Dan Harris أحد الأعضاء المؤسسين لمكتب المحاماة الدولي Harris Sliwoski»، حيث يمثل في الغالب الشركات التي تمارس أنشطتها التجارية في بلدان الأسواق الناشئة. ويقضي معظم وقته في مساعدة الشركات الأمريكية والأوروبية على التعامل مع الأسواق الأجنبية، وذلك من خلال التعاون مع المحامين الدوليين في مكتبه في تأسيس الشركات في الخارج (الشركات المملوكة بالكامل للأجانب، والشركات التابعة، والمكاتب التمثيلية، والمشاريع المشتركة)، وصياغة العقود الدولية، وحماية حقوق الملكية الفكرية، والإشراف على عمليات الاندماج والاستحواذ.
بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يكتب دان ويتحدث كثيرًا عن القانون الدولي، مع التركيز على حماية الشركات الأجنبية في عملياتها الخارجية. كما أنه مدون غزير الإنتاج وله قاعدة جماهيرية واسعة، حيث يشارك في كتابة مدونة China Law Blog" الحائزة على جوائز.
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Can You Subpoena a Chinese Company? What You Need to Know About China Discovery In cross-border litigation involving mainland China-based defendants, U.S. litigation lawyers often mistake the ability to issue a subpoena for the ability to enforce it. A subpoena backed by a U.S. court carries real consequences inside the United States, but it has
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