Jacob Harding
Local Partner
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Jacob focuses his practice on cross-border matters involving the intersection between the United States, Europe, and China, offering practical insights into the legal, regulatory, and commercial challenges for multinational companies doing business in Asia and the West.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
- Advised energy project on the scope of Commerce circumvention inquiry into potential expansion of countervailing and anti-dumping duties to solar modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Advised on compliance measures to address issues with Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act.
- Represented a U.S.-listed company to conduct an internal investigation in response to shareholder demands and advise on subsequent steps.
- Represented U.S.-listed company to develop its compliance program related to China’s Personal Information Protection Law.
- Represented a European multinational company in a multijurisdictional dispute with its China distributor involving arbitration and litigation in China and Hong Kong.
- Represented a multinational pharmaceutical company in an internal investigation in China related to a potential conflict of interest in transactions of senior management.
- Represented a U.S.-listed Chinese company in its international data compliance review and remediation.
- Represented a multinational auto-parts company in its internal investigation of whistleblower complaints related to local employee relationships with vendors.
- Represented a multinational technology company in an anti-bribery investigation by the Chinese government.
- Represented a multinational medical-device company in its internal investigation of misconduct by senior management and related potential tax-compliance issues.
- Represented a U.S. manufacturer of steel products in a Chinese-government anti-money laundering investigation.
- Represented a Chinese multinational company in restructuring its organization for new investment.