Whilst Head of M & A at Hunnebeck GMBH in Germany, Richard was the General Counsel for Harsco Corp in Europe, he helped me develop an M & A strategy and negotiate all types of legal issues associated with purchasing and managing large formwork businesses in Eastern Europe (Latvia and Romania, and France and Germany in particular ) where labor, HSSE and tax issues required careful governance and empathy to deliver and implement seamless compliance policies and FCPA objectives to US Leadership.