Boga & Associates - International Law Office

Work Areas

Accounting Advice, Accounting Services, Arbitration, Banking, Bookkeeping & Payroll Services, Business Law, Company & Commercial, Competition, Concession Law, Construction, Consumer products and retail, Copyright, Employment & Labour, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental Law, Health & Safety, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Land Use, Licensing, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power & Utilities, Privatisation, Procurement, Real Estate, Regulatory Law, Securities, Tax, Tax Advisory & Compliance, Tax Audit Services, Tax Litigation, Telecommunications

Firm Description

Boga & Associates, established in 1994, has emerged as one of the premiere law firms in Albania, earning a reputation for providing the highest quality of legal, tax and accounting services to its clients. Boga & Associates also operates in Kosovo (Pristina) 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 help to ensure that its international clientele have easy access to the expanding Albanian and Kosovo business environment.

The firm provides services to a broad spectrum of regional and local organizations, including private and public companies, partnerships and government agencies as well as not for profit organizations. With its diverse capabilities and experience, the firm services leading clients in most major industries, banks and financial institutions, companies engaged in insurance, construction, energy and utilities, entertainment and media, mining, oil and gas, professional services, real estate, technology, telecommunications, tourism, transport, infrastructure and consumer goods.

The firm has also an outstanding litigation practice, representing clients on all levels of Albanian courts. This same know-how and experience has been drawn upon by the Legislature 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 and Kosovo, effectively. 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.

Contributor to International Publications

Boga & Associates acts as World Bank’s local partner on yearly publication of Doing Business that benchmarks Albanian’s business regulation.

The firm is a contributor for Albania to International Law Office, a global source of analysis and legal developments to lawyers worldwide, and the correspondent for Albania of International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) that operates on authoritative expertise on cross-border taxation.

Boga & Associates is also a contributor to Global Legal Group for publications in relation with the International Comparative Legal Guide to several areas of practice, Getting the Deal Through for the Tax on Inbound Investments, and to IP Media Group for publications in World Trademark Review magazine.

Memberships

Boga & Associates has joined World Services Group (WSG) a global associations of top providers of professional business services, as the exclusive law firm for Albania.

The firm is a member of Meritas, a global alliance of independent, full service law firms distinguished by quality.

Rankings

Chambers and Partners, an international legal market ranking company recognized Boga & Associates as leading law firm for the year 2010 in all practice areas of the ranking for Albania, specifically in the field of Corporate/Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Projects and Real Estate. Boga & Associates is continuously awarded with recognitions by Chambers and Partners since 2007.

Since 2005, according to International Financial Law Review ranking, Boga & Associates is ranked first among Albanian law firms on financial and corporate law.

Corporate Intl Magazine grants to Boga & Associates the Global Legal Award 2010 of the Year in Albania for Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution Advisory, Immigration and Tax Law. The firm is also winner of Real Estate Advisory Excellence in Albania for 2010.

Pro Bono

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.

Lawyer Biographies

Boga, Genc; Elmazaj, Sokol; Emini, Mirjeta; Fani, Blerina Hado, Bers; Leka, Renata; Limaj, Ilir; Marku, Emirjon; Mekaj, Fitore; Pacani, Andi; Rama, Artila; Shtylla, Aida; Skendaj, Jonida; Tauzi, Besa; Topi, Ened; Uruci, Alketa; Velaj, Gerhard;