GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Managing Considerations When Moving Manufacturing Out of China” features Dan Harris. Mr. Harris is Founder & Managing Partner, and Head of China Manufacturing Practice with Harris Sliwoski, a leading international law firm. He writes and speaks extensively on international law with a focus on protecting businesses in their foreign operations and he has had the rare honor of being designated a “Super Lawyer.” He started and operates the China Law Blog, which is regarded as one of the best law blogs on the web today. The ABA Journal named the China Law Blog to its Blawg Hall of Fame (a designation given to the top 20 law blogs of all time). Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, The BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist, CNBC, The New York Times, and many other major media players have looked to him for his perspective on international law issues.
About Interview Guest:
Mr. Dan Harris
Founder & Managing Partner, and Head of China Manufacturing Practice
Harris Sliwoski
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In the 23-minute Audio Interview, Mr. Harris discusses these questions:
• What’s so tough about leaving China? Can’t a company just tell its factory there that it’s done?
• Why do you say this?
• There’s more? What else happens?
• Does the Chinese government allow these sorts of things?
• What should companies do with China after they have essentially gotten out?
About Dan Harris:
Founder & Managing Partner, and Head of China Manufacturing Practice with Harris Sliwoski
Dan Harris is internationally regarded as a leading authority on legal matters related to doing business in emerging markets. Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, The BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist, CNBC, The New York Times, and many other major media players have looked to him for his perspective on international law issues.
Dan writes and speaks extensively on international law with a focus on protecting businesses in their foreign operations and he has had the rare honor of being designated a “Super Lawyer.” Dan started and operates the China Law Blog, which is regarded as one of the best law blogs on the web today. The ABA Journal named the China Law Blog to its Blawg Hall of Fame (a designation given to the top 20 law blogs of all time).
Dan prides himself on his global connections. His indispensable network of top notch lawyers and business leaders around the world helps him stay abreast of the trends and events shaping international law today. Many of his matters have involved novel cross-border issues and a wide spectrum of substantive areas—from contract disputes concerning failed joint ventures to trade secret infringement and economic espionage, to product liability, to IP litigation. Dan is known for testing new theories internationally, including on issues of first impression related to piercing the corporate veil in Chinese and Korean courts, the attorney-client privilege in the context of a China-related matter, the Hague service and evidence conventions, PRC data laws, and the enforcement of US court judgments in China and Chinese court judgments in the United States and in Europe. Dan also has probably handled more cases involving Sinosure than any other attorney in the United States and he is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on Sinosure outside of China.
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Dan also spent part of his youth living in Aix-en-Provence, France and in Istanbul, Turkey and more recently he lived in Madrid, Spain for a year. In his free time, he works out, spends time with his family, enjoys listening to BBC World and Bruce Springsteen, and incessantly traveling the world, often with an eye to improving his Spanish.