
    3. Jeffrey M. PohlPeople
    1. Home
    2. People
    3. Jeffrey M. PohlPeople

    Jeffrey M. Pohl

    Counsel


    • Albany
    • Office518.427.2741
    • jpohl@nixonpeabody.com

    I'm a 2023 Nixon Peabody Pro Bono Champion.Read more about our Pro Bono program

    • Download vCard
    • Share
    • LinkedIn Profile

    Introduction

    Jeffrey Pohl is an attorney in Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance and Public Finance group who works with state and local issuers on a variety of public finance projects serving as bond counsel, counsel to the underwriters, and other purchasers of municipal obligations. He also advises on matters relating to state and local finance, procurement, and municipal law.

    Practice Areas

    Public FinanceCampus Infrastructure & Community DevelopmentCorporate & FinanceProject FinanceCommunity Development Finance

    Industries

    Higher Education

    My focus

    I have worked on bond issuances for New York State issuers, such as the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), the Empire State Development Corporation, and the Environmental Facilities Corporations, and for local development corporations. These issuances include financings for the State of New York, 501(c)(3) organizations and local infrastructure projects. Included among these financings were bonds issued to finance projects using New York’s Property Assessed Clean Energy statute and financings structured as public private partnerships.

    I advise public authorities on the development of policies and procedures pertaining to corporate governance, procurement, and the financing process (including the preparation of standard financing documents). Most recently, I advised a local public benefit corporation in connection with its first design-build procurement.

    Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, I served as general counsel to DASNY, where I worked on financings for the state, hospitals, colleges, universities, and local governmental entities and drafted legislation for new financing programs. I advised DASNY regarding workouts involving financially distressed entities for which DASNY had issued tax-exempt debt. I was also involved in the provision of legal services relating to DASNY’s other operations, including procurement, litigation, construction, contract matters, and asset management. I also previously served as deputy counsel to the State Comptroller of New York, where I advised on matters pertaining to state and local finance, municipal law, and procurement.

    Looking ahead

    One challenge is assisting state and local governments in financing needed infrastructure without further burdening their limited financial resources. Another is helping not-for-profit and governmental entities develop affordable financing alternatives for deep energy efficiency and clean energy projects that will benefit the entity and assist the State in meeting its goals under the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

    Representative experience

    • “Sustainable Project Finance and Development Opportunities for Higher Education,” DASNY Virtual Roundtable, 2020. (Presenter/panelist)
    • “Restructuring, Workouts and Bankruptcy,” Bond Buyer's 3rd Annual Healthcare, Higher Education, and Cultural Institution Super Conference, 2011. (Presenter/panelist)
    • “Legal Services Procurement Opportunities in the State of New York,” Governor David A. Paterson’s E.O. 10 MWBE Task Force, 2009. (Presenter/panelist)

    Admitted to practice

    New York

    Education

    Albany Law School of Union University, J.D.
    Franklin and Marshall College, A.B.

    Pro bono services

    • Member of the Housing Project Board—a nonprofit affiliate of Equinox, which is a charitable organization in Albany, NY
    • Advisor to a not-for-profit corporation that seeks to preserve a lake in the Adirondack Park

    In the News

    • Bond Buyer

      New York State Thruway Authority sets $2.2 billion sale of PIT bonds

      This article on the New York State Thruway Authority’s planned sale of $2.2 billion of personal income tax bonds mentions NP as co-bond counsel. The NP team advising on the bond sale includes New York City partners Chris Reitzel and Adam Gordon, counsel Abbie Olsen, and associates Georgia Sackey and Kate Stack; Rochester partner Barry Carrigan; Washington, DC partners Bruce Serchuk and Joel Swearingen; and Albany counsel Jeff Pohl, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance practice.
      July 11, 2022
    • The Bond Buyer

      DASNY sells over $2.5B of PIT bonds; munis unchanged in face of large supply

      This article on the state of the municipal bond market covers the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York’s sale of almost $2.5 billion of personal income tax receipt bonds. The firm is mentioned as bond counsel for the work by New York partners Chris Reitzel and Virginia Wong, and associates Adam Gordon and Kate Stack; Albany counsel Jeff Pohl; and Washington, D.C. partner Bruce Serchuk and associate Joel Swearingen, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance group.
      Oct 8, 2020
    • The Bond Buyer

      Nixon Peabody boosts infrastructure reach through Squire Patton Boggs hires

      This feature highlights the arrivals of New York City partner Chris Reitzel and Albany counsel Jeff Pohl to Nixon Peabody’s growing Project Finance and Public Finance practice group.
      June 11, 2019
    • Reuters Legal

      Career Tracker Lawyers on the Move

      The recent additions of New York partner Chris Reitzel  and Albany counsel Jeff Pohl to Nixon Peabody’s Project Finance & Public Finance team are highlighted in Reuters Legal’s Career Tracker column.
      April 15, 2019
    • The Deal

      Movers & Shakers

      The additions of New York City partner Chris Reitzel and Albany counsel Jeff Pohl to Nixon Peabody’s growing Project Finance and Public Finance practice group are highlighted in this article.
      April 8, 2019
    • Project Finance International

      Nixon Peabody hires two from Squire

      The additions of New York City partner Christopher Reitzel and Albany counsel Jeffrey Pohl to Nixon Peabody’s growing Project Finance and Public Finance practice group are highlighted in this
      April 4, 2019

    Professionals in the Practice Area

    View All
    • Virginia Wong

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Project Finance and Public Finance
      • New York
      • Office:212.940.3028
      • vwong@nixonpeabody.com
      Virginia Wong
    • Julie K. Seymour

      Partner / Strategic Impact Partner
      • Chicago
      • Office:312.977.4353
      • jkseymour@nixonpeabody.com
      Julie K. Seymour
    • Daniel M. Deaton

      Partner
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6050
      • ddeaton@nixonpeabody.com
      Daniel M. Deaton
    • Scott R. Singer

      Partner
      • New York
      • Office:212.940.3182
        Mobile:917.886.5967
      • ssinger@nixonpeabody.com
      Scott R. Singer
    • Mitchell Rapaport

      Partner
      • Washington DC
      • Office:202.585.8305
        Mobile:202.288.4005
      • mrapaport@nixonpeabody.com
      Mitchell Rapaport
    View All

    Subscribe to stay informed of the latest legal news, alerts, and business trends.Subscribe

    • People
    • Capabilities
    • Insights
    • About
    • Locations
    • Events
    • Careers
    • Alumni
    • © 2023 Nixon Peabody. All rights reserved
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Statement of Client Rights
    • Supplier Diversity Program
    • Nixon Peabody International LLC
    • PAL