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Besnik Duraj
Work Department
Corporate, M&A, Infrastructure, Public Procurement, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Besnik Duraj is a partner at CMS Albania, and is actively involved in counseling and advising various domestic and multi-national companies in Albania and Kosovo.
Besnik focuses on infrastructure projects, PPPs and public procurement, corporate law, and banking & finance. He specialises in various areas of corporate activity, including commercial matters, M&A transactions, and partnership structures.
In addition to the above, Besnik is heading Firm’s litigation practice. Among his wide coverage of practice areas, he has been involved in many cases and disputes relating to regulatory, tax and commercial matters.
Besnik gained considerable experience prior to joining CMS, working with major international and regional firms in Albania and Kosovo, such as PwC, Eversheds and Drakopoulos.
Languages
Italian
English
Romanian
Albanian (mother language)
Memberships
Albanian Bar Association, 2008
International Bar Association, 2015
International Trademark Association, 2017
Education
Law LLB (Hons.) Bucharest University, Faculty of Law, Bucharest, Romania
Lawyer Rankings
Albania > Leading firms
CMS draws on the strength of its international presence to assist multi-national clients from a range of sectors with Albanian legal matters. The firm has a strong energy practice, with energy projects, acquisitions, and financing prominent in the group’s workload. Media and communications is another key sector, where the group advises international companies on establishing streaming services in Albania. Other key areas of instruction for the team include corporate and M&A, banking and finance, and IP-related matters. Managing partner Mirko Daidone excels in handling corporate, employment, energy, and M&A mandates. Besnik Duraj‘s practice takes in infrastructure, PPP and real estate work. Evis Zaja focuses on competition law and M&A transactions.