Rule of law (Justice reform, human rights, anticorrution, JHA)

We offer comprehensive legal assistance and capacity building activities, in the Rule of Law area including but not limited to:

  1. Drafting of legislation and strategic documents relevant to Rule of Law area and Justice and Home Affairs;
  2. Drafting and publication of policy briefs, studies, assessments and manuals in fields of Approximation of Legislation, capacity building and awareness rising.
  3. Coordination and management of working groups in relation to drafting of legislative acts, national strategic programs and action plans.
  4. Training, coaching and lecturing for different interest groups and stakeholders;

 

 

Public procurement

We offer comprehensive legal advice regarding privatization, public procurement contracts and other bidding procedures, including but not limited to:

  1. Assistance in the identification of the appropriate award procedure
  2. Drafting the bid documents
  3. Setting-up and conducting Q&A sessions with stakeholders prior to a public procurement procedure;
  4. Drafting and negotiating the award contract
  5. Setting up a specific Data Room
  6. Ongoing advisory services throughout and after the procedure;
  7. Bid evaluation;
  8. Organization and verification of tender documentation
  9. Preparing and submitting the whole set of bid documents
  10. Ongoing legal support during the bidding procedure
  11. Contract negotiation

 

Development and construction

Main services offered in this regard, with the aim to increase foreign investment in Albania, include but are not limited to:

 

  1. Legal support in bidding documents
  2. Contract advice and negotiations (Turnkey Agreements; Supply Agreements etc.)
  3. Regulatory compliance
  4. Environmental regulations
  5. Licenses, Authorizations and Permits
  6. Protected Areas regulations 
  7. Real estate transactions
  8. Governmental agency relations
  9. Labor & Social Security
  10. Land and property issues

 

Consumer protection

Main services offered in consumer protection include the following:

  1. Compliance with food safety & health regulations
  2. Compliance with services regulations
  3. Compliance with product regulations
  4. Review and negotiation of consumer contracts

Energy

We provide a wide variety of consulting services in the electric energy sector as follows:

  1. Drafting of energy policies
  2. Consultancy on issues such as energy supply-demand imbalance, miss-management of water resources, feed in tariffs, technical and non-technical losses
  3. Consultancy on renewable energy
  4. Consultancy on transmission and distribution
  5. Regulatory compliance
  6. Consultancy and preparation of documents for Electric energy licenses
  7. Energy Community and European Union obligations
  8. Distribution and supply agreements 

 

Agriculture & Rural Development

IPL’s professionals and policy experts have long experience in handling agricultural matters. We provide advice to our clients in the following main crucial issues they face doing business in the Albanian agriculture industry:

 

  1. Licenses, permits and authorizations
  2. Environmental permits
  3. Safety & health regulatory compliance
  4. Land and property issues
  5. Assistance in obtaining national and international subventions for producer/farmers for investment in agriculture
  6. Assistance in obtaining financial incentives or access to agriculture credit
  7. Assistance on agriculture union issues 
  8. Civil & Commercial issues
  9. Labor & Social Security issues
  10. Administrative Complaints
  11. Litigation and Dispute Resolutions