September

FLI NET is very pleased to announce a new partner from Albania, Kalo & Associates!

Kalo & Associates is a leading law firm in both Albania and Kosovo. The firm provides a broad range of legal services in all core areas of commercial and corporate law for domestic, foreign and multinational companies. It has a sophisticated practice dedicated to providing clients with high-quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services.

Having been listed in numerous prestigious publications and directories such as IFLR1000, Chambers & Partners, and Chambers Europe, Kalo & Associates adds additional bandwidth to the FLI network.

Among other key areas, Kalo & Associates is active in almost all privatisation projects conducted in Albania. Considering the length of service and the extensive work carried out in key transactions within Albania the firm has forged and maintains excellent relations with various departments of government administration. The firm is also widely recognised as a leader in the Albanian jurisdiction by many prominent international law firms that often see Kalo & Associates as a first choice for local assistance.

Through the knowledge, professionalism and extensive experience of its lawyers Kalo & Associates demonstrates an unyielding capacity in handing intricate and complex legal matters.

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FLI NET Belarus partners, Vlasova Mikhel & Partners, won the tender from among a number of competitors to represent a state-owned Belarus company before the Ukrainian anti-dumping authorities.

Given the cross-border nature of this project, the Belarus partners have referred this significant file into the experienced hands of our FLI NET Ukraine team of Konnov & Sozanovsky.

This great achievement of our Belarus and Ukraine partners highlights the in-house capability and unparalleled local reputation of FLI NET's individual network firms as well as the viability of intra-cross referrals, thus adding value to the entire network.
 

FLI NET Albanian Partner is asked to provide assistance to multinational company importing their products to the country requiring review of the stamp duties being levied by recent developments in the new government administration. 

FLI NET Albanian partner’s support proves to be valuable in that in addition to their in-house capabilities they also maintain key contacts with the relevant ministries.
 

FLI NET Japan member firm - ATSUMI & PARTNERS - named the "Most Responsive Firm of the Year, 2009!"

We are pleased to announce that, based on its survey of some 15,000 in-house counsel in Asia and the Middle East, Asian-Counsel Magazine has named Atsumi & Partners (FLI NET Japan) as Japan's “Most Responsive Firm of the Year, 2009” in their third annual “Representing Corporate Asia Survey”.  The award is a welcome acknowledgement from our clients of our success in recent years in blending the firm's Japanese expertise with the international experience of their foreign partners, and follows a string of recent awards, including:

• Employer of Choice (Japan) 2009 - Asian Legal Business;
• Firm of The Year 2008: Japan (Commercial Transactions) - Asian-Counsel; and
• Asian Legal Business “Fast 30” - One Of The 30 Fastest Growing Law Firms In Asia, 2008