Lawyer Monthly Magazine October 2020 Edition

4 WWW.LAWYER MONTHLY.COM | OCT 2020 INSIDE THIS ISSUE contents WORLD REPORT 6. International News 8. Lawyer Moves - Recent Appointments MY LEGAL LIFE 14. António Maria Pimenta Machado, Sarmento 18. Andrew Wlodyka Direction Legal LLP 22. Federica Croce Notary Federica Croce AN INTERVIEW WITH... 26. Scott E. Rahn Trust Litigation: What Does It Entail? SURVIVING COVID 32. How Can Companies Survive COVID-19? By Jaya Harrar 40. How Has The Pandemic Impacted Aspiring Lawyers and Barristers? By Jaya Harrar 46. Commercial Real Estate in a COVID-19 World Craig Braham, Advocate Commercial Real Estate Advisors 52. Managing the Ongoing Financial and Operational Pressures of COVID-19: Top Tips for Law Firms Richard Ollive, Wesleyan 56. COVID-19 and Pandemic Planning: How Should Companies Respond? Rodrigo Alonso Martins, Ripol Alliance Global Wealth Strategies 60. Do Your Contracts and Policies Stand Up to the COVID-19 Test? Amy Cooper, Ius Laboris UK firm Lewis Silkin EXPERT INSIGHT 64. Litigation in the Appellate Courts Aaron Spolin, Spolin Law P.C. 66. Suing and Litigating Against the Government Chris Peterson, Peterson Law Group SPECIAL FEATURES 68. Breaking Down Legal-ese: The Language of Law TRANSACTIONS 70. What’s Happening in the World of M&As and IPOs? 56 Life as a Tax Lawyer António Maria Pimenta 14 COVID-19 and Pandemic Planning: How Should Companies Respond? Rodrigo Alonso Martins