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Besnik Duraj

Local Partner

CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni Sh.p.k.
Rr. Dëshmorët e 4 Shkurtit
Red Building - 1 Floor - no. 22
Tirana 1019
Albania
Languages English, Albanian, Italian, Romanian

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, real estate and construction, corporate law, hotels & leisure and healthcare. He specialises in various areas of corporate activity, including commercial matters, merger and acquisition, partnership structures, IP law.    

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 administrative, tax and customs 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.

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Education

  • 2006 – Bucharest University, Faculty of Law, Bucharest, Romania
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Expertise

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25/01/2024
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws in Albania
06/07/2022
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16/12/2021
Legal guide for company directors and CEOs in Albania
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03/04/2016
CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws
We are delighted to present the fourth edition of the CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. Since the last edition was published in 2014, there have been significant changes to the global anti-cor­rup­tion...
01/01/2015
Electricity law and regulation in Albania
1. Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 In 2002, Albania signed the Athens Memor­andum1Memor­andum of Understanding on the Regional Electricity Market in South East Europe and its Integration into the European...