An In-House Counsel’s Guide to Preparing an Engineering Firm for a Successful Foreign Project

Beverly Tompkins, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, USA

Cultural and language barriers, trade restrictions, local regulations – these are just a few of the key issues in-house counsel for professional engineering firms should consider when their organizations pursue foreign projects. In this article I explore these topics, based on my experience as in-house counsel for a mid-sized engineering consulting firm that is located in the U.S. and increasingly expanding its international services.