Daniel B. Levine is of counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office.  He advises Chinese and non-Chinese companies in complex outbound and inbound direct investment transactions.  Formerly resident in the firm’s New York office, Mr. Levine has extensive experience with both China-based and non-China-based public and private mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, joint ventures, leveraged buy-outs, going-private transactions, and other transactional matters.  He frequently speaks and writes on trends in Chinese outbound direct investment and strategies for approaching destination country legal and regulatory challenges, including national security reviews in the United States by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).