Celia Joseph and
William Wright drafted "Lawyers Confront The Challenges Of
Managing Global Workforces," which was published in Corporate
Counsel.
No longer is the global market reserved for large-scale
multinational corporations with thousands of employees. Even
companies with fewer than 1,000 or 500 employees are expanding
globally, the duo wrote.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, exports by small and
medium-size businesses totaled $440.1 billion in 2011, which
represents 33 percent of total U.S. exports. These companies are
creating sales teams in countries such as Brazil, Australia, China
and Mexico.
With these obligations, corporate counsel have an enormous
responsibility to navigate complicated and often voluminous
international legislation, they explained.
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