International lawyers who travel a lot take note: Bose’s new QuietComfort 3 headphones are improved with leather padded ear cups and a more compact design. The headphones cut engine roar in flight, and plug into CD, DVD and MP3 players, or airplane chair plugs for inflight movies. Price $349.
I’m blogging from Rio de Janeiro–and that’s pretty great. Even better would be to blog from–and reside in–Rio, as does Vicky Martinez, General Counsel of the Southern Cone Region for Prisma Energy International Inc.
During your next trip, Vicky (a Rio resident for approximately eight years) suggests dining at the Copacabana-area Siri Mole restaurant for delicious Bahian food (Rua Francisco Otaviano 50). People rave about its soft shelled crab, which inspired the restaurant’s name.
If your visit to Rio includes an afternoon (preferably Sunday afternoon), Vicky strongly recommends dining outside at Aprazivel (Rua Aprazivel 62) in the Santa Teresa area to enjoy spectacular views of the Guanabara Bay.
Welcome to the International Lawyer Coach Blog! My goal is to is to share information through this Blog that will make life easier for my fellow international lawyers.
Blog posts share practice tips about ways to enhance your international law practice, develop more clients, travel more efficiently, work smarter, and the like. I will also pass along recommendations from other practicing international lawyers about ways to enhance your practice.
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Please also contribute tips to share with your peers - favorite international business hotels or other travel tips, helpful resources, and the like.
Whether you are an active international lawyer, an aspiring international lawyer, or one who is contemplating transitioning from the practice, we welcome your input!
Heading to Istanbul on business? If so, be sure and stay in one with a high-functioning business center. All of Istanbul’s business hotels are not created equal.
International lawyer William Morris, a partner in the Houston office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP, reports that staying in the Swissotel The Bosphorus (www.istanbul.swissotel.com) makes all the difference. Bill explained, “They ran their business center around the clock for us, brought computers and a photocopier into the conference room for us and supported us like support staff in a major law firm.” Bill even liked the food.
If you stay on for a few days of tourism, Bill recommends the Four Seasons Hotel conveniently located between the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque.
Happy travels.
I remember landing in Bogota minutes before an important meeting. I opened my luggage to retrieve my business clothes and found that they were horribly wrinkled. And there was no time to have them pressed.
Next time, I learned to pack smart and minimize wrinkles.
Hanging garments on individual hangars and covering each one with a separate plastic drycleaning bag really reduced wrinkles. This works especially well with wool and silk items. When you fill your suitcase, lay your garments gently in the bag – don’t crush or tightly fold them.
