AI Magazine Issue 3 2018
Acquisition International - Issue 3 2018 35 Legal Alliance is an international boutique law firm, headquartered in Munich, and possessing offices in Berlin and Hamburg with legal of- counsels in 16 different countries. The team at Legal Alliance provided us with an article discussing the legal industry and the services it offers, as they are named in AI’s 2018 Global Excellence Awards as the Most Outstanding Private Law Specialist Firm in Germany. egal Alliance is specialised in private and business law and cross border transactions. The firm’s CEO, Dr. Michael Scheele is also licensed in the UAE, where Legal Alliance has an office in Dubai. The foreign of-counsels are located in the following countries: Albania (Dr. Agron Lamaj), Brazil (Ernesto Tzirulnik), Bulgaria (Katerina Shopova) China (Gong Chu), Czech Republic (Jiri Kucera), Great Britain (Elissa Jelowicki), Hong Kong (Ella Cheong), Hungary (Dr. András Krasznai), India (Sameer Rastogi), Iran (Zahra Tahsili), Lebanon (Ramy Torbey), Romania (Flavia Teodosiu), Russia, (Dr. Alexander Kuhn), Spain (Jose C. Frau–Greenfield) and (Dr. Jacinto Soler Padro) Tunisia, (Mohamed Zaanouni) UAE, (Yann Mrazek) and USA (Elliot Hahn) The firm perceives and understands itself as the gateway for other lawyers and their clients, who are looking for an access to those markets and jurisdictions, where Legal Alliance is represented by members of its international network. Since 2012, special attention is given to the MENA countries (Middle East/North Africa). Essentially, the need for legal services in the Gulf region is increasing for the following reasons: Two processes which will determine the development of relationships with the MENA countries are taking place simultaneously, and the increased pace of economic internationalisation, which is proving to be the driving force behind global growth and the transformation of the economic and state structures in those countries. Company: Legal Alliance Rechtsanwalts GmbH Contact: CEO of Legal Alliance, Dr. Michael Scheele Contact Email:
[email protected] Address: Office Munich, Prinzregentenplatz, Munich, 81675, Germany Phone: 0049 89 41 94 65 0 Website: www.legalalliance.com UnrivalledExpertise Across theGlobe L 1802AI99 These processes require that those active in the Middle East and North Africa economies double their efforts to adapt. SomeMENAcountries must undergo complicated reforms, move to private ownership and develop market economy whilst being exposed to increasingly keener global competition. Western companies investing in individual MENA countries must confront varying speeds of reform, changing infrastructures and unfamiliar cultural factors, all of which complicate even the choice of location. In future, legal and strategic consultants in this field will have a truly multi-cultural bridge building role. This will differ significantly from the role of consultants advising on exclusively Western matters. It will be necessary to assist companies and institutions to reduce the insecurity arising from structural change and to build up a basis of mutual trust, despite great differences in levels of development. Ultimately, the services of Legal Allicance’s lawyers, including legal consultation and representation are offered to individuals, business people companies, management consultants, government departments, public institutions and other law firms in Germany and abroad. “It will be necessary to assist companies and institutions to reduce the insecurity arising from structural change and to build up a basis of mutual trust...”
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