Corporate and Business Law

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) / Transactions

Honourable Kastriot Frashëri, for many years leader in the Administrative and Business Development Management with a demonstrated history of working in the think tanks industry. As a researcher, publicist and public law advocate with extensive collaboration with erudite and international organizations around the world he has worked to protect the constitutional rights of citizens. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Law, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Taxes, Travel and Tour Operators. Strong administrative affairs professional with a study & Practice focused in Public and Administrative Law from United Kingdom.

Corporate and Business Law

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) / Transactions

Whatever your role in a merger or acquisition of a trade company, our M&A team has the expertise and resources needed to help you to close your transaction. In particular, we can assist you in the following areas:
• Structuring of capitals/transactions
• Legal due diligence
• Drafting and Negotiation of Transaction documentation
• Securing Regulatory Permits, Clearances and Tax rulings
• Organization of signing in open, Mergers and Acquisitions and if closing activity
• Development of integration issues after of mergers & acquisitions

Our M&A specialists offer to you a wide range of last information’s and resources to buyers and sellers in the fields of tax, competition, employment and property law as well as in IT.

We advise a wide range of clients, including quoted, private and foreign-owned companies, financial institutions, equity investors, management teams and entrepreneurs on all aspects of buying and selling or transfer companies and businesses. These often involve a cross-border element, in which case we work closely with the client’s own team or our own network of law firms abroad.

Our experience covers all types of transactions such as:
• Corporate acquisitions & spin-offs
• Auctions
• Succession mergers and demergers
• Group restructuring
• Private equity and venture capital
• Joint ventures and partnering
• Cross-border transactions
• Start-ups (seed and venture transactions)

Corporate Law & Corporate Governance

Our Corporate practices is one of the core areas, which engages Tirana Law Office - Frashëri Law Firm. Our expert of the corporate affairs works closely with all of the other practice groups of our office, such as Intellectual Property /Information Technology, Employment/Pensions, Tax and Compliance, as well as and with collaboration and partnered of our best Notaries.

Our office activities include drafting commercial agreements and performing corporate housekeeping (including share register, commercial register and corporate technical secretariat work) as well as regulatory support. A corporation must adhere to all government requirements, such as submitting annual report to various government agencies and maintaining necessary business licenses. A corporation must adhere to all corporate laws, which require annual shareholder meetings, board of directors’ meetings and minutes of those meetings. Whether a corporation is newly formed or an established one, it is governed by rules, and is responsible for its compliance with regulatory requirements.

Business Lawyer & Manager of Development

The cost of legal corporate housekeeping on an ongoing basis is far less than the expense and stress of playing catch-up in the face of a sudden government assessment.

In appropriate cases, we can take on board memberships on the Corporate Governance, board secretary or external counsel roles.

Our activities include advice regarding:

  • Setup of business entities or branches/PEs (Income attributable to the taxpayer’s foreign branches having a PE outside Albania is or not taxable in Albania)
  • Structuring, financing, restructuring, refinancing of business entities and groups
  • Shareholder agreements, transfers of shares
  • Setup of organizational structures, including internal organizational rules, committee charters that standing committee should address the committee's mission, authority and responsibilities, composition, how and when meetings will be held, and how meeting minutes will be written and approved and (global) policies relating to management transactions, insider trading, authority, data protection, anti-corruption etc.
  • Our M&A specialists offer to you a wide range of last information’s and resources to buyers and sellers in the fields of tax, competition, employment and property law as well as in IT.
  • Disclosure requirements of the Albania Exchange and the Stock Registration Centre (QRA) is the leading Albania stock exchange for the registration and trading of shares, bonds, investment funds, exchange traded funds and exchange traded etc.
  • Shareholders’ meetings of companies: invitations, coordination with share registers, minutes etc.
  • Directors’ and managers’ duties and responsibilities
  • Securing Regulatory Permits, Clearances and Tax rulings
  • Development of integration issues after of mergers & acquisitions
  • Executive employment and termination agreements