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a lot of companies in the maritime
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industry
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are small startups
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or are companies that they’re great on
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handling the engineering side of things
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but may not understand because they’re
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all engineers that there is a legal
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component that they have to contend with
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and do not uh invest in their
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legal side of the business
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so a lot of them
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tend to rely on people like myself
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as their in-house slash general outside
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counsel
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to guide them on
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legal matters that they may be
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unfamiliar with
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i do that for several of my clients
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international clients
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that need assistance within the united
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states on our
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regulatory climate as well as our legal
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and litigation climate
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and that in a nutshell is
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what i do for them as general counsel
Miami, FL admiralty & maritime attorney Michelle Otero Valdés explains what it is to act as an outside general counsel.