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.  Chambers USA 2010 has ranked Mr. Plaine as one of the top International Trade attorneys in the nation.  In 2009, he was also ranked by Washingtonian Magazine in its Top Lawyer list in the field of International Trade.

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

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.