Vince Thompson

About Vince Thompson

An experienced Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer with a progressive track…

Experience

1. Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

   Larson Design Group

   Dec 2019 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Senior business executive responsible for leading all legal efforts for a 50-state architecture, engineering, and construction services firm.• Executive member of COVID-19 Incidence Response Team, Business Transition Team, and Advisor to the Board of Directors.• Operational attorney on all design-bid-build, design-build, multi-prime, and public-private partnership projects.• Responsible for due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, negotiating and drafting indications of interest, letters of intent, and purchase agreements.• Analyzing, drafting, negotiating, and reviewing multi-million-dollar confidentiality, consulting, development, design, intellectual property, licensing, and teaming agreements for architectural, professional engineering, and construction management projects in commercial, community, education, energy, federal, healthcare, light industrial, retail, state & local government, transportation, and water/ wastewater.• Forming and dissolving operational entities in the United States and internationally.• Managing claims against and from clients, owners, partners, subcontractors, suppliers, third parties, and vendors.• Creating mitigation, arbitration, and litigation strategies and managing outside counsel.• Collaborating with corporate service departments and operational groups of company and its affiliates in contractual and legal matters, including bonds, benefits, collections, compliance, corporate governance, EAR, employment, FCPA, insurance, intellectual property, ITAR, labor, leases, policies, real estate, regulatory matters, and workers compensation.• Handling licensing and registration for architectural, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and geotechnical operational entities nationwide and internationally.

Education

• Duquesne University Palumbo Donahue School of Business

  M.B.A.

• Duquesne School of Law

  J.D.

• Juniata College

  B.A.

• Freedom High School

  High School

Skills

• Document Review
• Westlaw
• Environmental Awareness
• Mechanics Liens
• Privacy Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Mediation
• Trials
• Risk Management
• Corporate Finance
• Construction Law
• Securities Regulation
• Contract Management
• Corporate Law
• Research
• Legal Research
• Strategy
• Policy
• Customs Regulations
• Land Use
• Joint Ventures
• Government Contracting
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Environmental Law
• Licensing
• Civil Litigation
• Energy
• Procurement
• Hearings
• Microsoft Office
• Insurance Law
• Employment Law
• Legal Compliance
• Contract Law
• Due Diligence