Klajd Karameta LLM

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Leaders in Law endorses Klajd Karameta as our exclusively recommended Foreign Investment Law expert in Albania. If you wish to get in touch with Klajd, please use the contact information provided above.

Klajd Karameta is one of the managing partners of Inter Legal Albania. Klajd has worked as legal expert for the German government (GIZ – Open Regional Fund LR) in the domain of the Legal Reform in Albania, mainly focused in the economic legislation. He was coordinator of the reform of the private enforcement system in Albania, in collaboration with the Albanian Ministry of Justice. He is specialized in company law, foreign investments, contractual law etc.

Klajd has studied law in the University of Hamburg, Germany and has concluded the master studies in the domain of the European Law at Europa Kolleg, Germany. He is a member of the Albanian Bar Association since 2008. He has been adviser for many foreign investors that have discovered Albania as a country of various opportunities, especially for delocalisation. And for its many advantages such as cheap labor, low taxes and a friendly economic legislation toward foreign investors.

Languages

English and German and has good knowledge of French and Italian.

Firm Description

Here we represent the services provided by our law firm. Mainly focused – but not only – in the field of civil and commercial law. The firm consists of a staff of dedicated lawyers. Lawyers who protect the rights and interests of their clients with professionalism and integrity. Thanks to the commitment and serious work of its founders. Our law firm has become the benchmark for many commercial companies with foreign capital.

“Inter Legal Albania” is one of the few law firms in Albania, which provides consultancy in German, Italian, English and of course, Albanian language. The associated lawyers have studied and worked in different countries of the European Union and have good knowledge of the law of those countries. Along with our philosophy of work they represent one of the most valuable assets of the firm. We represent clients – international trade companies, foreign investors – even through partner law firms in different countries. The Law firm owes the achieved success to its professionalism and understanding and to the trust given by the clients, who represent our best marketing.

 

Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote

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Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote is head of the Foreign Investment Department of the firm.

Advised clients and lead the local strategy to invest in multiple mining and energy projects which include Nickel, Silver, Gold, Antimony and Petroleum in Guatemala and Central America.

Advised and lead as local counsel international arbitrations including the first ever DR-CAFTA Investor vs State dispute in Washington DC., which was ruled on behalf of the investor.

Team leader in multiple strategic and large real estate transactions, involving natural resources companies, government, and multinationals.

Team leader in multiple complex commercial transactions between multinationals and national entities and individuals.

Practice Areas:

  • Foreign Investment
  • Natural Resources (Mining and Energy)
  • Acquisition of strategic Real Estate Assets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • International Arbitration and Mediation

Education:

  • Bachelors of Law (LL.B.), (Guatemala, 1998) – Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
  • Specialization in Arbitration Law and Alternate Dispute Resolutions (U.S.A., 1998) – Loyola University.
  • Certificate if Digital Economy and E-Business (Guatemala, 2002) – Central American Institute of Public Administration -ICAP / Ministry of Economy.
  • Specialization in International Mergers & Acquisitions (England, 2003) – College of Law of England & Wales.
  • Executive Program in Legal Issues of International Business Law, (2003) – Georgetown University Law Center/ INCAE.
  • Specialization in Advanced Negotiation, Deal Design & Implementation (U.S.A., 2005) – Harvard Law School.
  • Magister Science (LL.M), Mercantile Law & Competitiveness (Guatemala, 2008) – CIG /USAC.
  • Attorney at Law – Public Notary (Guatemala, 1998)

Memberships:

  • Central Law Guatemala
  • AMCHAM Guatemala
  • ASCABI
  • Guatemalan Bar Association
  • Mexican Chamber of Commerce
  • German Chamber of Commerce
  • Guatemalan Chamber of Industry
  • American Bar Association – ABA
  • Chambers & Partners, Latin America.

Natural Resources Law Practice:

CENTRAL LAW has established a solid reputation thanks to its counseling services in the regulatory scope and due diligences on the main hydrocarbon and electricity industries.

Investment in these fields is considered of high-growth in the CAFTA-DR region. Our firm has been providing counsel to the principal investment projects in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic.

At CENTRAL LAW we promote Renewable Energy Projects and Infrastructure, caring for the environmental management of all the operations involved.

Our firm offers a comprehensive service that covers all necessary stages to ensure the success of the whole project from prefeasibility, feasibility and Implementation, setting out the critical routes within the legal, technical and financial frameworks and supported by a team of experts in the matter.

Central Law:

CENTRAL LAW is the leading regional law firm advising clients on corporate law and in Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure in Central America, Panama and the Caribbean.

With 11 offices in the countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, CENTRAL LAW has advised domestic and foreign corporations as well as individuals and international organizations in different projects in their business development in the countries where the firm’s offices are located.

International directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 have recognized CENTRAL LAW´s lawyers as prominent professionals in the fields of Corporate Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Finance, Corporate M&A, Energy & Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labour & Employment, Real Estate & Tourism, Shipping and Tax.

David Jaffe

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Leaders in Law endorses David Jaffe as our exclusively recommended Foreign Investment Law expert in the USA – Michigan. If you wish to get in touch with David please use the contact information provided above.

David focuses on international expansion and joint ventures, critical disputes, in-house legal structure and strategy, succession and transition planning, compliance and private company governance.

Before starting Jaffe Counsel, David was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Guardian Industries Corp., a $5 billion multinational manufacturing company. In 24 years at Guardian, he played a key role in its expansion from 5 countries to 27. David was responsible for Guardian’s worldwide legal function, its compliance and ethics program, corporate governance, shareholder relations, and crisis communications. He was also the corporate officer responsible for environmental matters.

David played a leading roles in Guardian’s transition and recapitalization following the death of owner and CEO William Davidson in 2009. Earlier in his career, he spent five years in Luxembourg as General Counsel of Guardian Europe, and served as General Counsel of a publicly traded affiliate.

Before joining Guardian, he was a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in Detroit. David served as a law clerk to Justice William Rehnquist at the Supreme Court of the United States and to Chief Judge James Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He attended the University of Chicago, where he received a J.D. with honors in 1981 and a B.A. in Economics with honors in 1978.

In 24 years as a business and legal leader at Guardian, David gained insight into the real world consequences of business and legal decisions. David was known for his integrity, business acumen and ability to work collaboratively across the business at all levels. He is effective across borders, cultures and legal systems.  His view that “there are no legal problems, only business problems with legal characteristics” resonates with clients who want practical counsel, not discourses on legalisms.

Beyond ability, integrity and people skills, business leadership requires judgment. In many challenging business situations, David has demonstrated sound judgment, the courage to act on that judgment, and the discipline not to rush to judgment.

David’s civic involvement has included serving as a board and executive committee member at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Museum, Jewish Family Service, Music Hall Center for Performing Arts, JVS, The Roeper School, the International School of Luxembourg and the Detroit Urban League, as well as serving as Chair of the Jesuit Program for Living and Learning of Michigan and President of the Detroit Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. David has also served as a director at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

 

Amne Suedi Kagasheki

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Leaders in Law endorses Amne Suedi Kagasheki as our exclusively recommended Foreign Investment Law expert in Tanzania. If you wish to get in touch with Amne please use the contact information provided above.

Amne is the Founder and Principal of Shikana Law Group. She is an advocate, who counsels foreign investors, international organisations, multinational companies as well as SMEs on legal issues pertaining to specific sectors in Africa. In particular, she counsels foreign investors as they develop and expand their activities across Africa.

Amne combines a strong experience in finance and corporate law, having worked in asset and fund management as well as private equity funds for a total of five years as a legal adviser for Capital Dynamics and subsequently Pictet & Cie in Switzerland. She advised on offshore investments, optimal company structures in accordance to the objectives of the company, wealth and estate management, fund formation and structured products, fiscal law, financial and securities regulations of major financial markets and general legal considerations with regards to financing and financial products and cross-border company law matters.

She has acted as adviser to the East African Community (the “EAC”) and the World Trade Organisation (the “WTO”) and possesses a strong understanding of regional integration matters, particularly the economic law of regional integration, international trade as well as bilateral and multilateral negotiations.

Amne is experienced in conducting high-level mediation with ministries and government agencies on behalf of her clients.  Amne read her Bachelor degree and Master degree in Law at the University of Geneva, where she graduated with honours. She read her L.L.M. in International Trade and Financial law at University College London. She speaks English, French, Kiswahili and Spanish.

Shikana Law Group:

Shikana Law Group is an independent law firm based in Tanzania that specializes in commercial and business law and advises its clients operating in Africa on cross border legal issues, in particular, within the EAC and the SADC regions.

The Firm provides a wide range of services and is particularly renowned for its expertise and experience in cross border legal matters.  Shikana Law Group advises a diverse array of domestic and international clients from the private and public sectors providing critical insights to decision makers.

Leveraging on highly experience integrated team, Shikana Law Group provides in- country expertise to craft custom – tailored strategies for its clients.

Shikana Law Group is comprised of a team of lawyers with an international approach and the spoken languages within the firm include Kiswahili, English and French. The culturally diverse, dynamic and highly qualified team offers specialized and personalized advice in each case.

 

Jorge Hachiya Saeki

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Jorge Hachiya Saeki received his JD degree from the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP), in 1982 and was admitted to the Brazilian Bar in 1983. His background includes working in legal departments of Japanese companies in Tokyo and tax counselling in international audit company in São Paulo, before joining Saeki Advogados in 1988, where he presently is the managing partner, responsible for the international issues, foreign investments, corporate and tax law areas. Fluent in Portuguese, English and Japanese, he is the General Counsel of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil and legal representative of dozens of foreign companies in Brazil.

The firm has a large experience of more than 35 years counseling and attending hundreds of foreign companies establishing their business in Brazil through subsidiaries, agents and distributors. Its activities comprise the formation of subsidiaries (full assistance and representation of foreign shareholders in the establishment and all subsequent registrations of the subsidiaries, as well as expatriate´s work permits, visas and personal registrations) and further legal counsel in all areas of law, including the recently formed team for contract management (drawing of workflow for contracting, compliance and governance rules, application of lean office principles in the procurement rules, and adoption of filing and control system), and litigation in general.

Saeki Advogados is a  full service boutique law firm and its professionals are highly specialized in several areas of business law in Brazil, representing clients in a wide range of matters, from simple everyday transactions to complex and sophisticated deals, with a unique level of excellence in the legal market. Saeki´s team is concise in number of lawyers but their background brings to matters global perspective and deep market knowledge, especially regarding the Japanese companies acting in Brazil.

When talking about sophisticated deals, it is to emphasize Saeki’s lawyers have extensive experience in corporate matters working on behalf of Brazilian and foreign clients in cross-border transaction, assisting companies, executives and boards of directors in all aspects of the companies´ transactions, including the drafting and negotiating of contracts as well as full negotiation. With its  full service structure, Saeki Advogados is able to draw and evaluate the complex juridical aspects of the companies´ operations.

Saeki Advogados is mentioned in the “Yearbook 2011 – The 500 Most Admired Law Firms and Lawyers” of Brazil, where it appears in the list of Most Admired Law Firms per sector (Automotive), Most Admired Law Firms per Category (Corporate – Full Service) and in the list of Most Admired Lawyers per Sector: Jorge Hachiya Saeki, in Foreign Trade, and Michele Restum Haidar, in the Automotive sector.

 

Pedro Gamundi

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Pedro Gamundi focuses on international commercial and financial transactions. He assists multinational clients in the structuring and placement of foreign direct investments in different sectors of the Dominican Republic’s economy and advises them while negotiating, executing and securing international financial transactions including institutional private lending, asset-based lending, project financing, bond issuances and securitizations. Pedro also advises on taxation, monetary, banking, corporate, aviation, telecommunications, energy, mining and environmental matters and assists corporate clients in cross-border reorganization and insolvency matters, and while addressing complex labor situations.

Having taught economic law and foreign investment law for a number of years at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santo Domingo, Pedro acts as coordinator of the master program in business law and international litigation jointly offered by PUCMM and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain. From 1991 to 1992 he worked as a consultant to the Harvard Institute for International Development and the United Nations Development Program in the tax reform project of the Dominican Republic.

Pedro is co-author of “Dominican Republic Eases Rules for Foreigners” for The National Law Journal and “Tax and Investment in the Dominican Republic” in the Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation. He is also a co-author of “Legal Regime of Bankruptcy in the Dominican Republic,” a paper presented at a meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Pedro is listed in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers, Chambers Latin America, IFLR1000 2009 and noted in LatinLawyer 250 2012 for his work in the Dominican Republic and region-wide.

From 2000 to 2012, Pedro served as a member and then as president of the Board of Directors of Fundación Dominicana de Desarrollo (FDD), a not-for-profit organization recognized as a regional pioneer in adopting micro-financing as a tool for social promotion and economic development. He is also a member of Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS) and the Dominican Bar Association.

Andreas Ueltzhöffer

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Leaders in Law endorses Andreas Ueltzhöffer as our exclusively recommended Foreign Investment Law expert in the Czech Republic. If you wish to get in touch with Andreas please use the contact information provided above.

Attorney with over 20 years of advising foreign investors in the Czech Republic

Andreas Ueltzhöffer is a founding partner of UEPA. He is a member of the Czech Bar as well as of the German Bar and has been practicing as an attorney in the Czech Republic since 1994. He worked many years of his professional career as partner in international law firms in Prague, such as CMS Cameron McKenna. He advised on many large and medium sized M&A and real estate transactions, advising both foreign investors on their investment projects in the Czech Republic, and Czech investors on investments projects abroad. Besides transactional work, Andreas also puts a strong focus on litigation and alternative dispute resolution and has been involved in a number of high-value proceedings, both as party representative and as arbitrator. Andreas lectures at the University of Economics in Prague (VŠE), being as well a member of the scientific advisory board of its Faculty of Business Administration. Andreas is also the long-time Attorney-of-trust of the Swiss Embassy in Prague.

Languages

Andreas is a German native speaker and fluent in English and Czech

Areas of specialization:

– Complete care of foreign investors in the Czech Republic

– Company law, contract law, property law

– Antitrust law

– Compliance

– Public procurement law

– Mediation, advice on conflicts in the circle of shareholders or in the event of conflicts with executives in the company

– Arbitration proceedings

Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote

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Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote is head of the Foreign Investment Department of the firm.

Advised clients and lead the local strategy to invest in multiple mining and energy projects which include Nickel, Silver, Gold, Antimony and Petroleum in Guatemala and Central America.

Advised and lead as local counsel international arbitrations including the first ever DR-CAFTA Investor vs State dispute in Washington DC., which was ruled on behalf of the investor.

Team leader in multiple strategic and large real estate transactions, involving natural resources companies, government, and multinationals.

Team leader in multiple complex commercial transactions between multinationals and national entities and individuals.

PRACTICE AREAS:
  • Foreign Investment
  • Natural Resources (Mining and Energy)
  • Acquisition of strategic Real Estate Assets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Law
  • International Arbitration and Mediation
EDUCATION
  • Bachelors of Law (LL.B.), (Guatemala, 1998) – Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
  • Specialization in Arbitration Law and Alternate Dispute Resolutions (U.S.A., 1998) – Loyola University.
  • Certificate if Digital Economy and E-Business (Guatemala, 2002) – Central American Institute of Public Administration -ICAP / Ministry of Economy.
  • Specialization in International Mergers & Acquisitions (England, 2003) – College of Law of England & Wales.
  • Executive Program in Legal Issues of International Business Law, (2003) – Georgetown University Law Center/ INCAE.
  • Specialization in Advanced Negotiation, Deal Design & Implementation (U.S.A., 2005) – Harvard Law School.
  • Magister Science (LL.M), Mercantile Law & Competitiveness (Guatemala, 2008) – CIG /USAC.
  • Attorney at Law – Public Notary (Guatemala, 1998)
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Central Law Guatemala
  • AMCHAM Guatemala
  • ASCABI
  • Guatemalan Bar Association
  • Mexican Chamber of Commerce
  • German Chamber of Commerce
  • Guatemalan Chamber of Industry
  • American Bar Association – ABA
  • Chambers & Partners, Latin America.
Natural Resources Law Practice:

CENTRAL LAW has established a solid reputation thanks to its counseling services in the regulatory scope and due diligences on the main hydrocarbon and electricity industries.

Investment in these fields is considered of high-growth in the CAFTA-DR region. Our firm has been providing counsel to the principal investment projects in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic.

At CENTRAL LAW we promote Renewable Energy Projects and Infrastructure, caring for the environmental management of all the operations involved.

Our firm offers a comprehensive service that covers all necessary stages to ensure the success of the whole project from prefeasibility, feasibility and Implementation, setting out the critical routes within the legal, technical and financial frameworks and supported by a team of experts in the matter.

CENTRAL LAW:

CENTRAL LAW is the leading regional law firm advising clients on corporate law and in Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure in Central America, Panama and the Caribbean.

With 11 offices in the countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, CENTRAL LAW has advised domestic and foreign corporations as well as individuals and international organizations in different projects in their business development in the countries where the firm’s offices are located.

International directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 have recognized CENTRAL LAW´s lawyers as prominent professionals in the fields of Corporate Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Finance, Corporate M&A, Energy & Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labour & Employment, Real Estate & Tourism, Shipping and Tax.