The firm
Since 2004: legal advice and representation in Tirana.
Rakipi & Partners was founded in 2004 by Prof. Arben Rakipi, former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Albania and one of the drafters of Albania's criminal and criminal procedure legislation, a distinguished jurist with a major contribution to the country's academic and public life. Since then, the firm has provided legal advice and representation in civil, criminal, commercial and administrative matters, for Albanian and foreign clients, before the Albanian courts.
The founder, Prof. Arben Rakipi
- 1990–1993 Judge at the Mirdita and Tirana district courts; lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana
- 1995–1996 Member of the groups that drafted the criminal and criminal procedure legislation and the draft civil procedure legislation
- 1997–2002 Prosecutor General of the Republic of Albania
- Since 2002 Lecturer at the School of Magistrates; Director since July 2020
- 2015–2018 Member of the High Level Expert Group on Justice Reform
Prof. Arben Rakipi has more than 30 years of experience in the Albanian justice system. In the early years of democracy he served as a judge at the Mirdita and Tirana district courts and as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana (1990–1993). He was a member of the groups that drafted the criminal and criminal procedure legislation (1995) and the draft civil procedure legislation (1996).
From 1997 to 2002 he was Prosecutor General of the Republic of Albania. Since 2002 he has taught at the School of Magistrates, which he has led as Director since July 2020. From 2015 to 2018 he was a member of the High Level Expert Group on Justice Reform.
The firm today
In 2020 the firm changed its legal form: on 25 June 2020 it was registered as Zyra Ligjore "Rakipi & Partners" sh.p.k., under Law No. 55/2018 "On the Profession of Lawyer in the Republic of Albania" and Law No. 9901/2008 "On Entrepreneurs and Commercial Companies".
The firm's partners today are Jon Rakipi, Ermir Beta and Romina Zano. The firm continues the founder's work and adds a new area: the compliance of companies and institutions with European Union (EU) standards.
Timeline
Prof. Arben Rakipi founds the firm.
Romina Zano joins the firm.
Ermir Beta joins the firm.
On 25 June the firm is registered as a limited liability company (sh.p.k.); Jon Rakipi, Ermir Beta and Romina Zano become partners.
The compliance and EU alignment practice begins, led by Jon Rakipi.