BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260414T1812Z-1776190357.8999-EO-747926-1@10.73.0.38 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T141237Z CREATED:20260414T153503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T153503Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T133000 SUMMARY: Navigating Economic Lawfare: Multinational Firms in U.S.–China Com petition DESCRIPTION: Join us for this timely and important lunch talk on how U.S.–C hina economic competition is reshaping the legal and business landscape for multinational firms. We are honored to welcome distinguished speakers with deep expertise in cross-border business and trade law: Mitch Presnick 柏力 a nd Matthew Bock\, Esq. LCB\, who will share practical insights on export [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this timely and important lunc h talk on how U.S.–China economic competition is reshaping the legal and bu siness landscape for multinational firms. We are honored to welcome disting uished speakers with deep expertise in cross-border business and trade law: Mitch Presnick 柏力 and Matthew Bock\, Esq. LCB\, who will share practical i nsights on export controls\, sanctions\, and global supply chain. China Vet eran | Founder of Super 8 Hotels China | Harvard Fairbank Center Mitchell A . Presnick is a founder\, board advisor\, and China veteran with more than three decades of experience operating at the intersection of business\, cap ital markets\, and geopolitics. He is the founder and former Chairman and C EO of Super 8 Hotels China\, which he built into a nationwide chain of more than 1\,100 hotels before exiting to private equity. A Visiting Fellow of Practice at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies from 2023 to 2025 \, Presnick focuses on U.S.–China economic strategy\, industrial policy\, a nd global supply chains. His work examines how companies\, investors\, and policymakers navigate the evolving commercial relationship between the Unit ed States and China. Based in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, he advises boards \, investors\, and founders operating at the intersection of strategy\, cap ital formation\, and geopolitical risk. Matthew Bock Managing Partner\, Boc k Trade Law | Customs & International Trade | Export Controls & Sanctions M atthew Bock is the Managing Partner at Bock Trade Law\, where his practice is dedicated exclusively to customs and international trade law\, import/ex port controls\, and economic sanctions regulatory compliance. His experienc e includes developing and implementing compliance reviews\, audits\, and pr ograms\; conducting export classification exercises\; advising on free trad e and preferential tariff agreements\; making export jurisdiction and licen se determinations\; assisting clients in pursuing sanctions list delistings \; and conducting regulatory compliance due diligence in the context of mer gers\, acquisitions\, and other corporate transactions. Matthew is a licens ed customs broker and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts\, New Yo rk\, Washington\, D.C.\, and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Prior t o founding Bock Trade Law\, he was associated with the Global Trade group a t EY and in private practice with another leading customs and international trade law firm.

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