Our roots go back to 2001 when our Managing Partner, Mrs. Krenare Muja (Sheqeraku), opened her law practice office in Tirana, Albania. Krenare’s son Eno joined her in 2014, and the other son Adi entered the practice in 2019.
What started in Tirana as a small, family-run law office has grown and flourished in the community for the last 20 years. The office consists of various respected and talented lawyers who possess outstanding educational and community service backgrounds and have a wealth of experience in representing a diverse client base in various areas of the law.
The office is full-service and advises clients on all areas of civil, commercial and administrative law. With significant industry expertise, we strive to provide our clients with practical business driven advice that is clear and straight to the point, constantly up to date, not only with the frequent legislative changes in Albania, but also with the developments of international legal practice and domestic case law. The office additionally delivers services to clients in major industries, banks and financial institutions, as well as to 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.
In our law office, we also like to help our clients with intermediary services, as an alternative dispute resolution method to their problems.
While we have grown over the past 20 years and become recognized as one of Albania’s leading law offices, we are grounded in the essence of “who” we are and “where” we started. We understand the importance of family, hard-work, and dedication. Our focus remains to work hard for the success of our clients and to provide excellence in legal service.
Our office 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 and collective dismissals.
Our office provides legal advice to property owners, investors, developers, lenders, insurance companies, governmental and non-governmental agencies and public authorities – across a variety of matters, including infrastructure projects, industrial properties and expropriation.
We also offer legal advice in lending transactions, commercial real estate development, ownership and management arrangements for real estate property and insurance claims including building, contents and business interruption claims.
Our office is involved in resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation.
The office handles various litigation cases in areas of banking, telecommunications, intellectual property, property, tax, employment, construction, transport, real estate, commercial, etc. and is highly successful.
Litigation strategy is developed based on an early assessment of the case and an analysis of the commercial risks involved. We help with nearly every kind of civil litigation at any level, and possess extensive experience in complex appeal cases involving many claims and parties.
Our office covers a wide range of services in the areas of branding and trademark, software, copyright and database, domain names, patent, unfair competition and intellectual property transactions, such as trademark co-existence agreements, exclusive/non-exclusive agreements, distribution agreements, franchising, parallel imports, etc.
The office provides coverage to all related litigation and opposition matters and licensing, and advises in the protection of branding and business secrets, customs and unfair imports, privacy and publicity.
Additionally, our office covers all areas of unfair competition law, which relates to unfair and misleading advertisements including comparative advertising.
Our office provides a wide range of legal services to domestic and international companies on various matters including venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and restructurings of companies. Additionally, our office carries out legal due diligence and drafts commercial agreements, including terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services, and those related to joint ventures, agency, distribution and cooperation.
The office advises both domestic and international enterprises on corporate structures and regulation, including company incorporation, shareholders agreements, minority shareholders’ rights, directors’ duties and liabilities, and the restructuring of financially distressed companies.
Our office provides the necessary guidance and the perspective you need to make effective decisions regarding your future, your children, and your assets. We work closely with our clients to develop a strategy that is specifically curated to accomplish their goals in the best possible way.
The office possesses the necessary legal expertise in the preparation of complicated financial and child related proceedings, and separation.
We understand how difficult the reality of our clients’ circumstances can be, and are committed to serving and supporting them every step of the way.
Our office offers pragmatic legal advice to clients on substantially all matters (alimentary and/or non-alimentary) covering consumer protection and product safety, including but not limited to compliance with relevant legislation, trading and advertisement practices, including misleading and aggressive practices, warranties, product assurances, and product malfunctions including recall procedures, food quality and safety.
