I would speculate that there have been little to no processes put in place to allow for intelligent and cost-effective collaboration with your legal offshore partner.

Or that as part of a political issue or provincial thinking, a manager would onshore in order to “closely manage” activities.

The fact is that the world is very global and has gotten flatter in the past decade. There should no longer be an issue about collaboration across borders. Frequently, offshoring also provides benefits in terms of agility (ramp up/ramp down), so that you can more exactly match cost/supply to demand.

Feel free to look at my blog on Agile Offshoring … agileoffshoring.blogspot.com or website http://www.neocontext.com.