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Overview Boga & Associates, established in 1994, has emerged as one of the premiere law firms in Albania, earning a reputation for providing unparalleled legal services to its clients. Boga & Associates also operates in Kosovo (Pristine) offering full range of services. The firm maintains its commitment to quality through the skills and determination of a team of attorneys and other professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. The extensive foreign language capabilities of the team ensure that its international clientele have easy access to the expanding Albanian business environment. Boga & Associates represents a broad spectrum of high-profile clients, including financial institutions, airlines, industrial complexes, mining and petroleum concerns, non-profit organizations, embassies, public utilities, commercial companies, and international and governmental agencies. In addition, the firm also features an outstanding litigation practice, representing clients at all levels of Albanian courts. Most importantly, the Legislature has drawn upon the firm’s expertise in the drafting of new laws and regulations. The firm offers its clients all the legal tax and accounting services required to conduct business in Albania. Over the years, the firm has advised in the areas of privatization of national resources and enterprises, concessions, real estate transactions, setting up businesses, credit facilities, and custom and tax issues, all with a keen sensitivity to the rapid changes in the Albanian business environment. Boga & Associates acts as World Bank’s local partner on the yearly publication of Doing Business, which benchmarks Albania’s business regulations. The firm is also an exclusive contributor for Albania to the International Law Office, a global source of analysis and legal developments to lawyers worldwide, and a correspondent of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), which operates on authoritative expertise on cross-border taxation. In 2007 and 2008, Chambers and Partners, an international legal market ranking company, officially ranked Boga & Associates as the best law firm in Albania on Business Law, Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate and as one of the best firms on Intellectual Property. Boga & Associates also ranked first among Albanian law firms on financial and corporate law, according to International Financial Law Review ranking (IFLR 1000 Edition 2008). Besides its commitment to clients’ needs, Boga & Associates is also devoted to charitable activities and has provided pro bono legal services to the Albanian Children’s Foundation, Youth Albanian Parcel Services, American Chamber of Commerce, and the National Olympic Committee, to name but a few. Expertise Legal Business Law Our experts in the Business Law Team provide a comprehensive range of legal services to domestic and international companies on a wide variety of matters, including venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and transformation of companies as well as drafting of commercial agreements, terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services, joint ventures, agency, distribution and cooperation agreements. The Team also advises extensively both domestic and international enterprises on corporate structure and regulation, including company incorporation, shareholders agreements, minority shareholders’ rights, directors’ duties and liabilities, and restructuring of financially distressed companies. Banking and Financial Law The firm’s ongoing activity in this field includes legal advice to lenders and borrowers on a full scale of financing matters, such as syndicated loans, project and asset finance, and new financing products like leasing and factoring. The Team also counsels banks, financial institutions, and investment companies in connection with their activities. The firm’s clients are mainly banks, multinational organizations, international corporations, and financial institutions. Competition Law The Competition Law Team offers comprehensive advice on all issues of competition law relating to mergers and acquisition, concerted practices, joint ventures, and dominant undertakings. The Team also represents clients before the Albanian regulatory authorities. More specifically, the Team advises various international and local clients on antitrust and antidumping issues, assisting them in complying with the respective legal and regulatory framework. Furthermore, the Team provides advice to international institutions, government and legislative bodies on drafting legislation, as well as recommendations regarding amendments to the existing law. Construction Law The Construction Law Team brings to bear a wide range of experience and skills to assist clients with comprehensive legal advice throughout all stages of planning, contract negotiation, design construction, and, if necessary, arbitration or litigation. The firm’s clients are mostly construction firms, as well as public authorities, subcontractors, major equipment suppliers, and the construction materials industry. Employment Law The Employment Law Team advises on all areas of employment law, including hiring and dismissal of employees, severance payments, employment contracts, court claims for unfair dismissal, confidentiality agreements, employee and union consultation, negotiations, collective dismissals, and shareholders disputes in closely held corporations. The Team also deals with social and medical insurance matters, fraud and abuse Telecommunication Law Our expertise in telecommunications is focused predominantly on new entrant operators, acting for mobile and fixed operators (including rural operators and internet services providers), infrastructure builders, and resellers. We have unparalleled experience in managing telecommunications projects, including licensing and regulatory issues, network build, diverse contractual matters, protection of intellectual property rights, investments, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and litigation. Entertainment Law The Entertainment Law Team assists and advises clients in the startup and development of entertainment related ventures, as well as in negotiating contractual and financial agreements. Environmental and Land Use Law The Environmental and Land Use Law Team services businesses, financial institutions, property owners and developers, construction contractors, engineers, and public authorities. More specifically, the Team provides advice on projects in light of the Albanian and European environmental legislation. The Team assists mostly manufacturers, landowners, and real estate developers in achieving environmental compliance. It also undertakes negotiations with public authorities, deals with issues of allocation of liability in cases of environmental legislation breaches, and finally, it effectively handles relevant disputes with public authorities or other involved parties. Energy, Power and Utilities The Energy, Power, and Utilities Team regularly assists national and international companies involved in the energy market, power and utilities sector whether as suppliers, purchasers, traders, lenders, or owners of transmission and distribution networks. Our clients include oil and gas, utility companies, gas and electricity transmission and distribution companies, power generators and suppliers, water companies, contractors, and major energy consumers. Our work in the sector involves advising on the legal aspects of the complete supply chain (upstream and downstream) of crude and refined products, gas, power generation, gas and power transmission and distribution, and water treatment and distribution. Members of our team also have backgrounds in regulatory, contractual, and transactional disciplines, procurement, competition, trade, engineering and construction projects, project finance, trade finance and securitization, property and planning, and dispute resolution. Intellectual Property Law The legal services offered by the Intellectual Property Law Team cover a wide range of activities in the areas of brand and trademark, software, copyright and database, domain names, patent, unfair competition and intellectual property transactions, including all related litigation and opposition of trademark registration, licensing and counseling in brand and secret protection, customs and privacy and publicity. Our trademark lawyers have extensive experience in trademark litigation at the national level. We also act in all areas of unfair competition, which relates to unfair and misleading advertisements including comparative advertising. Litigation The Litigation Team is involved in resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute solution. Our litigation strategy is predicated on a thorough early assessment of the case and a clear risk and commercial analysis. This approach enables us to develop the strategy quickly and effectively to address the problems. The Litigation Team offers services in nearly all forms of trial and appellate civil litigation and has gained extensive experience in the litigation of virtually every type of case involving multiple claims and parties in courts, administrative agencies, and boards. Our professionals handle a full range of commercial, financial, industrial, environmental, tort, and real estate litigation. Notably, the firm has a demonstrated record of success as an arbitrator in international arbitrations. Procurement Law The Procurement Law Team provides comprehensive legal services covering all aspects of public procurement such as regular advice to and representation of contractors in connection with proposal drafting, bid documentation preparation and tendering procedures, procurement disputes, administrative contracts and compliance matters, and dispute resolutions. The Team also has played an active role in the drafting of the national procurement law presently in force. In addition, the Procurement Law Team offers a full spectrum of advice from the initial structuring of the privatization deal, the conducting of negotiations with creditors, governmental agencies and investors, to presenting clients throughout the privatization process, including the drafting and execution of relevant documentation. The firm’s clients are mainly international corporations, financial institutions, and banks. Real Estate Law The Real Estate Law Team delivers services to a wide range of domestic and international clients, including property owners, investors, developers, lenders, insurance companies, governmental and non-governmental agencies and public authorities across a variety of sectors, including infrastructure projects, industrial properties, and expropriation. Its members have sound experience in construction and/or permanent lending transactions, in different aspects of commercial real estate development, in ownership and management arrangements for real estate property and insurance claims, including building, contents, and business interruption claims. TAX Tax Advice The Tax Advice Team offers strategic tax advice and provides effective strategies to reconcile tax problems. The tax services include the development of tax efficient structures for project finance, corporations, new financial instruments, and real estate transactions. The Team also provides ongoing advisory services to corporations on the impact of fiscal changes and represents clients in tax litigation cases before all levels of the Albanian courts. The tax advisers also actively participate in the counseling and drafting of the fiscal legislation. The Team has a wide range of experience in the areas of corporate, partnership, trust, public finance, and individual taxation at all levels. Tax Audit Services Tax audit services are carried out by a group of tax specialists with in-depth knowledge of fiscal legislation. The services are aimed at giving the clients reasonable assurance on the accuracy of the transactions performed under the tax point of view and taking the precautionary measures against tax violation and avoidance of serious consequences. Tax Compliance Our professionals provide comprehensive tax compliance to support clients’ worldwide businesses and their assignees around the world. We help the clients in the review, preparation, and submission of the tax returns for businesses and individuals. Accounting Bookkeeping services Members of the Bookkeeping Team provide a complete and wide range of outsourced bookkeeping and payroll services. The team has an excellent knowledge of both Albanian accounting legislation and International Financial Reporting Standards. The services provided to clients consist in daily bookkeeping, preparation of the statutory financial statements, preparation of the reporting package as required and agreed with the clients and advice regarding the structure, presentation and disclosure of the financial statements, as well as payroll and related services for local staff and expatriates. Accounting advice The Accounting Team offers assistance in the assessment of compliance with the accounting regulations, assistance to clients with accounting issues that affect their daily business activity, and advice on the issues related to the compilation of the financial statements for statutory purposes or for the shareholders, maintaining a high-quality financial reporting structure. Our team helps the clients with meeting new accounting standards, implementing financial and accounting management systems, and reducing inconsistencies between internal and external financial reports etc. Forensic services Our professionals conduct in-depth examination of the company's financial statements using their expertise in accounting, auditing and investigative area The team offers assistance to resolve eventual disputes between shareholders on the financial results, suspected fraud, or negligence. Our professionals work to detect fraud, uncover the full extent of the losses, analyze data and information obtained, and produce reports which can be used as evidence if appropriate. Members GENC BOGA, Managing Partner
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