EU rules are becoming Albanian law

As Albania aligns with the European Union (EU), companies take on new obligations on data, digital security and the prevention of money laundering. We show you which ones affect you and what you are missing.

Compliance & EU alignment

Data protection: ready for inspection

The new law on personal data protection brought much higher fines and more inspections. We prepare you before the inspection comes.

Data protection (GDPR)

Financial law, from licence to dispute

Licences and approvals from the Bank of Albania and the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA), EU rules for investment firms, client contracts and disputes with banks and insurers.

Financial services & insurance

Criminal representation at every stage

We represent individuals and companies from the first police summons to trial at every level of court, including the European Court of Human Rights.

Criminal law

From first instance to the Constitutional Court

We represent companies and individuals in civil, commercial and administrative disputes over property, contracts and damages, and in the vetting process.

Civil, administrative & constitutional disputes

Invest in Albania, in your own language

We set up companies and advise domestic and foreign investors, reading parent-company documents directly in Dutch, Italian, English or French.

Corporate law

Albanian law. EU standards.

Rakipi & Partners is a law firm in Tirana, founded in 2004 by Prof. Arben Rakipi, former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Albania. We represent companies and individuals in court, from criminal proceedings to the Constitutional Court, and help them comply with the rules that EU alignment brings. We work directly in Albanian, English, Dutch, Italian and French.

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Team

Jon Rakipi

Lawyer, Partner

EU compliance, financial law, data protection

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Ermir Beta

Lawyer, Partner

Criminal law, arbitration, trademarks

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Romina Zano

Lawyer, Partner

Civil and constitutional disputes, arbitration, tax, sports law

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Enis Hysolli

Lawyer

Civil, criminal and administrative matters, contracts

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Practice areas

Compliance & EU

Legal advisory

Litigation & arbitration

Latest publications

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Legal updates

Data protection: obligations companies often overlook

The new personal data protection law removed notification to the Commissioner, but brought obligations that many companies have not yet met.

Data protection (GDPR)

Legal updates

DORA and Albanian IT suppliers to EU banks

The European Union (EU) Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) does not apply directly to Albanian companies, but through the contract it reaches every information technology (IT)…

DORA & digital resilience in finance

Analysis

How to prepare for an inspection by the Information and Data Protection Commissioner

With the new data protection law, the Commissioner has moved from advice to inspections and fines. What inspectors ask for, what they find most often and…

Data protection (GDPR)

We have worked on projects with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Open Society Foundation for Albania (OSFA) and Kazazi Consulting, as well as on EU-funded training projects.

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We start with a conversation

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