Unfortunately, a problematic tradition has been created in the last 20 years in Albania. The majority of nationals and commercial subjects approach the notary to prepare contracts or to carry out different transactions, such as: immovable property Sale-Purchase Contracts, Donation Contracts, Entrepreneurship Contracts, Rent Contracts, Bank Loan Contracts, Employment Contracts, Service Contracts, different Act-Agreements, Wills, or Legal Inheritance Testimonies.
However, it has been proven over time that most of them have paid millions of Albanian Lek for documents that were prepared poorly. Therefore, very soon, they have ended up before the Court to confirm invalidity by themselves or a third party.
Important Advisory:
These acts should be prepared by your lawyer, in cooperation with the legal representative of the other party. At the end of this process, after you have received the act (prepared with professionalism by your lawyer), you can address the Notary to verify the signature or any further action that may be required.
Our experience and business-focused approach mean that we can offer our clients a wide range of First-Class pre-notarial and supporting services. In addition to preparing a legal document that will be signed and delivered—especially regarding ownership or legal rights—our aim is to give advice on the envisaged transaction and to add guarantee and value to the process through a solution-oriented approach in the client's interest.
General & Real Estate Services
- Sale and purchase of real estate (land, apartments, and villas for individuals or companies)
- Pledge and mortgage drafting
- Registration of condominium rights
- Registration of lease agreements
- Sale and lease back
- Transfer of real estate portfolios
- Development of land for reorganization of use or sale
- Entrepreneurship Contracts
- Notarizations under foreign law for titles in foreign countries (in cooperation with foreign notaries and lawyers)
Corporate Services
- Incorporation
- Share capital increase
- Merger, demerger, transformation of corporate entities
- Amendments to Articles of Statute or Company Establishment Acts
- Liquidation
- Recording and Notarization of shareholders’ meetings of listed companies
- Structuring groups of companies in connection with a merger/demerger
- Sale of a major part of an industrial plant due to relocation of production
- Drafting and Notarizations under Albanian law for the sale and purchase of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) shares
- Pledges on shares of LLPs under foreign law (in cooperation with foreign law firms)
Estate Planning & Special Projects
- Drafting and Development of agreement wills
- Marriage and inheritance contracts
- Estate planning for unmarried couples
- Execution of wills / marriage and inheritance contracts
- Division of estates & Certificates of inheritance
- Incorporation of foundations, amendments to foundation deeds, merger, and liquidation of foundations or NGOs
- Inventory of a decedent’s estate
- Estate planning following change of residence or acquisition of a secondary residence (for Albanian and foreign residents)
- Sale and purchase of portfolios of titles in real estates
- Implementation of the Albania part of a European sale and lease back
- Counsel to investors on the purchase of real estate titles for large-scale constructions (shopping malls, hotels, etc.)
