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The Complete Lawyer - November/December 2008

Doing Business Internationally

The globalization of the legal industry is changing the skills lawyers need to succeed in practice. Thanks to technology, travel and global business expansion, lawyers increasingly operate in a world of disappearing borders. Today it is common for lawyers in small and large firms to work with clients and agencies in other countries, deal with vendors around the world, and have co-workers or employees from different countries. In this practice environment, lawyers must be culturally competent - to operate effectively with people in other cultures.

This edition of The Complete Lawyer: Doing Business Internationally offers insights from American and foreign lawyers on the do's and don'ts of legal and cultural issues and working with lawyers and clients in other countries. For example:

• In China, You Play By Another Set of Rules
• Mexico: Working with the "Manaρa" Culture
• Notes from Nigeria: Nurture Your Soft Skills
• The Middle East: Business Is Booming

Other articles of note in this edition of TCL:

FIRM & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
• Leadership and Law Firm Success: A Statistical Analysis
• Learn to Live in a Flat World

MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
• Wendell Has a Social Phobia
• Keeping Up with Legal Technology

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PLANNING
• Alternative Investments: Do They Belong in My Portfolio?
• Ensure Sufficient Retirement Income: Part II

EDUCATION, SURVEYS & RESOURCES
• The Reflective Counselor: Daily Meditations for Lawyers

The Local Contributor section of this issue features an article by Edward T. Hayes, special counsel at Leake & Andersson, L.L.P. His article, "Cultural Issues Permeate Business Concerns," focuses on the cultural aspects of business transactions. Enjoy! Click here to get this issue of The Complete Lawyer

Sincerely,

-Elizabeth Erny Foote
President, Louisiana State Bar Association
President
Louisiana State Bar Association

 

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