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Tonucci & Partners Albania
Enkelejda Muçaj
Tonucci & Partners
Torre Drin, Rruga Abdi Toptani
Tirana
Albania
Tel: +355 42 2507 11
Fax: +355 42 2507 13
Email: emucaj@tonucci.it
URL: www.tonucci.it
Enkelejda Muçaj, one of the Senior Attorneys of Tonucci & Partners
Tirana, has advised clients on contractual arrangements with
institutions including negotiations over subject indemnity and
publication rights, on product safety, marketing and promotion, etc.
Enkelejda has an extended experience in carrying product liability
litigation and advised clients especially in mining and
telecommunications sector on regulatory and legal issues governing
the development, approval, authorisation and marketing of products
including the advising on labelling and sales promotion issues thus
helping clients to operate within the confines of the appropriate
regulatory framework. Enkelejda has acted as part of the legal
advisors team of European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development in various project financing activities and acted as
Legal Adviser to the Minister of Culture Youth and Sports of Albania
(position held in 1998-2000).
Selena Ymeri
Tonucci & Partners
Torre Drin, Rruga Abdi Toptani
Tirana
Albania
Tel: +355 42 2507 11
Fax: +355 42 2507 13
Email: symeri@tonucci.it
URL: www.tonucci.it
Selena Ymeri is one of the attorneys of Tonucci & Partners in Tirana
specialised in product liability law and lawsuits. Selena has
assisted, advised and represented, during the course of legal
proceedings, clients that have suffered injuries and/or property
damage resulting from use of faulty or dangerous products. Besides,
Selena has advised designers, manufacturers, and distributors of
various products to the public about how to comply with consumers’
safety legal requirements. Selena is also qualified for legal
requirements and procedures of obtainment of different
authorisations and permits for the activities of manufacturing and
distributing products to consumers (i.e. alimentary permit).
Tonucci & Partners is one of the largest independent Italian law firms with over 200 lawyers in centrally managed offices
linked by an up-to-date and sophisticated computer network with substantial experience in international law and in the
domestic market. The Product Liability Practice includes 2 lawyers as well as lawyers who specialise in insurance
recovery, governmental relations, corporate disclosures, and bankruptcy issues within the product liability arena. As
such, we have a wealth of experience to draw upon, the ability to staff cases on a national level, and the ability to
provide “one-stop shopping” for clients who require legal assistance on the wide variety of issues that are typical of
significant product related tort litigation.
Our experience encompasses claims associated with products or facilities. We have been involved in tort product claims
and we are successful in presenting science-based defenses on behalf of our clients, including supervising the recreation
and testing of products and failure analyses. We are familiar with the nation’s leading experts in the relevant
fields, including toxicologists, epidemiologists, pathologists, mechanical, chemical, metallurgical and environmental
engineers, and industrial hygienists.
Our law firm has a highly developed practice throughout Central and Eastern Europe and has been involved in several
international projects in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Poland, Seychelles and Romania.
The international practice of the firm is significant and growing, and all of the lawyers are selected for their strong and
assertive international background.
Legal Business Awards nominated Tonucci & Partners for “European Firm of the Year” in 2000 on the basis of its
reputation for excellence, innovation and a strong, client-driven business approach.
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