The firm is equally qualified to deal in the international marketplace and is actively involved in the international business community. These qualifications emanate from the extensive worldwide experience firm members have as international business lawyers. Senior firm members have lived and practiced abroad, and all members of the firm have traveled extensively, working in more than sixty countries in furtherance of their clients' business objectives.

Against a background of experience and commitment, Cruver, Robbins & Fu is particularly skilled in the following areas:

RFP, proposal, prime contract, subcontract and purchase order preparation and negotiation, including analysis of underlying project risk issues and the development of risk reduction, elimination and transfer strategies. When appropriate, the firm will provide its clients with all necessary contract documents, subcontracts, purchase orders and attendant forms required for an effective contract administration system.

Construction claims prevention and management. The firm's senior members have decades of experience across the entire contract claims spectrum. Thus, the firm can provide its clients with such services as (i) client-specific claims prevention training (including full-text manuals incorporating a client's standard contract documents), (ii) development of contracts and contract administration systems (including all attendant forms), and (iii) claim preparation (or defense preparation) and related ADR or litigation.

Resolution of "course-of-construction" issues, including (i) disposition of contractor, subcontractor and supplier lien and bond claims, (ii) resolution of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements or in connection with "double-breasted" construction operations, (iii) conduct of EEOC and OSHA proceedings and related litigation, and (iv) handling of unanticipated hazardous materials issues.

Dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on alternative dispute resolution. The firm is in the forefront of trends affecting dispute resolution in the engineering and construction industry, including negotiation of contracts for several of the first large "partnered" private sector projects. All of the firm's senior members are AAA-trained mediators.

Expert witness services. Many of the firm's senior members are experts on such subjects as custom and practice in the engineering and construction industry, interpretation and application of industry-specific contracts and contract language, and the application of project delivery systems. Many of the firm's engagements as experts arise from industry-recognized publications, particularly Wiley Law Publications Project Formbook and its chapter on "Hydrocarbon and Petrochemical Projects", authored by the firm's founder.

Legal services ancillary to major engineering and construction projects overseas, including privatized projects. The firm is particularly adept at carrying out country-specific analyses of legal, tax, financial and operational issues and recommending risk management strategies which best meet a client's needs.

Preparation and negotiation of loan, guarantee, and related project finance documents inherent in multi-source project and export financing, including the development and negotiation of special insurance and risk management arrangements. The firm's experience in this dimension of its project-related practice dates back approximately thirty years to the early programs of COFACE, ECGD, Exim Bank, Hermes and the World Bank. The firm's founder was involved in developing many of the documents and practices still used in connection with projects in the former Soviet Union.

Preparation and negotiation of international contracts for the sale of goods, technology licensing agreements, joint venture agreements, and related documents, especially in connection with large, complex engineering and construction projects.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Export Administration Act (antiboycott regulation) compliance, reporting, administrative proceedings and litigation. The firm has been advising its clients in this area since passage of these acts. This level of activity increased after the American Bar Association published the monograph, Complying With the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, A Guide for U.S. Firms Doing Business in the International Marketplace, authored by the firm's founder.

Formation, purchase and/or sale of engineering and construction businesses,including preparation and negotiation of all necessary corporate and/or purchase/sale documents. The senior members of the firm have been directly involved in a number of the most significant purchases and sales of engineering and construction businesses over the past thirty years. The firm handles both entire transactions and "projects-in-progress" due diligence.