International Business

Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 197 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  Thirty-five attorneys were listed this year for the first time, representing a 22 percent increase in the number of Perkins Coie attorneys who appeared in the 2012 edition.

Shanghai (August 18, 2011) – Perkins Coie has announced that its Shanghai office will be relocating in order to accommodate the continued growth of the China practice, effective August 19, 2011. Perkins Coie opened the Shanghai office in 2006 to serve multinational clients conducting business in China as well as clients from China doing business in the United States.

Whether “Corporate Social Responsibility” (CSR) is a new phrase to your company or is something you have observed and worked on for years, these are perilous times indeed for companies with large, complex, global supply chains.

On September 28, 2012, President Barack Obama signed bipartisan legislation extending the EB-5 Regional Center Program for an additional three years.  The new sunset date for the program is September 30, 2015.

Those working in today's in-house law departments or supervising global supply chains and third-party business partners have become sensitive to the significant dangers posed by not complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”).  The well-publicized recent events surrounding Wal-Mart's FCPA woes have only raised already-elevated anxiety levels.

On May 24, 2012, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) introduced legislation into the U.S. Senate that would make the EB-5 Regional Center Program permanent.  Senate Bill 3245 is co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee where it is pending committee action.  Senator Leahy previously secured short-term extensions of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, which is currently set to expire on September 30, 2012.

The Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (2011 Revision) issued by the China National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") went into effect in China on January 30, 2012.

On September 14, 2011, the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement of the House Judiciary Committee, directed by House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), heard testimony from two venture capitalists in favor of Congress enacting the "EB-6 Startup Visa."