Are there best practices for juggling two lawyers from different law firms?
I am now working with two different law firms - one in the US and one overseas. Our goal is to minimize risk here in the US, but also in our biggest market which is in Asia. Is it ok to have the different firms work together to minimize redundancy and make sure that the best possible work is getting done?
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Not only ok, its advisable. I suggest you make one firm the general counsel, and then have the other fill in where necessary. I had a foreign executive client once that I helped with an employment issue with his former Chinese employer. There were some immigration law issues that I needed backstopping on, so we farmed that out to a German immigration lawyer, who charged a fixed fee for the widget of information. I suggest you do something similar with your firms.
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It's not only OK, it's critical. Global businesses are subject to the laws, regulations and business practices of many different countries (and subdivisions). Your business activities in one country can affect your affiliate companies in other countries. We coordinate the work we do for clients in the US with our non-US counterparts (and vice versa). Failing to do so puts a global business at great risk.