Daniel Porter joined Heller Ehrman in 2008 and practices international trade law.  Mr. Porter is a member of the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Practice Group.

Experience

Mr. Porter’s practice focuses on the variety of U.S. laws that affect the cross-border shipment of goods, including antidumping, countervailing duty, market access (Section 301), escape clause relief (Section 201), customs, and the different U.S. laws imposing economic sanctions.  In addition, his practice has included analysis and advocacy concerning competition law (antitrust) issues.  He is listed as among the leading international trade lawyers in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in international trade: trade remedies & trade policy (2008),  Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in international trade: trade remedies & trade policy (2006-2007), and The Legal 500 U.S.: Volume III (Litigation) in international trade (2007).

Mr. Porter has developed a particular expertise representing the interests of foreign exporters in antidumping and countervailing duty (anti-subsidy) proceedings.  In these trade remedy cases, He has represented clients from a wide variety of industries such as steel products, semiconductors, consumer goods, and agricultural products from diverse economies such as China, Canada, Japan, Korea and Brazil.  Mr. Porter has significant expertise in preparing defenses for International Trade Commission injury proceedings and minimizing the dumping margin in Commerce Department proceedings.

Mr. Porter recently has been active in defending the interests of exporters and importers in the numerous trade cases involving China, which involve different rules and procedures.  Other recent matters include defending U.S. companies in trade remedy proceedings initiated by other countries.

Publications

• "Revocation of Antidumping Orders under the New U.S. Sunset Review Procedures," International Trade Law Journal ("T'ongsang Bupryul") (a Korean language legal publication) and Trade Balance ("Dulpaha") (a Thai language legal publication), 1998 (co-author)   mm.dd.yyyy
• "A Brief Look At Korea’s First WTO Case: DRAMs," International Trade Law Journal ("T’ongsang Bupryul") (a Korean language legal publication), April 1999 (co-author)  mm.dd.yyyy
• "United States New Anti-Circumvention Provision and Its Application by the Commerce Department," Journal of World Trade, June 1990 (co-author)   mm.dd.yyyy
• U.S. Trade Remedies: A Guide for Foreign Businesses, 2006 (co-author, book-length treatise)  mm.dd.yyyy