February

After having opened its first FLI offices through the association of top-ranked Brazilian law firm Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Advogados (CBSG) in December last year, under the auspice of CBSG FLI just hosted in Sao Paolo a mini-conference on Friday (March 5th., 2010) with prospective partners from renowned law firms in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru and Chile (Chile could not attend due to the devastating impact of the recent earthquake). 

During the meetings FLI Principal, Orlando Casares, discussed the importance for mid-tier, top firms such as those in attendance to be part of a global network which could introduce them to prospective multinational clients as well as enable them to assist their existing clients with cross-border support which is becoming more and more the expectation from clients.

Following the conference, the prospective law firms will undergo Executive Management further evaluation and invitations to join FLI will follow on an individual basis.
 

FLI successfully secures the renewal of an Investors' Visa to the United States of a midsize company originally incorporated in Europe but which will continue to manage its affairs for the next 5 years from the US.  When so many other small, to mid-size companies are folding due to the global recession, the investor's visa recipient confidentally demonstrated a solid business model.

FLI successfully secures the bona fide membership of a client in the steel industry into the EC Technical Committee where the standards of the new Euro Code are being tested and debated. Client had been waiting for over a year to participate in the working group's discussions based on their experiments.

FLI NET is pleased to announce that it secured a collaboration with a Serbian firm Bojović Dašić Kojović.

Bojović∙Dašić∙Kojović (BDK) is a dynamic law firm providing a full range of legal services to corporate, private equity and public authority clients in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

BDK has significant experience as legal advisers in key industries such as telecommunications, financial services, energy, mining, information technology, the automobile industry, tourism, pharmaceuticals, construction and agriculture. Parallel to their transactional group, which focuses on mergers and acquisitions and real estate, the Firm also handles the needs of foreign and domestic clients in general corporate counseling, finance, commercial agreements, dispute resolution, competition matters, employment law, tax, capital markets, public private partnerships and intellectual property.

BDK ’s growing team understands the needs of sophisticated clients and is capable of managing complex transactions. The Firm's international capacity includes multi-lingual lawyers who speak Serbian, English, Russian, French and German.

BDK is highly recognized and recommended by the most reputable international directories on the legal profession, such as Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. 

The Firm’s regional coverage includes offices in Belgrade and Podgorica and capacity to work in Bosnia & Herzegovina. 

WELCOME TO FIRST LAW INTERNATIONAL! 

Orlando Casares (FLI Principal, middle) with BDK partners at their Belgrade offices.