I am an attorney for a large aerospace company. I provide legal support to our sales force for customers (airlines) based in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. I negotiate sales contracts, contract amendments/close-outs and resolve disputes with customers prior to them becoming litigation.

Recent transactions have included:

More mundane tasks include drafting letters, non-disclosure agreements and giving training on various legal matters. I also teach a class on airliner identification as part of the training we give to new employees in our legal department.

My total amount of travel depends on the deals we have in the pipeline. Last year I spent 12 weeks in Shanghai, 1 week in Haikou and 1 week in Seoul. So far this year I have spent one week in Shanghai. Travel is in paid business class (upgraded to First by me) and hotels are Westins and St. Regis properties. Since the value of the deals we work on are so large, our company has a high tolerance for travel expenses. Since I mostly travel with sales guys, I live quite well on the road, but traveling to low cost of living countries helps that.