Episode 29 – Alberto Predieri (Italy)

In Episode #29, we are joined by Alberto Predieri, an Italian attorney and partner at de Bedin & Lee studio legale associato. We discuss:

• Alberto’s fascinating career track, from Olympic sailor to international business attorney.
• The impact of COVID-19 on Italy and especially Lombardy, with Alberto’s first-hand perspective.
• What a typical day looks like for a lawyer in Milan.
• The importance of understanding different cultural perspectives.
• Why a business lawyer working in a Continental jurisdiction might envy his or her common-law counterparts.
• The genesis of Alberto’s Milan law firm’s partnership with Hong Kong’s de Bedin & Lee.
• AC Milan or Inter? (Spoiler: It’s Juve for Alberto.)
• Reading, listening, and watching recommendations from:
  • Alberto
    • Fauda (Netflix) … GLB’s first repeat recommendation!
    • Enquanto Salazar dormia (Portuguese) , by Domingos Amaral
  • Jonathan – “Greece ‘sets up soundwave guns on its borders with Turkey to stop illegal migrants'”, by Sophie Tanno (Daily Mail)
  • Fred – Return to the caves of Shan-Gan-Ning border, by Koo Lap (Apple Daily)

We’ll see you next week when we sit down with Sonia Gumpert, managing partner at Monereo Meyer Abogados, to talk about Spain.