IFLR1000 “The Global Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms” has published the rankings in Financial and Corporate, and Energy and Infrastructure Law practice for the year 2017.

We are pleased to announce that, for the 13th year IFLR1000 Global Guide ranks Boga & Associates as “Top Tier Firm” and our corporate and financial lawyers as Leading Lawyers. The firm is also ranked as a “Top Tier Firm” in the Energy and Infrastructure practice.

In this Guide Mr. Genc Boga, Senior Partner, is listed as  leading lawyer in Banking & Finance, and M&A for Albania. Ms Renata Leka and Mrs. Alketa Uruci, Partners, are listed as Leading Lawyers in Banking & Finance, M&A and Project Development for Albania.

Mrs. Uruci is also listed as a Leading Lawyer in the competition area for Albania. Kosovo Country Manager and also Partner of the firm, Mr. Sokol Elmazaj, is listed as Leading Lawyer in Corporate, Banking & Finance, M&A and Real Estate for Albania and Kosovo. 

The guide says that Boga & Associates again retained its Tier 1 position in the financial and corporate rankings this year with a team able to handle the whole gamut of Albanian transactions.

Regarding the firm’s work and projects, the Guide says:“Alongside work on long term projects - including advise to the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) on the Western Balkans and Croatia Financing Framework and Egis International on the Kinostudio-Kombinat Light Rail project - the firm has been active on finance matters such as Genc Boga's advice to the Dutch Credit Europe Bank on issues relating to a loan facility granted to Telecoms company Albtelecom.

Elsewhere Sokol Elmazaj advised Fushe-Kruja Cement Factory as borrower of a syndicated facility taken out from six Albanian banks.”

The results are published at IFLR1000 “The Global Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, available also at www.iflr1000.com. 

IFLR1000 is one of the world's most prestigious and well-respected international rankings of law firms known for its profound research and independence of judgment. It ranks law firms based on the feedback from clients, in-house counsel at national and international, private and public institutions, as well as peers in the legal markets it covers.

First published in 1990, it currently researches over 120 jurisdictions worldwide. Compiled by a team of dedicated legal journalists based in New York, London and Hong Kong, the IFLR1000 is the only publication of its kind to focus on the leading law firms for corporate finance worldwide. Core practice areas include: Bank lending/regulatory; Capital markets; Restructuring and insolvency; M&A; Private equity; Project finance and EU Competition.

To know more about IFLR1000, you may visit www.iflr1000.com.