Associate whose main practice areas include Corporate Law, Banking Law and Tax Law.
Hoxha, Memi & Hoxha is a prominent law firm in Albania, and routinely acts for domestic and international clients across a broad spectrum of matters, including corporate and commercial work, IP, dispute resolution, and project development issues. The group has a notable track record in advising financial institutions and airlines on operating in the Albanian market; handling trade mark matters and licensing agreements for companies in the technology and telecoms arenas; and acting on energy, oil, and infrastructure projects. On the contentious side, tax disputes are prominent in the group's workload. Shpati Hoxha, Andi Memi, and Eris Hoxha jointly lead the firm, and the trio's combined expertise includes M&A, regulatory issues, transactional matters and litigation.
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Key clients
- Entain Plc
- In Vivo Group
- Credins Bank Sh.a
- Energji Ashta Shpk.
- Vienna Insurance Group AG
- Verbund Hydro Power GmbH
- Verbund Green Power GmbH
- Sigma Sh.a
- Morfo (Safrane Group)
- American Albanian Enterprise Fund (AAEF)
- Budějovický Budvar
- Omnix International
- Cielo Consultancy
- Tirana Bank
- Boiken Shpk
- Starwood
- Pireus Group
- Philips
- Hilti
- Austrian Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Volkswagen
- BMW
- Samsung
- Mogo Finance
- Eni Spa
- Statkraft
- IuteCredit Albania
- Pangea Resourcing Ltd
- Austrian Airlines AG
- Tirana Bank
- Energji Ashta r
- Budějovický Budvar
- Aleat Shpk.
- Banka OTP Albania sh.a.
- Devoll Hydropower Sh.a.
- Verbund
- All Balcans Corporation
- Kaon Media
- Energji sh.p.k.
- Škoda Investment
- Škoda Transportation
- Škoda Electric
- Energji Ashta Shpk.
- EBRD
- Morfo (Safrane Group)
- American Albanian Enterprise Fund (AAEF)
- Devoll Hydropower
- Statkraft
- ENI SPA
- Albstar
- Verbund Green Power
Work highlights
- Acting as co-counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in collaboration with DLA Piper, in relation to advising the Albanian Government on preparing auction procedures for the award of photovoltaic projects for up to 1 GW.
- Assisting Verbund with participating in an auction procedure launched by the Albanian Government for the award of onshore wind projects.
- Assisting Melia Hotels International with entering into hotel management agreements with various hotel owners in Albania.
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Partner whose main practice areas include Commercial & Corporate Law, Antitrust & Trade, IP & IT Law concessions and Energy law. Shpati has also contributed to the drafting of several key business related Albanian laws and regulations such as the business registry law, the company law and the cross-border merger law. He is a Local Partner for the World Bank’s Doing Business project.
Partner whose main practice areas include Commercial & Corporate Law, Banking Law, Insurance Law, Concessions and Energy Law. Andi has been involved in a significant number of transactions ranging from major acquisitions in the financial sector to major energy, concession projects. Andi is a Local Partner for the World Bank’s Doing Business project.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Shpati Hoxha, Andi Memi, Eris Hoxha