Choosing the Location for Your International Business
Common factors used for choosing a location for an international business.
Dan Harris is a founding member of Harris Sliwoski, an international law firm where he mostly represents companies doing business in emerging market countries. Most of his time is spent helping American and European companies navigate foreign countries by working with the international lawyers at his firm in setting up companies overseas (WFOEs, Subsidiaries, Rep Offices and Joint Ventures), drafting international contracts, protecting IP, and overseeing M&A transactions.
In addition, Dan writes and speaks extensively on international law, with a focus on protecting foreign businesses in their overseas operations. He is also a prolific and widely-followed blogger, writing as the co-author of the award-winning China Law Blog.
How to Succeed in Doing Business in China: The New Paradigm is the Old Paradigm
How to Succeed in Doing Business in China and with China. The New Paradigm is the Old Paradigm.
Harris Sliwoski International Law and Business on the Net
Where to find Harris Sliwoski and China Law Blog and the Global Law and Business Podcast on the Internet and on Social Media.
Foreign Country Distribution Agreements: The Ten Questions to Ask
Foreign Country Distribution Agreements: The Ten Questions to Ask.
China Contract Jurisdiction and Being Too Clever By Half
How to choose the right jurisdiction for your international contract.
Who Owns “Your” Overseas Factory and Why it Really Matters
At least once a month someone will tell us they do not need a China-centric contract with their China-based manufacturer because their China-based manufacturer is owned by an American or a European company. To which I always say, “no it isn’t.” Here’s the deal. No American or European or Australian company (or any other non-Chinese
Protecting Your Molds and Tooling When Manufacturing Overseas
How to protect your molds and tooling when manufacturing overseas
China Manufacturing Alternatives and Near-Shoring: Mexico, Poland, and Turkey
The big manufacturing trend is nearshoring and that means moving your manufacturing to Mexico/Latin America for U.S. product sales or to Poland or Turkey for Europe product sales.
Repeat After Me: Trade Relations Between the United States and China Will Only Get Worse
How and why to move your manufacturing from China and where to move it.