Daniel J. Plaine is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office.  He has extensive experience in international law, including trade disputes, antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and litigation, and matters involving U.S. Export and ITAR Controls, U.S. foreign  sanctions (OFAC sanctions), U.S. antiboycott regulation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and foreign investment in the United States (CFIUS).  He represents clients in foreign sovereign claims litigation, and in antitrust issues.  He advises both domestic and overseas clients in establishing transnational mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.

Before joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Plaine practiced from 1970 to 1995 with Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C.  He was Chairman of the ABA Business Law Section's Committee on International Business Law and continues as Chair of its International Trade Subcommittee.  He is member of the American Society of International Law and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs.  Mr. Plaine also served as the Partner-in-Charge of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office. 

A 1970 graduate of Yale Law School, Mr. Plaine also received an LL.B. in International Law from Cambridge University in 1967, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Williams College in 1965.