Our team  share agribusiness industry knowledge and experience across borders, enabling us to support our clients anywhere in the world.

Domestic and foreign investment acquisitions, initial public offerings, joint ventures, scientific cooperation agreements and R&D contracts, international trade, land matters and technology licensing are some aspects we advise.

We represent very important players of the sector, like Companies involved in agribusiness and food production, processing and distribution (including seed makers); agrichemicals manufacturers; food producers; processors of agricultural commodities; manufacturers of precision farming equipment; alternative fuel producers; soft commodities traders; and financial institutions.

Our great  experience can also help you in the financing of the production, export, transport and warehousing of a vast range of soft commodities including tobacco, coffee, cocoa, sugar, grains and edible oils, paper, cotton, textiles and carbon credits.

Elia International Consulting Services comprehends the automotive businesses and has a driving ambition to assist you across every aspect of your operations in the evolving and rapidly changing sector of automotive industry. Nowadays, priorities and needs have changes, developments in the markets and in sales are different and so as to keep pace you need to be at the forefront of the market; all this requires a leading legal partner. We are here for you. We understand the automotive business and can aid, advice and all guidance necessary.

You can take advantage from the experience of our cooperative lawyers who have worked for many years in the industry, as well as lawyers who have in-house experience working for automotive manufacturers or automotive finance companies.

Our team of lawyers will provide you effective solutions across the automotive sector, including:

• Corporate advice and transactions
• Greenfield/Brownfield projects
• Treasury-related funding for finance companies
• Dealership distribution/franchising
• Dealership stock and other funding
• Retail finance for end-users
• Competition and other regulatory issues
• Tax
• Real estate
• Government aid/Government relations
• Motor finance recovery litigation
• Product liability and end-user quality and other disputes
• Employment law
• Reorganization, restructuring and insolvency

In this complex industry, which ranges from aviation and aerospace service companies to airlines, charter companies, private operators, manufacturers, aircraft leasing companies and you need specialists with aviation expertise, access to an experienced multijurisdictional team, and experts on the ground in the places you do business.

Our cooperative lawyers know the aviation industry and they combine global expertise with local knowledge in many areas, including:

• Asset-based financing
• Joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions
• Manufacturing, selling, purchasing and leasing aircraft and equipment
• Local and international regulatory regimes and treaties
• Navigation issues
• Insurance and risk management
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Commercial and government contracts
• Intellectual property
• Aviation claims
• Disaster preparation and response (crisis management)

Partner with Elia International Consulting Services and you get all the skills our cooperative lawyers have developed representing leading airlines, aviation service providers, airport developers within the aviation industry.

The fast-moving global developments in the field of telecommunications that characterize modern era, also create challenges that modern business face regarding legal and regulatory processes, as they must encounter pressures to deliver, be competitive and keep ahead of the game.

To achieve these goals, communications businesses need support and advice from counsels helping you deal with such demands, advisors who are deep aware of the industry and who know how to help you reduce risk and unlock value; translating their deep communications industry experience and knowledge into highly relevant, practical and commercial advice.

Our telecommunications’ team of lawyers have built their reputations at the sharp end of change and innovation right across your industry: they are connected people who you can trust to help resolve your most complex challenges and shape the future of your business—faster, more efficiently and cost effectively.

Legal advice is indispensable for participants in construction projects. Our team of lawyers at Elia International Consulting Services has the thorough expertise and experience to assist you and provide you advice on construction documentation from design, engineering and construction program. Moreover, we offer you project administration, risk management and financing of construction projects services and we also regularly act on operational and facilities management contracts.

Our team represents a number of industry participants, including owners, developers, lenders, contractors and equipment suppliers. Whether you seek advice on the most advantageous procurement method, or in drafting and negotiating the construction documentation, we are ready to listen to your needs and respond accordingly.

We may resolve all types of construction disputes and protect your interests in connection with a full range of construction issues and other dispute resolution proceedings. We achieve success for our clients by implementing strategies that achieve their goals in the fastest, most effective and most cost-efficient manner possible. 

The global defense industry deals in complex, very high-value products, vital to the security of numerous nations. Defense contractors operate at the interface of business and government and their operations are publicly funded and subject to tight security. Governments compete many defense contracts, but some are directly negotiated without competition, and so long-term relationships with government entities are critical. Defense industry disputes can be substantial, complex and involve such issues as procurement law, sovereign contracts, intellectual property and, often, international trade.

Therefore, the lawyers of this industry should be able to work on the most valuable and complex competitive processes, contracts and disputes, understand the way things work on state and private level and apply their skills and expertise in achieving the optimal results.

Our cooperative lawyers work for private and public contractors, they have deep knowledge and understanding of both private and public sectors and legislations and systems, so they will represent and support your industry in every kind of litigation, with confidence grounded in real industry knowledge.

Among the services provided are developing strategies to secure contracting opportunities, acting as trusted advisors of state customers in navigating public law for procurement processes in competitive and non-competitive procurements.

The energy industry is a competitive one. Due to the recent unstable oil prices and the deficiency of traditional hydrocarbon energy sources this industry has become even more complex. Meanwhile another layer of complexity is added by governments and political pressures which seek energy security and stability with the use of cleaner energy supplies.

Under such fast-changing conditions and increasing pressure from all directions, you can turn to us so as to feel safe and secure that you will achieve your business goals through our support thanks to our experience in this sector, providing you strategic assistance based on our thorough comprehension of the energy industry – we see the opportunities within traditional sectors and within new technologies—and can help shape the business you want. From exploration to marketing, and from generation to retail, Elia International Consulting Services can give you the innovative advice and insight you need.

Our team can provide you effective solutions across the energy sector including transactions, political services and dispute resolution in:

• Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas
• Nuclear
• Renewables and Unconventional Energy
• Conventional generation
• Transmission and distribution
• Retail electricity and natural gas supply
• Pipeline and Maritime Transportation
• LNG, Oil and Gas Trading
• Energy market reform
• Privatization of Energy Enterprises 

Nuclear

Our nuclear services group has extensive experience not only in nuclear projects undertaken and funded by governments, financial institutions, and the private sector across the globe, but also in the development of regulatory and legal regimes for the nuclear sector.

We have been involved in all aspects of the nuclear cycle, from including feasibility studies for the development of new nuclear stations, new build (construction and financing), operational issues, fuel fabrication, transportation,and supply to waste management and disposal and decommissioning. Moreover, we have participated in several discussions hosted by governments and other agencies on the future of the industry, non-proliferation and energy reviews.

Our experience in the industry enables us to exploit our wealth of knowledge to develop innovative solutions to new issues that arise in the nuclear market. It enables us to have a well-rounded view of all stakeholders’ perspectives and to anticipate the position that our clients may face from others. We use our knowledge to provide help to clients in countries who are new to the nuclear market and to develop their nuclear industries adjusted to their needs, while ensuring compliance with the high standards and proceduresof the sector.

We provide

• unparalleled international experience gained over 30 years
• practical knowledge of nuclear sites and regulators
• an unrivalled experience of acting for government bodies and the private sector
• hands on experience of exeltium, debt, equity, ECA and government financing
• an in-depth knowledge international regulatory regimes, laws, international treaties and the insurance regime and pools
• a global cross-functional team consisting of energy, financing, construction, regulation, transportation, environmental, corporate, employment, planning and dispute resolution.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• co-operation agreements/ framework agreements
• feasibility studies
• front end engineering and design
• technology transfers
• new build (construction and financing) commercial plant and research reactors
• the fuel cycle
• financing
• pensions
• transportation
• corporate, mergers and acquisitions
• environmental and permitting
• taxation
• planning
• decommissioning
• competition, procurement and state aid
• joint ventures
• repositoriesandwastedisposal.

Oil and gas

Our team of legal professionals advise clients in the oil and gas industry for many years thanks to the services we have developed to match the trends and cover their needs.

We have oil and gas cooperating lawyers who comprehend local market issues and offer full services to many of the world’s oil and gas companies, governments, and other financial institutions from offices in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• LNG plants and facilities
• refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products
• gas processing and gathering facilities
• petrochemical plants and facilities.

Power

The services we offer in the field of energy practices have been developed on our experience working every day with clients and providing advice on several issues, such as: tax, employment, environmental and safety, disposals, trading, dispute resolution, and arbitration.

We continue to be at the cutting edge of new developments in gas, coal and oil-fired power in both existing and emerging markets.

The new models of regulation and financing, the increasing globalization and privatization are the main changes in the sector that help us gain experience and provide up-to-date advice on all aspects to our clients.

We never underestimate the challenges that ‘country first’ projects present. This is the reason why our power team is exceptionally skilled, experienced and knowledgeable at dealing with such innovative transactions.

Renewables

It is our belief that our global renewables practice offers the strongest network of skilled legal advisers all over the world.

We provide the full spectrum of legal services in the renewable energy sector: advice and representation with respect to project development and financing, new supply, negotiation of power purchase agreements, acquisition of project facilities, and all related commercial and regulatory issues.

Among the areas of work are included the following

• solar
• bioenergy
• marine, tidal and hydropower
• geothermal
• waste to energy
• wind: onshore
• wind: offshore.

Sustainability and climate change

Sustainability and climate change are modern challenges but also major opportunities for our clients. Various aspects of these fields, such as business risks, climate finance, emissions regulation, clean energy require expertise legal advice that our talented lawyers can provide from a variety of jurisdictions and disciplines for a global and comprehensive approach.

Our team supports our clients by providing solid business advice on the choices and decisions necessary for responding to a risk, opportunity, or both, locally and internationally.

Our team, that is dedicated in that field, is at the forefront of regulatory and market developments, works closely with governments, financial institutions, and corporates across multiple jurisdictions. Our law firm hasassisted our clients to effectively navigate and respond to the risks and opportunities posed by this sector.

Water

Our firm deeply comprehends the significance of sustainable use of water and the efficient dealing of processed water in the energy and wider natural resources sector. Thus, our team of experts provides access to all the developed sectors within the water industry.

We provide advice on all aspects of the development of the water industry in countries that are facing the biggest challenges in respect of securing water supply. Our experience reflects the challenges we have encountered in the sector through increased privatization, new models of regulation and financing, and increasing internationalization.

In our era, the efficient and sustainable management of water throughout the world will increasingly involve the private sector, working in partnership with local government; our team may provide you all necessary assistance at that level.

Our comprehension of the dynamics of water projects and our skills and experience of advising clients on the commercial structuring and financing of water projects, makes us a leading player in the water sector, globally.

You’re dealing with sophisticated financial transactions in a fast-moving global marketplace, and you want representation that’s equally sophisticated. You want the knowledge to help you with intricate cross-border deals and increasing regulatory pressure. You want the ability to defend your interests in a mercurial market.

When you’re doing business within the financial markets, we’ll be by your side planning, deploying and advancing your interests. We’ll give you the ability to take care of transactional and adversarial matters—to take decisive action, when the market or the deal won’t wait.

Look to our cooperative lawyers for effective solutions across the financial services sector including:

• Advocacy
• Banking Litigation
• Capital Markets, Derivatives and Securities
• Consumer and Mortgage Finance
• Cards and Payments
• Distressed situations
• Finance—Asset, Structured, Lending and Acquisition, Project, Real Estate, Trade and Commodities
• Fund structuring and compliance
• Lending and Acquisition Finance
• Private equity
• Regulatory
• Reorganization, Restructuring & Insolvency
• Transactions

Asset and wealth management

The industry of asset and wealth management is facing a period of substantial turmoil. The unstable global economic perspectivecreates a number of challenges, and in combination with the raft of new regulatory initiatives and ever-increasing pressure on margins, asset managers are being forced to take measures to survive, adapt and grow.

Our experience in this industry in combination with in-depth legal knowledge by our global team, allow us to help our clients navigate the regulatory challengesand to emerge in a position of strength.

Our global asset and wealth management team advises on every aspect of the industry, from fund formations to mergers and acquisitions. Our lawyers will help you wherever the issues or opportunities arise.

We are engaged on some of the most high-profile cross-border deals in the market, working closely with many of the leading global asset and wealth managers, as well as banks and service providers to the sector.

Financial investors

The global financial crisis had as a result a 60% decline in cross-border capital flows from the peak in 2007. Thus, along with the reaction of regulators, a new landscape is created for financial institutions and the pools of capital they control. 

This change has already led in important increases in corporate bond issuance and foreign direct investment and also to a dramatic growth in capital flows.

This new market with its dynamism offers many occasions for private equity, funds, sovereign wealth and other financial institutions. Our lawyers, all over the world, will help you navigate this new framework, wherever you target capital flows in the world.

The Forest Products and Agribusiness industries benefit from similar competitive advantages in terms of long-term sustainability of demand and supply. These industries are not immune to escalating energy and input prices and other cost structure shifts. To surmount these issues and move forward, you need a law firm that has a spread of skills across all sectors. If you choose to work with Elia International Consulting Services, you will benefit from avant-garde advice and innovative solutions. We may assist you whether you need protection for a future food composition, assessing the viability of an investment, converting a production facility or installing new equipment in the distribution of your end product, our company is by your side, adding value and saving your money and time.

We comprehend the imperatives and trends, we offer advice on intellectual property protection, commercial contracts, strategy in fiber management and finished product distribution, mergers and acquisitions, environmental sustainability branding, product approval and registration by government agencies, global cross-border trade and human resource management.

Our team of lawyers offer your innovative business legal solutions in the Forest Products and Agribusiness industries, such as:

• Biotechnology, Crop and Plant Breeding, Protection, Fertilizer and Fiber R&D
• Carbon Credits
• Lumber Trade and Production
• Timberland Investment and Land Protection Trusts
• Biofuels and Energy Input Management
• Pulp, Paper, Newsprint, Tissue and Containerboard Distribution
• Strategic Advisory and Industry Consolidation Implementation

The gaming industry is continuously changing and evolving, however this sector remains among the most strictly regulated and monitored throughout the continent. Therefore, you need a partner who can help you and make sure you are always at the top of your game.

You can take advantage and enjoy our deep knowledge of the industry’s ins and outs to identify your best options and strategies for success and achieve a win–win outcome.

Whether you are a casino operator, a government gaming corporation, regulator, Internet gaming company, racetrack or supplier, we help you navigate all the complexities of the industry, including:

• Negotiating operating and development agreements with regulatory authorities
• Advising on compliance matters, including regulations in Internet and wireless gaming
• Complying with gaming license requirements within and across jurisdictions—including the critically important issue of cross-border regulation within the European Community
• Representing you in negotiations with regulatory agencies, including investigations
• Reviewing marketing, advertising and privacy matters to ensure compliance with jurisdictional obligations
• Assisting with the legal aspects of credit and collection of debts
• Advising on litigation matters affecting casino operations—including non-gaming legal issues such as employment law, banking regulations and personal injury law
• Advising on corporate structuring and gaming tax issues
• Protecting the intellectual property of casinos, gaming equipment manufacturers, and online gaming Websites 

The role of government as policy maker, regulator and market participant is decisive more than ever before at national and international level, public and private sector that need to understand that government decisions rule the progress of their businesses in several sectors.

Therefore, most enterprises need a partner with skills and experts that can have access to the political decision-making, understand the needs of central and local government, as well as of regulatory bodies, public sector agencies and not-for-profit organizations.

Our cooperative lawyers and other professionals know how government works. We provide insight into public sector management, policy and political trends, and strategic planning and implementation to meet your business objectives. You can count on our experience in representing clients through the financial crisis, advising on large-scale projects and public private partnerships; we will help you get business done - across the political spectrum. 

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Our thorough knowledge of the hotel and leisure industry is based upon decades of unsurpassed experience working with hotel owners, investors, lenders and operators. We can provide you the guidance and counsel you are seeking and you can turn to us for creative and practical solutions regarding acquisitions and dispositions, financing, long-term management agreements and much more.

Our team is focused exclusively on the hotel and leisure industry, who regularly work on hotel and leisure industry matters.

Our team specializes in in-depth understanding the hotels and leisure industry from a global perspective, at every level. We are also keenly aware of the multitude of issues involved in doing cross-border and multi-jurisdiction transactions and how to successfully navigate through the same. Among the transactions our partners undertake are: develop complex projects, refinancing hotels or portfolios, negotiating management agreements, corporate acquisitions or joint ventures.

Elia International Consulting Services provides value-added services to its clients. We are proud to serve as trusted advisors to some of the most respected owners, investors and developers of the industry. Our clients are distinguished and unique and the services they expect are the best in class. We are proud that we focus on hotels and leisure facilities and provide a business perspective, apart from all legal advice. Our clients can rely on us for advice on:

• Management, franchise and license agreements: hotels, resorts, gaming, food and beverage, golf and spa
• Creation, operation and restructuring of complex mixed-use projects
• Development matters
• Company and asset acquisitions and dispositions
• Equity and debt financings
• Trademarks
• Operational issues

Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have become a quite common structure for the delivery of public infrastructure projects and they give the opportunity to both state and private bodies to achieve projects by sharing risks and responsibilities in relation to traditional procurement. These types of structures also can offer better protection against schedule and cost overruns, and give the private sector the chance to bring innovation to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure.

This type of structures is long-term and the parties involved build their relationships based on understanding and agreements of rights and obligations; so, all parties involved need experienced legal counsels to achieve agreements that serve their interests.

Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating lawyers have experience with PPPs, as we have assisted public owners, lenders and contractors with all aspects of PPP arrangements across a broad range of infrastructure sectors. Whether you are involved in transport or utility, roads or accommodation we have experienced lawyers who can assist you.

• world-class mining lawyers based in offices across all of the main mining markets.
• a global team with experience in PFI/PPP and in the most complex infrastructure projects.
• experience in finance – with a deep understanding of acquisition finance, project finance, alternative finance and Shariah-compliant structures.
• emerging markets capability across a variety of projects and sectors.
• commodities lawyers with considerable emerging markets experience.

 Infrastructure

We have a great  reputation in the international infrastructure sector and the  role we have  in almost every major project around the world is outstanding.  The similar happens for  projects involving significant development finance. We have also a great experience at construction and engineering sector, and can advise on all aspects of infrastructure projects, includingmining infrastructure, water and waste projects, telecommunications andtransportation, and all aspects of social accommodation.

We deliver

• intimate knowledge of your industry sector.
• experience across the transactional infrastructure spectrum.
• considerable emerging markets experience.
• a global track record and resources.

Our areas of work include

• PPP concessions
• construction and operation contracts
• dispute resolution
• privatization
• construction and engineering.
• finance and security documents
• infrastructure asset acquisitions and disposal
• real estate
• public procurement
• infrastructure funds and secondary markets.

In a world where risk is a notion constantly changing from natural disaster to terrorism, economic crisis and threat of pandemics, increasing regulations and legislative reforms on a local and international level, all businesses find themselves under enormous pressure. Our firm has excellent knowledge and know-how to mitigate the risks, your exposure to them and protects you from all threats that may occur, while helping you manage your own risk. It offers you mediation, arbitration and litigation in several areas, among which:

• Liability
• Bankruptcies
• Tenders
• Market conduct exams and investigations
• Class action lawsuits
• Coverage claims

Life Sciences and Health Care companies are facing enormous challenges and unpredictable changes in the short future, since regulatory pressures are increasing, new medical advances occur daily, and patent changes require careful management of your portfolios. All these require you to be very vigilant. Commercial and government bodies are demanding more effective cost controls. To meet these and other challenges, you need a law firm that comprehend your problems, the challenges of your business, and can effectively represent your interests. Elia International Consulting Services is that firm. We focus on the issues that are the core of your business, day in and day out, just as you do. Our team of lawyers works with you in the key areas you expect from your cooperative lawyers, and some that may surprise you.

Among the services, we provide you are: advice on intellectual property rights, best procurement practices, government regulatory policies and enforcement, patient confidentiality, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation, to name a few. We collaborate with consultants in health care delivery, pharma-economic experts, management advisers, and leaders in scientific opinion and research institutes, whenever and if necessary. Our approach is so as to ensure that you enjoy an innovative and commercially focused service.

We work closely with health care establishments and services providers, research centers and foundations. Our cooperative lawyers are meticulously selected to ensure that you have access to the best advice precisely when you need it.

The features of this industry are quite unique: often fast-moving product cycle, durability and heritage, trend and style globalization. 

Whether you do business in product design, manufacturing and licensing, franchising, sales or distribution, financing, sourcing or business development, we address your needs as an individual business owner, a family-owned business, an institutional investor, a private equity fund or a multinational company.

Elia International Consulting Services can work with you to meet and overcome these challenges: a partnership driving the success of your brand. And a partner that brings expertise shaped by some of the best-known luxury brands.

Our cooperative lawyers provide services to your end-to-end operations and advise on real estate, business and tax structure, staff employment, and reputation protection. We make sure your boutiques are completed on schedule and deliver the ultimate shopping experience.

Whether your business is fashion, fragrance, cosmetics, fine wines, jewelry, tableware, fine arts, furniture design, hotel and leisure, or publishing–together we’re a fashionable choice.

Turn to our colleagues for effective solutions across the luxury goods, fashion and beauty sectors, including:

• Corporate and business transactions, including M&A and factoring
• Complex licensing
• Distribution and franchising
• Data protection and security
• Employment and labor law
• Intellectual property, including trademark, copyright, patent strategies, development, protection and enforcement
• Internet, e-commerce and social media
• Litigation
• Real estate leasing
• Regulatory and competition
• Strategic sourcing and outsourcing
• Tax

Our clients range from innovative startups to iconic jewelry houses and world-famous fashion and apparel brands, legacy interior design editors, leading hotels and resorts, and luxury book publishers.

Your business encounters numerous issues from design development to brand protection, innovation to communication, managing supply chains to expanding production and from local market distribution to worldwide expansion—these are just some of the challenges that require careful navigation. You need advice from counsels and professionals who thoroughly comprehend your industry, have the agility and resources to help you respond to competitive pressures in a global marketplace. Our team can understand not only what drives your business, but also where you may face new opportunities or threats in the future. Working together, we can guarantee that you are competitive today and positioned to succeed tomorrow.

Look to our cooperative lawyers for innovative business and legal solutions across manufacturing sectors. Among the fields we provide advice are the following:

• Material and components procurement
• Sales and distribution
• Heavy machinery supply and installation
• Call for tenders and request for proposals
• Joint ventures, subcontracting and outsourcing
• Plant facilities and related environmental issues
• Trade practices and antitrust 
• Research and development, protection of inventions, brands and trade secrets
• Product warranty and liability
• Acquisitions and divestitures of facilities and business
• Regulatory compliance

The media, entertainment and sports industries are rapidly and continuously evolving. The digital revolution, new technologies and new platforms are constantly changing the way media, entertainment and sport content is created, distributed and consumed. These changes entail both opportunities and risks. This means that every new business model and product must not only appeal to a customer base, but address a web of legal issues, regulations and requirements. 

At Elia International Consulting Services we use our expertise to help you mitigate risks and capitalize on evolving trends in the marketplace. Whether you are looking at acquiring, selling, distributing or financing film, television, music, publishing, digital media assets or a sports team, launching a television or Internet channel in the European Union or elsewhere, participating in a sports venue/real estate development, or litigating, arbitrating or mediating a copyright, trademark or licensing dispute, we can provide advice as to the local political, legal and business conditions that drive outcomes.  

In the global business of mining, there are many challenges our clients may face every day.

We can help you meet those challenges. Turn to our team of lawyers for solutions across the mining sector. Credible knowledge in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, the fundamental challenges for the mining sector, such as commodity prices, remain strong in the medium term. You can trust us to help in the development of resource projects, as we continuously monitor developments in resources, including the exercise of royalty, taxing and nationalization powers.

Partner with our cooperative lawyers and rely on them since they have authored studies related to global resource regimes.

With Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating lawyers, you’ll benefit from our in-depth understanding of the mining sector, as well as our flawless services that can provide you with the right strategies to grow your business.

Our experience has enabled us to advise on some of the industry’s largest and most innovative mining transactions and we are particularly well known for our work in leveraged finance deals for mining developments, including complex syndications.

We serve big international financial institutions, mining houses and global corporate leaders who value our experience in the sector and our ability to provide local market knowledge when needed.

We deliver

• global resources and track record.
• unrivalled experience in the international mining sector and in emerging markets.
• transactional, regulatory and contentious capabilities.

Our areas of work include

• accessing Chinese finance
• climate change and environment
• equity capital markets
• ECA & DFI experience
• alternative mining finance (including streaming & royalties)
• debt finance
• dispute resolution
• commodity finance
• FSA and derivatives
• infrastructure
• joint ventures
• tax& structuring.
• licensing and consents
• mergers and acquisitions
• mining infrastructure
• deep sea mining
• development finance (project finance)
• mining safety and investigations

In the modern competitive landscape one must count on innovative solutions to carry out transactions and encounter the political and financial challenges that create obstacles and challenges in the completion of deals.

Achieve your financial objectives with Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating lawyers by your side, while adapting to the tough regime it predominates, as our advisors will guide you through the legal and structural issues of any transaction whether you are an entrepreneur, an investor, a capitalist or a buyout fund. We anticipate to respond to you demand and needs whenever you need us.

Take advantage of valuable insight with our strategic focus in many sectors, as we comprehend any trends, challenges, and players—delivering key intelligence to guide your decisions.

Your business is facing an increasing demand for services, sector focus and flexible, innovative solutions. You need to provide this, while complying with increased regulatory controls, increased risks and, at the same time, needing to provide outstanding client service.

Our colleagues can help you navigate this complex path, with sector knowledge with experience in a full range of commercial legal services, including:

• Corporate law and governance
• Litigation
• Insolvency
• Finance
• Real estate
• Technology
• Employment
• Intellectual property
• Tax

As a result of our integrated approach to our advice and counsel, you can seamlessly operate your practice in multiple jurisdictions, compliant with regulations, tax efficient and with minimized liability. Specifically, we can help you:

• Take advantage of consolidation in your industry; whether you want to grow by acquisition or merge your business with a larger network, we understand how to design agreements that protect your business’ goodwill and help retain talented professionals
• Address highly sensitive, critical matters involving allegations of professional negligence or professional discipline
• Act as insolvency office holders in complex insolvencies and restructurings around the world.

Real estate projects are very demanding: they require careful consideration of numerous elements, often crossing several areas of law and jurisdictions. Regardless of their role—or the complexity of the project—real estate investors and owners rely on experienced legal consultants with a strong industry understanding and connections in the field, reinforced by national strength and resources.

We rely on our expertise, with specialized sub-group, to meet the individual needs of our clients. Whether structuring a complex land assembly deal for a large pension fund, or working out environmental issues, we offer strategic advice that focuses on the future of our clients’ businesses.

Our clients are involved in all areas of real estate and include real estate companies and developers; entrepreneurs; owners and tenants, office and industrial buildings, shopping centers, hotels, and multi-residential condominium developments. We also represent purchasers, sellers, and investors in real estate property, including financial institutions, pension funds, foundations and offshore interests and investors.

Our group assists our clients on negotiating, documenting and completing all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. It is quite experienced in all types of commercial and multi-residential real estate transactions, expropriation, commercial leasing, and land development. We represent both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of credit transactions. We identify and advise on all areas of land ownership and operational issues as well as advising on the appropriate structuring of investments.

Retailing has always been one of the most competitive and cruel fields of industry over centuries as it has been about survival of the fittest and most innovative. Many retailers have had to find this out in the hard way. Others have reinvented themselves. Embracing change, innovation and new technologies is challenging, but this has always been the key to survival and prosperity.

The requirements of the field are numerous and you need advice for a trusted counselor and professional as Elia International Consulting Services, which thanks to its long experience can provide the best practical advice and solutions in numerous sectors of this industry, such as:

• Real estate
• Competition
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Health care
• Pensions
• Technology and media
• Litigation
• Tax
• Data protection
• Intellectual property

Our team will help you take advantage of every aspect of your business, including media advertising, consumer credit, creation of customized shopping channels, copyright and trademark infringement, competition issues, data protection, and contracting with suppliers and distributors. Our experience and expertise means we offer strategic, legal advice to retailers.

Our orientation in the sector of technology offers us a deep understanding of this key business of the modern competitive world. Our legal expertise and experience advising numerous participants in the technology ecosystem works as a guarantee for you to achieve your strategic objectives, minimize any risks and deliver results that will grow your market share.

Our team of lawyers specialize in corporate, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, licensing, privacy, intellectual property, capital markets, tax, litigation, employment, real estate and regulatory for cutting-edge counsel across the technology sector. Thus, the solutions and suggestions offered are innovative, unmatched on legal issues of simple or complex business throughout the globe.

Nowadays everyone recognizes the importance of investment in transportation, since the efficient movement of people and goods is fundamental to any economy and transportation is a key-area of development in otherwise difficult economic times: trains, planes, automobiles, and ships have never been more in demand. 

Either our clients are participating in the sector and are looking to expand their businesses or they are looking for an opportunity to enter the market, we can provide them all legal advice required for that. In our firm, clients will find lawyers who have the necessary experience and expertise, built up over many years, with deep understanding of the operational and commercial key-factors, and they are all passionate about their profession, their mission and its achievement through success.

Elia International Consulting Services provide services of arbitration both to claimants and respondents and with top-notch legal and pragmatic advice. Whether your dispute is international or domestic, you can always count on us to give you the best possible advice.

Our incomparable experience, skills and expertise will lead us to provide you the best legal advice. Our advisors understand your business and objectives, and possess a keen knowledge of the rules that govern arbitration proceedings. Your goals guide our cooperating lawyers. With special knowledge in the fields of oil and gas, natural resources (including mining and forestry), hotel management, financial services, infrastructure and government sectors, we will partner with you to help ensure your success.

Our arbitration practice extends to all the main arbitration forums and rules and many regional arbitration institutions. We also have extensive experience with ad hoc arbitration, including under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law rules.

Gain confidence from knowing you have an experienced partner by your side. Our professionals work closely with you on arbitrations under civil law, common law, international treaties and public international law. We are perfectly familiar with all post-arbitration procedures, including judicial review and global enforcement matters.

We will provide you guidance through all stages of arbitration - from drafting the dispute resolution mechanism best suited to your circumstances, the arbitration hearing and post - arbitration enforcement to recognition of the award.

Banking and finance is at the heart of every economy. It offers the means for businesses to expand and investors to grow. Elia International Consulting Services operates at the forefront of banking and finance, making use of innovative finance products.

Our team of professionals provide an expansive breadth of support, helping our clients to structure and document transactions of every industry. We represent both finance providers and users, so you benefit from counsels that understand the needs and desires of all engaged parties.

The following represents just a small part of the transactions we undertake:

• Acquisition finance
• Asset-based lending
• Asset finance
• Bank formation
• Bilateral and syndicated lending
• Debt capital markets
• Financial institutions regulation
• Fund finance
• Private placements
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Trade finance
• Consumer finance

Current capital markets are full of unprecedented challenges. No matter where you begin from, you need a trusted professional by your side, someone you can trust and can see the value of investing today to maintain capabilities and market share.

Maximize your opportunities with a partner who adapts to modern marketplace and helps you with everything: from developing new best practices to sharing the risk of a deal that doesn't close, adapting in a changing landscape.

Our colleagues collaborate, with you, work side-by-side with you, applying innovative yet practical approaches to all fields in the global capital markets in order to meet your specific goals.

Your ambitions become true with our help. Our cooperating cooperating lawyers work hard to abide by the regulations, to comply with all requirements and achieve all objectives in key financial markets. We offer advice to banks, insurance companies, securities dealers, shareholders and venture capitalists, as well as private equity.

At Elia International Consulting Services we exploit our in-depth knowledge of competition law and enforcement to get the deal done, resolve any dispute or business challenge. Thanks to our long experience on decisions, transactions and regulatory processes, you can rely on us to deliver critical insights for your business.

Our clients can count on us to maximize their prospects of a successful outcome. Whatever the proposed assignment - irrespective of the subject matter, size or complexity - our clients’ success is our priority.

All businesses that need advice from experienced competition cooperating lawyers, who understand the relevant issues and can identify appropriate solutions to antitrust and competition problems can turn to us.

With our specialized and dedicated cooperating lawyers, our clients can navigate antitrust and competition regimes with confidence. Whether on complex litigation, investigations by competition authorities, merger control, competition compliance programs, or commercial arrangements, we deliver customized, effective, and timely advice, representation and support.

Global coverage allows us to provide a ‘one-stop’ legal service for all antitrust aspects, including merger filings and clearances in various jurisdictions worldwide for international M&A deals, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. An international platform is essential to manage competition litigation and claims and to offer support in international investigations into cartels and anticompetitive practices. Itallows the minimization of antitrust risk throughout international business and at a national level our advisors provide you deep knowledge of markets, legislation, and rules.

Our lawyers offer you commercial solutions to overcome control in all major jurisdictions and our team is expert in the competition law of many jurisdictions and practice before courts and authorities all over the world.

Among thefields of our expertise are included

• disputes and litigation
• cartel investigations
• international trade law
• compliance and risk management
• merger control
• criminal investigations – anti-competitive conduct
• distribution and agency
• pricingstrategies
• economic regulation – liberalisation, licensing, network access, price control
• publicprocurement
• IP and technology licences – antitrust compliance
• market investigations and studies

Antitrust and competition litigation

Our antitrust litigation team of professionals has long experience and great expertise in antitrust litigation and competition practice. We have participated in numerous and complex litigation cases across our key industry sectors, such as financial services; energy; infrastructure, mining, and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

Our litigation strategies are customized to our customers’ needs and we use tactics to enable them to enjoy the best advantage throughout any dispute and achieve the best strategic commercial goals. Our competition regularly appears before courts and specialist competition tribunals across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa, enabling us to offer a joined-up approach to competition disputes worldwide.

Our team with its extensive experience, across multiple jurisdictions and numerous litigations, can assist you with any legal and logistical issuesrelated to volumes of evidence and managing disclosure and disclosure risks, since our lawyershave worked in many competition authorities and regulators worldwide.

We provide

• Extensive knowledge of antitrust and competition disputes all over the world;
• Competition experience combined with commercially-focused litigation skills;
• Experience in managing multi-jurisdictional cartel investigations and litigation.

Our fields of work include

• cartel investigations
• civil and criminal investigations
• commercial antitrust disputes

Cartels and antitrust investigations

The decisions that businesses engaged in potential anti-competitive conduct make should take into consideration the risk of damages claims in any jurisdictions. These decisions must be made quickly whether to self-report violations to secure immunity from prosecution or to stand fast and defend a case, must be made quickly.

Our specialized team has considerable experience of these investigations from a truly global perspective. We understand not only the approach that local authorities take to cases but also the manner in which they coordinate investigations into multijurisdictional conduct. You enjoy the benefit of our experience in antitrust and competition, business ethics and anti-corruption, disputes and litigation and employment law to guide you through the international anti-cartel legislation.

Our fields of expertise include

• intrusive cartel investigations and dawn raids
• compliance procedures and training
• employment law
• criminal investigations and leniency regimes
• private litigation.

Merger control

Our antitrust and competition team enables us to provide clients extensive global coverage combined with in-depth local knowledge of markets, laws, regulators, and enforcement practices.

Nowadays, corporations encounter an increasing need for a centralized, coordinated approach to identifying and obtaining antitrust approvalssince antitrust authorities all over the world increase their enforcement measures against mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. Moreover, our strong relationships with leading local law firms allow us to provide coverage across the merger control regimesof all major antitrust jurisdictions.

Our clients can take advantage of our insight and experience during every stage of the merger control process.

We provide

• Efficient coordination of global and regional merger control filings and approvals.
• In-depth analysis of the potential antitrust impact and risk of a proposed transaction.
• Extensive knowledge of structuring compliant transactions, including joint ventures and strategic alliances.
• Track record of obtaining multi-jurisdictional clearances and negotiating remedies.

Our fields of expertise include

• pre-merger due diligence
• mergerinvestigations
• merger control filings and approvals
• regulatory approval

At Elia International Consulting Services, our formidable global presence and multijurisdictional capabilities are unmatched. 

To help meet your needs, we combine our presence in key financial centers and strong industry/sector knowledge with our established track record handling cross border multijurisdictional transactions and connecting work between mature and emerging markets.

Elia International Consulting Services’s is distinguished by our position as one of the very few global legal teams that is “in and of the community”— if not the only one that is truly so. Culturally knowledgeable and backed by decades of on-the-ground experience, we support the ambitions of local and international businesses the world over.

We provide you with high-level sector capabilities, including one of the most renowned energy teams in the world and unparalleled strength in mining, technology, manufacturing, financial services, real estate, health care, private equity and industrials.

Corporate governance is quite demanding and difficult field, requiring combination of competing interests and regulatory, operational, fiduciary, political, communications and market factors. Furthermore, it necessitates the application of judgment, legal analysis, and practical decision-making in a real-time environment where decisions are likely to be second-guessed and sometimes reviewed by the courts.

It is common sense that the best way to avoid a corporate governance crisis is to plan for it; and that often the most successfully resolved crises are the ones that no one hears about. When an issue is in the spotlight, we use as many resources and expertise as possible, including securities regulation, disclosure, corporate law, communications policy, compliance practices, privacy, fiduciary duties, investor relations, activist shareholders and experience-based business judgment.

We are experienced in guiding boards of directors, special committees, management and corporate leadership on the full range of governance issues, including:

• advising boards, committees, management and leadership in discharging their legal and fiduciary obligations while preserving all available legal protections
• responding to and negotiating with national and international securities regulators and other enforcement agencies
• working with your auditors and financial advisors to resolve potential accounting issues
• handling disclosure in a manner that both satisfies legal obligations and is sensitive to the concerns of investors, employees and the media
• conducting internal investigations to determine relevant facts quickly and accurately
• working with financing sources
• handling any civil litigation that may arise

We provide advice on all corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities matters. We hold a strategicalposition in the world’s leading business and financial markets, which allows us to handle and coordinate highly complex domestic, and multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Among ourcustomersare the world’s largest corporations and financial institutions and middle market and emerging companies, as well as a wide range of industries including our key industry sectors: energy; financial institutions; infrastructure, mining and commodities; technology and innovation; transport; and life sciences and healthcare.

We provide extensive international coverage across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, providing a truly global service to our clients.

Our fields of expertise include

M&A

• purchases and sales of assets and businesses
• change of control events
• mergers (public and private)
• joint ventures
• proxy contests
• tender offers and exchange offers
• purchases and sales of securities
• going private transactions
• tender offers.

Private equity/investment funds

• asset and investment management
• fund formation and governance
• acquisitions, investments, recapitalisations, and other monetization events
• general partners/sponsors, investors/limited partners and portfolio companies.

Securities

• international offerings
• initial public offerings
• secondary offerings
• equity capital markets
• private placements
• securities law and exchange compliance
• securities regulation and enforcement.
• Generalcorporateandcommercial

Our corporate advisory team delivers advice on all corporate advisory and corporate governance related matters. Our team works closely with your business, including your in-house legal and company secretarial teams, to provide a tailored service across the full range of corporate advisory and commercial issues.

• data privacy
• commercial contracts
• corporate regulations and restructurings
• corporate governance and directors’ responsibilities
• sourcingandtechnology.

Asset and investment management

The industry of asset and wealth management is facing a period of substantial turmoil. The unstable global economic perspectivecreates a number of challenges, and in combination with the raft of new regulatory initiatives and ever-increasing pressure on margins, asset managers are being forced to take measures to survive, adapt and grow.

Our experience in this industry in combinationwith in-depth legal knowledge by our global team, allow usto help our clients navigate the regulatory challengesand to emerge in a position of strength.

Our global asset and wealth management team advises on every aspect of the industry, from fund formations to mergers and acquisitions. Our lawyers will help you wherever the issues or opportunities arise.

We are engaged on some of the most high-profile cross-border deals in the market, working closely with many of the leading global asset and wealth managers, as well as banks and service providers to the sector.

Weprovide

• Direct experience of working within regulators and trade bodies.
• Experience advising many of the leading global asset management businesses as well as banks and service providers to the sector.
• Particular strength in specialist and alternative funds and asset classes.

Our fields of expertise include

• M&A, transactions and outsourcing
• investment fund formation and fundraising
• private client
• regulatory
• disputes and investigations
• tax
• structured products and derivatives
• employment and incentives
• pensions.

Our team includes many cooperating lawyers and law professionals, spread across our offices, who regularly represent management about employment, executive compensation and counseling projects. We can provide multinational businesses with a coordinated solution to all their employment and benefits needs.

Our employment and labor cooperating lawyers are known for their creative, business-savvy counseling skills and, when necessary, their results-driven, highly successful litigation practice. Elia International Consulting Services represents local and multinational businesses with respect to the full range of workforce-related issues and matters, including those listed below.

In addition to concentration in certain industry sectors, we have collective, extensive experience representing employers in all industry sectors, including:

• Financial services
• Health care
• Education
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Energy
• Manufacturing
• Professional services
• Retail
• Real estate
• Hospitality
• Transport and infrastructure
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Insurance

The energy industry is a competitive one. Due to the recent unstable oil prices and the deficiency of traditional hydrocarbon energy sources this industry has become even more complex. Meanwhile another layer of complexity is added by governments and political pressures which seek energy security and stability with the use of cleaner energy supplies.

Under such fast-changing conditions and increasing pressure from all directions, you can turn to us so as to feel safe and secure that you will achieve your business goals through our support thanks to our experience in this sector, providing you strategic assistance based on our thorough comprehension of the energy industry – we see the opportunities within traditional sectors and within new technologies—and can help shape the business you want. From exploration to marketing, and from generation to retail, Elia International Consulting Services can give you the innovative advice and insight you need.

Our team can provide you effective solutions across the energy sector including transactions, political services and dispute resolution in:

• Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas
• Nuclear
• Renewables and Unconventional Energy
• Conventional generation
• Transmission and distribution
• Retail electricity and natural gas supply
• Pipeline and Maritime Transportation
• LNG, Oil and Gas Trading
• Energy market reform
• Privatization of Energy Enterprises 

Nuclear

Our nuclear services group has extensive experience not only in nuclear projects undertaken and funded by governments, financial institutions, and the private sector across the globe, but also in the development of regulatory and legal regimes for the nuclear sector.

We have been involved in all aspects of the nuclear cycle, from including feasibility studies for the development of new nuclear stations, new build (construction and financing), operational issues, fuel fabrication, transportation,and supply to waste management and disposal and decommissioning. Moreover, we have participated in several discussions hosted by governments and other agencies on the future of the industry, non-proliferation and energy reviews.

Our experience in the industry enables us to exploit our wealth of knowledge to develop innovative solutions to new issues that arise in the nuclear market. It enables us to have a well-rounded view of all stakeholders’ perspectives and to anticipate the position that our clients may face from others. We use our knowledge to provide help to clients in countries who are new to the nuclear market and to develop their nuclear industries adjusted to their needs, while ensuring compliance with the high standards and proceduresof the sector.

We provide

• unparalleled international experience gained over 30 years
• practical knowledge of nuclear sites and regulators
• an unrivalled experience of acting for government bodies and the private sector
• hands on experience of exeltium, debt, equity, ECA and government financing
• an in-depth knowledge international regulatory regimes, laws, international treaties and the insurance regime and pools
• a global cross-functional team consisting of energy, financing, construction, regulation, transportation, environmental, corporate, employment, planning and dispute resolution.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• co-operation agreements/ framework agreements
• feasibility studies
• front end engineering and design
• technology transfers
• new build (construction and financing) commercial plant and research reactors
• the fuel cycle
• financing
• pensions
• transportation
• corporate, mergers and acquisitions
• environmental and permitting
• taxation
• planning
• decommissioning
• competition, procurement and state aid
• joint ventures
• repositoriesandwastedisposal.

Oil and gas

Our team of legal professionals advise clients in the oil and gas industry for many years thanks to the services we have developed to match the trends and cover their needs.

We have oil and gas cooperating lawyers who comprehend local market issues and offer full services to many of the world’s oil and gas companies, governments, and other financial institutions from offices in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• LNG plants and facilities
• refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products
• gas processing and gathering facilities
• petrochemical plants and facilities.

Power

The services we offer in the field of energy practices have been developed on our experience working every day with clients and providing advice on several issues, such as: tax, employment, environmental and safety, disposals, trading, dispute resolution, and arbitration.

We continue to be at the cutting edge of new developments in gas, coal and oil-fired power in both existing and emerging markets.

The new models of regulation and financing, the increasing globalization and privatization are the main changes in the sector that help us gain experience and provide up-to-date advice on all aspects to our clients.

We never underestimate the challenges that ‘country first’ projects present. This is the reason why our power team is exceptionally skilled, experienced and knowledgeable at dealing with such innovative transactions.

Renewables

It is our belief that our global renewables practice offers the strongest network of skilled legal advisers all over the world.

We provide the full spectrum of legal services in the renewable energy sector: advice and representation with respect to project development and financing, new supply, negotiation of power purchase agreements, acquisition of project facilities, and all related commercial and regulatory issues.

Among the areas of work are included the following

• solar
• bioenergy
• marine, tidal and hydropower
• geothermal
• waste to energy
• wind: onshore
• wind: offshore.

Sustainability and climate change

Sustainability and climate change are modern challenges but also major opportunities for our clients. Various aspects of these fields, such as business risks, climate finance, emissions regulation, clean energy require expertise legal advice that our talented lawyers can provide from a variety of jurisdictions and disciplines for a global and comprehensive approach.

Our team supports our clients by providing solid business advice on the choices and decisions necessary for responding to a risk, opportunity, or both, locally and internationally.

Our team, that is dedicated in that field, is at the forefront of regulatory and market developments, works closely with governments, financial institutions, and corporates across multiple jurisdictions. Our law firm hasassisted our clients to effectively navigate and respond to the risks and opportunities posed by this sector.

Water

Our firm deeply comprehends the significance of sustainable use of water and the efficient dealing of processed water in the energy and wider natural resources sector. Thus, our team of experts provides access to all the developed sectors within the water industry.

We provide advice on all aspects of the development of the water industry in countries that are facing the biggest challenges in respect of securing water supply. Our experience reflects the challenges we have encountered in the sector through increased privatization, new models of regulation and financing, and increasing internationalization.

In our era, the efficient and sustainable management of water throughout the world will increasingly involve the private sector, working in partnership with local government; our team may provide you all necessary assistance at that level.

Our comprehension of the dynamics of water projects and our skills and experience of advising clients on the commercial structuring and financing of water projects, makes us a leading player in the water sector, globally.

Environmental and related natural resource issues are truly global. Nowadays, they become of increasing interest and as environmental legislation are constantly evolving, as both developed and developing countries seek to meet the impacts of a global economy on their air, land, water and public health. These issues transcend borders and require multinational responses, so companies operating in multiple jurisdictions need the help of cooperating lawyers with broad experience across regions to help them with this changing landscape.

Our cooprating cooperating lawyers have broad experience with environmental laws.

Companies face increasing regulatory and public pressure to address the environmental impact of their business operations. We work on environmental issues, such as project development, impact assessment, permitting, climate change, product life cycle analysis, due diligence and risk management. We are ready to listen and respond to all your environmental needs wherever and whatever they may be.

Our cooprating cooperating lawyers will work with you to plan for compliance with changing regulations and standards around the world and guide you in seeking resolution of enforcement actions, defending permits and pursuing legal remedies where necessary. Rely on our support and advice from production to disposal, for products you manufacture, or assets you acquire or sell. Our cooperating lawyers will also provide you strategic management counsel and representation.

Nuclear

Our nuclear services group has extensive experience not only in nuclear projects undertaken and funded by governments, financial institutions, and the private sector across the globe, but also in the development of regulatory and legal regimes for the nuclear sector.

We have been involved in all aspects of the nuclear cycle, from including feasibility studies for the development of new nuclear stations, new build (construction and financing), operational issues, fuel fabrication, transportation,and supply to waste management and disposal and decommissioning. Moreover, we have participated in several discussions hosted by governments and other agencies on the future of the industry, non-proliferation and energy reviews.

Our experience in the industry enables us to exploit our wealth of knowledge to develop innovative solutions to new issues that arise in the nuclear market. It enables us to have a well-rounded view of all stakeholders’ perspectives and to anticipate the position that our clients may face from others. We use our knowledge to provide help to clients in countries who are new to the nuclear market and to develop their nuclear industries adjusted to their needs, while ensuring compliance with the high standards and proceduresof the sector.

We provide

• unparalleled international experience gained over 30 years
• practical knowledge of nuclear sites and regulators
• an unrivalled experience of acting for government bodies and the private sector
• hands on experience of exeltium, debt, equity, ECA and government financing
• an in-depth knowledge international regulatory regimes, laws, international treaties and the insurance regime and pools
• a global cross-functional team consisting of energy, financing, construction, regulation, transportation, environmental, corporate, employment, planning and dispute resolution.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• co-operation agreements/ framework agreements
• feasibility studies
• front end engineering and design
• technology transfers
• new build (construction and financing) commercial plant and research reactors
• the fuel cycle
• financing
• pensions
• transportation
• corporate, mergers and acquisitions
• environmental and permitting
• taxation
• planning
• decommissioning
• competition, procurement and state aid
• joint ventures
• repositoriesandwastedisposal.

Oil and gas

Our team of legal professionals advise clients in the oil and gas industry for many years thanks to the services we have developed to match the trends and cover their needs.

We have oil and gas lawyers who comprehend local market issues and offer full services to many of the world’s oil and gas companies, governments, and other financial institutions from offices in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Among our fields of expertise are included

• LNG plants and facilities
• refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products
• gas processing and gathering facilities
• petrochemical plants and facilities.

Power

The services we offer in the field of energy practices have been developed on our experience working every day with clients and providing advice on several issues, such as: tax, employment, environmental and safety, disposals, trading, dispute resolution, and arbitration.

We continue to be at the cutting edge of new developments in gas, coal and oil-fired power in both existing and emerging markets.

The new models of regulation and financing, the increasing globalization and privatization are the main changes in the sector that help us gain experience and provide up-to-date advice on all aspects to our clients.

We never underestimate the challenges that ‘country first’ projects present. This is the reason why our power team is exceptionally skilled, experienced and knowledgeable at dealing with such innovative transactions.

Renewables

It is our belief that our global renewables practice offers the strongest network of skilled legal advisers all over the world.

We provide the full spectrum of legal services in the renewable energy sector: advice and representation with respect to project development and financing, new supply, negotiation of power purchase agreements, acquisition of project facilities, and all related commercial and regulatory issues.

Among the areas of work are included the following

• solar
• bioenergy
• marine, tidal and hydropower
• geothermal
• waste to energy
• wind: onshore
• wind: offshore.

Sustainability and climate change

Sustainability and climate change are modern challenges but also major opportunities for our clients. Various aspects of these fields, such as business risks, climate finance, emissions regulation, clean energy require expertise legal advice that our talented lawyers can provide from a variety of jurisdictions and disciplines for a global and comprehensive approach.

Our team supports our clients by providing solid business advice on the choices and decisions necessary for responding to a risk, opportunity, or both, locally and internationally.

Our team, that is dedicated in that field, is at the forefront of regulatory and market developments, works closely with governments, financial institutions, and corporates across multiple jurisdictions. Our law firm hasassisted our clients to effectively navigate and respond to the risks and opportunities posed by this sector.

Water

Our law firm deeply comprehends the significance of sustainable use of water and the efficient dealing of processed water in the energy and wider natural resources sector. Thus, our team of experts provides access to all the developed sectors within the water industry.

We provide advice on all aspects of the development of the water industry in countries that are facing the biggest challenges in respect of securing water supply. Our experience reflects the challenges we have encountered in the sector through increased privatization, new models of regulation and financing, and increasing internationalization.

In our era, the efficient and sustainable management of water throughout the world will increasingly involve the private sector, working in partnership with local government; our team may provide you all necessary assistance at that level.

Our comprehension of the dynamics of water projects and our skills and experience of advising clients on the commercial structuring and financing of water projects, makes us a leading player in the water sector, globally.

Nowadays franchising has become for many enterprises one of the most efficient and profitable way to grow. Whether you are a start-up company or a mature business, we understand the franchise industry and its diverse legal needs.

You definitely need the best advice as you establish and expand you franchise locally, nationally, or even internationally. Elia International Consulting Services has extensive experience in all franchising distribution models and many industry sectors, such as: restaurant, retail, services, hospitality, entertainment, education, healthcare etc. Regardless of industry sector, all companies involved in franchising usually have the same concerns over risk management, partner selection, enforcement of quality standards, and legal and regulatory compliance. As they expand nationally or internationally, clients will rely on our experience and in-depth knowledge of franchising to mitigate these risks.

We provide advice on the full range of legal issues including:

• Master Franchise and Area Development Agreements
• Unit Franchising
• Franchise Disclosure and Registration
• Franchise Disputes
• Withholding Taxes and reverse charges of VAT and sales tax
• Franchise Dispute Resolution
• Customer Data Management and Loyalty Schemes
• Anti-Trust and Competition Law compliance
• Regulatory compliance including Anti-Bribery, FCPA, Sanctions
• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution techniques

We implement meticulously designed approach for our franchising strategy, in order to fully exploit the potential that franchising offers. Our strategic advice to new franchisors or already franchise clients include the determination of the best financial model that suits best your business as we work with several franchise systems.

We offer clients the unique balance of deep local knowledge of practices each country of the world, in the context of an understanding of franchising developments and best practice worldwide.

Elia International Consulting Services help you take advantage of the opportunities offered by government contracts awarded to businesses. This field is quite intricate but rewarding and our colleagues know every detail and may represent you in all fields of public sector’s contracts, such as:

• Aerospace and defense
• Electronics
• Communications
• IT and technical services
• Finance
• Stability operations
• Construction
• Transportation
• Health care, life sciences and biodefense
• Energy
• Professional Services
• Logistics and Supply Chain

The cooperating lawyers of government contracts are always experienced with major government procuring agencies, the Justice Department and all factors involved. Our cooperating cooperating lawyers hold positions and are active in industry fields necessary so as to provide all assistance required. Whether you need accounting or pricing assistance, an equitable adjustment, defense against civil or criminal fraud allegations, a legislative change that enables participation in the government contracting business or any other legal solution, turn to our Firm for a successful outcome.

Not surprisingly, opportunities are immense and growing in the health and life sciences industry, for businesses that include: pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, research and development organizations, information technology companies, providers, clinicians, insurers and entrepreneurs of every stripe.

These opportunities are local, national and global. The firm must have a presence, on the ground and around the world. The firm must have a deep bench of cooperating lawyers who have spent decades immersed in the health and life sciences sector, helping organizations navigate continuously evolving political, regulatory and economic landscapes. The firm must understand each jurisdiction’s health care delivery system—from manufacturer to distributor to provider to patient to payor to policy maker—and the firm must be able to provide each of these players with the full range of strategic transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution counseling services.

Our thorough knowledge of the hotel and leisure industry is based upon decades of unsurpassed experience working with hotel owners, investors, lenders and operators. We can provide you the guidance and counsel you are seeking and you can turn to us for creative and practical solutions regarding acquisitions and dispositions, financing, long-term management agreements and much more.

Our team is focused exclusively on the hotel and leisure industry, who regularly work on hotel and leisure industry matters.

Our team specializes in in-depth understanding the hotels and leisure industry from a global perspective, at every level. We are also keenly aware of the multitude of issues involved in doing cross-border and multi-jurisdiction transactions and how to successfully navigate through the same. Among the transactions our partners undertake are: develop complex projects, refinancing hotels or portfolios, negotiating management agreements, corporate acquisitions or joint ventures.

Elia International Consulting Services provides value-added services to its clients. We are proud to serve as trusted advisors to some of the most respected owners, investors and developers of the industry. Our clients are distinguished and unique and the services they expect are the best in class. We are proud that we focus on hotels and leisure facilities and provide a business perspective, apart from all legal advice. Our clients can rely on us for advice on:

• Management, franchise and license agreements: hotels, resorts, gaming, food and beverage, golf and spa
• Creation, operation and restructuring of complex mixed-use projects
• Development matters
• Company and asset acquisitions and dispositions
• Equity and debt financings
• Trademarks
• Operational issues

You need accurate knowledge of immigration initiatives that could hinder your business, all new rules and regulations as they evolve, strategies that develop and procedures that become increasingly complex. Our immigration team will meet your needs and will assist you through every step of the process and the potential impact on your business.

We will collaborate to design and implement an immigration strategy, file all require applications before competent authorities and abide by all rules. Taking into consideration your needs and always bearing in mind the latest developments in the sector, you can make the most out of it.

Intellectual property and technology services have become key sectors during the last decades. Our company has evolved and stays always up-to-date, providing our clients with its unique services. In perpetual motion, it creates innovative products and services to feed constant and escalating market demand. We provide protection to all users, products, original works, and partners.

We work relentlessly to protect your investment, whether it’s a new medical device, company logo or computer software program. Together, we address complex legal questions with advice customized to your business needs: from protecting intellectual property rights, advising on data security issues, technology licensing and sourcing strategies, you receive practical and informed guidance.

You can achieve the best results through our approach and support, our counseling, our powerful strategy and seamless services in all practice areas.

Intellectual property and technology services have become key sectors during the last decades. Our company has evolved and stays always up-to-date, providing our clients with its unique services. In perpetual motion, it creates innovative products and services to feed constant and escalating market demand. We provide protection to all users, products, original works, and partners.

We work relentlessly to protect your investment, whether it’s a new medical device, company logo or computer software program. Together, we address complex legal questions with advice customized to your business needs: from protecting intellectual property rights, advising on data security issues, technology licensing and sourcing strategies, you receive practical and informed guidance.

You can achieve the best results through our approach and support, our counseling, our powerful strategy and seamless services in all practice areas.

Elia International Consulting Services has deep knowledge of various fields of life sciences: pharmaceuticals, veterinary drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences research, agriculture, food supplements and food products.

We often assist life sciences clients decide how best to encounter the challenges in developing and promoting products, providing services, and capitalizing on scientific innovations and business opportunities. Furthermore, we work closely with research institutes, leaders in scientific opinion, pharma-economic and medical experts and managers to provide commercially focused services they need. 

Our professional team has participated in many public offerings, venture capital investments, technology transfer transactions, and initial financing transactions.

We have also developed a series of agreement regarding licensing, distribution, marketing, promotion and manufacturing of innovation and products, from their research to their intellectual property, all to your benefit. Our deep knowledge of all steps and procedures required makes you feel safe, while risks mitigate regarding issues of delays, complications or compliance to regulations.

Our firm eliminates any risks you may take as you evolve your businesses and any dispute resolution or litigation processes you may encounter.

Our cooperating cooperating lawyers, based on their experience and trusted judgment develop a customized strategy – always having your goals as their priority. In collaboration with you, our clients, we efficiently and effectively tackle any challenges arising.

Our dispute resolution cooperating lawyers employ the most suitable tools and strategies for each stage of the process and each unique situation. You can trust our cooperating cooperating lawyers to raise your chances for a successful outcome in any courtroom, regarding any dispute resolution. We collaborate in order to deal and evaluate any risks, legal costs, and possible damage in relation to any litigation.

Your success is our priority regardless of the nature or the difficulty of your case.

Elia International Consulting Services offers great comprehension on how deals are done, whether in one locality or across national and jurisdictional borders. We can help you achieve a seamless, successful transaction when you need to coordinate competing legal requirements or regulatory issues.

Turn to us and you can avoid any trouble of managing yourself any discrepancies between multiple jurisdictions, you can feel assured that you are working with professionals with a deep knowledge of each jurisdiction.

We believe that geographic borders should not cause problems to a deal—and we prove this for our clients every day, since we often act on transactions across multiple jurisdictions, representing our clients internationally and collaborating for our approach and our success.

In the global business of mining, there are many challenges our clients may face every day.

We can help you meet those challenges. Turn to our team of cooperating lawyers for solutions across the mining sector. Credible knowledge in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, the fundamental challenges for the mining sector, such as commodity prices, remain strong in the medium term. You can trust us to help in the development of resource projects, as we continuously monitor developments in resources, including the exercise of royalty, taxing and nationalization powers.

Partner with our cooperating lawyers and rely on them since they have authored studies related to global resource regimes.

With Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating cooperating lawyers, you’ll benefit from our in-depth understanding of the mining sector, as well as our flawless services that can provide you with the right strategies to grow your business.

Our experience has enabled us to advise on some of the industry’s largest and most innovative mining transactions and we are particularly well known for our work in leveraged finance deals for mining developments, including complex syndications.

We serve big international financial institutions, mining houses and global corporate leaders who value our experience in the sector and our ability to provide local market knowledge when needed.

We deliver

• global resources and track record.
• unrivalled experience in the international mining sector and in emerging markets.
• transactional, regulatory and contentious capabilities.

Our areas of work include

• accessing Chinese finance
• climate change and environment
• equity capital markets
• ECA & DFI experience
• alternative mining finance (including streaming & royalties)
• debt finance
• dispute resolution
• commodity finance
• FSA and derivatives
• infrastructure
• joint ventures
• tax& structuring.
• licensing and consents
• mergers and acquisitions
• mining infrastructure
• deep sea mining
• development finance (project finance)
• mining safety and investigations

Many business transactions compulsorily require the assistance of a notary public who authenticates certain types of deeds, transactions, requests, different register entries or documents and certifies the necessary requests for registry. The notary is a public officer constituted by law and directly supervised by public authorities.

Depending on the location, notaries offer a wide range of legal services, including registrations or contract drafting etc. while among their areas of application are, for example, real estate and corporate law. Their assistance might be necessary in order to acquire or dispose of a title in real estate, to transfer or pledge shares in a company, to increase a company’s share capital, to amend its by-laws or to take measures under the transformation act. The execution of certain other official acts depends on each jurisdiction.

Notary publics at our Firm offer notarial services in several offices worldwide.

The experienced staff in our notary offices ensure that your notarizations are executed promptly, to the highest quality standards.

If you are interested in a firm with excellent knowledge of all pension schemes, retirement plans, employee benefits and compensations, at Elia International Consulting Services you have found your ideal colleague. We can offer you all required, clear and customized advice to help you achieve your purposes and get the most out of your efforts. We can assist with any type of difficulties, bureaucratic problems you may encounter and design and set up together your retirement plans or make any modifications necessary for the achievement of the best possible results and the best investment of your assets.

Nowadays more than ever, it becomes indispensable to feel secure and safe for your future and your plans must be the best possible to ensure the achievement of your short and long-term objectives. Our team can advise you on any current arrangements, compensation plans, retirement schemes available, always in your interest.

Our clients benefit our expertise and experience in employer group health plans, by our dealing with public and private insurance bodies and administrative service providers. Our knowledge in the field of private sector may be valuable for your future plans, since we can advise you on all you benefit and executive compensation needs.

Our Privacy and Cybersecurity cooperating lawyers operate at the intersection of technology and law. We understand that data is one of your core assets, offering solutions and enabling development of valuable new products and services.

However, the collection, procession, and storage of personal data is subject to an increasingly complex framework of legislation and regulations in the US, EU, Canada, Asia and around the world. Monetary penalties for violating these laws are severe and reputational damage can be irreparable.

We collaborate with you to ensure compliance and implement any related rules and regulations, adopting risk management programs, and creating a control environment for you and your information.

In addition to proactive counseling, we contribute our strategic insight when you need to respond to crises, as for instance, we work on the side of our clients to manage data violations by remediating vulnerabilities, understanding legal requirements and coordinating communications with people whose information was compromised.

In the modern competitive landscape one must count on innovative solutions to carry out transactions and encounter the political and financial challenges that create obstacles and challenges in the completion of deals.

Achieve your financial objectives with Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating cooperating lawyers by your side, while adapting to the tough regime it predominates, as our advisors will guide you through the legal and structural issues of any transaction whether you are an entrepreneur, an investor, a capitalist or a buyout fund. We anticipate to respond to you demand and needs whenever you need us.

Take advantage of valuable insight with our strategic focus in many sectors, as we comprehend any trends, challenges, and players—delivering key intelligence to guide your decisions. Whether you seek or invest private capital or want to establish a fund, cooperating cooperating lawyers from our firm will create solutions to fulfill your goals.

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Project development is a complex issue for all interested parties, including, among others, design, completion and project management, logistics, regulatory framework and complicated contractual structures. A team of cooperating lawyers, specialized in this field, will undertake to navigate each stage of the processes, always bearing in mind your goals and interests.

Whether you’re a project manager, investor or have another interest in a project’s development, Elia International Consulting Services’s specialized cooperating cooperating lawyers and professionals will work closely with you on a full range of things, such as:

• Planning
• Securing permits
• Procurement
• Site option control
• Financing
• Documentation

Our knowledge of your sector allows us to develop, negotiate and implement innovative solutions, special for your needs and identify, from each project’s early stages, to the critical milestones and any potential risks.

Thanks to our valuable experience in many sectors such as energy, natural resources, life sciences and mixed-use development, our professionals see your industry as you do. Our cooperating cooperating lawyers support every step of your project, collaborating with other parties on the path to successful results.

Public International Law is a key sector of modern law, in all aspects of legal services and on a variety of subjects. Our clients usually encounter issues, among which:

• State and diplomatic immunity
• Maritime boundaries
• Aviation
• World Trade Organization and regional free trade agreements
• Water rights
• Investment treaties.

As a global consulting firm acting on international level, Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating cooperating lawyers have a comprehensive understanding of and experience in addressing these and other matters of public international law.

Our cooperating cooperating lawyers are holders of degrees in public international law, many of them have previous experience as senior member of legal department of public organizations and as law clerks or other tribunals and they are the most suitable persons to assist you with matters pertaining to public international law. 

Elia International Consulting Services provides both expertise and experience through partners in all fields of public law, constitutional principles and administrative processes, thus assisting our clients in avoiding any adverse impact of public law.

The rule of law within states and among nations has significant implications for transactions, trade, and regulation. Elia International Consulting Services advise you on issues of public law, regardless of whether your business involves a state or province’s internal operations, relations with individuals and other states or regions, as you need cooperating lawyers experienced in the public sector. Our team of professionals has served as negotiators, government officials and experienced regulatory specialists. We are equipped to advise businesses operating on international trade and commerce, and international human rights law.

The common and serious issues our clients may confront in modern global marketplace all over the world and the industry sectors regarding legislation, policies and regulations are challenging in a global economy that evolves every day, across every sector. The shifting tension between private sector commerce and government oversight of private enterprise is a real threat no matter your geography or your business, requiring a coordinated approach to anticipate, translate, and influence legislative and regulatory developments.

Our firm works on business, law, regulation, policy, and politics, using a results-oriented approach, and achieving innovative solutions to your special goals. By collaborating, we overcome together any political or regulatory.

Among the services provided are: analytical planning and risk management, through communications strategy, administrative and judicial intervention. We offer you guidance for you every step of the way.

Our colleagues may provide you strategic and focused advice regarding government relations and political processes, thanks to their deep experience in a variety of regulated industries. Our relationships with government officials, and legislators allow us to see beyond the horizon. Take advantage of this insight to achieve your vision.

Public contracts form a significant share of the global economy. As each country has its specificity regarding its tendering procedures, it is vital for businesses to enjoy the best legal advice from experienced professionals who can win public contracts and obtain best value-for-money goods or service from private businesses, from common goods to big infrastructure projects. Skillful cooperating lawyers, experienced and with knowledge of regulations is sine qua non. We can help you through the whole tendering procedure, minimizing all risks that may occur, taking advantage of all legal remedies, and performing the contract in accordance with the legislation in force.

We also help public clients, helping them to achieve their goals through public tenders. Our Public Procurement cooperating lawyers provide assistance in setting goals, choosing the best solutions, and conducting the tender until the contract is awarded. A real understanding of the needs of public entities mixed with our experience, allows us to achieve best results when dealing with public clients.

Real estate projects are very demanding: they require careful consideration of numerous elements, often crossing several areas of law and jurisdictions. Regardless of their role—or the complexity of the project—real estate investors and owners rely on experienced legal consultants with a strong industry understanding and connections in the field, reinforced by national strength and resources.

We rely on our expertise, with specialized sub-group, to meet the individual needs of our clients. Whether structuring a complex land assembly deal for a large pension fund, or working out environmental issues, we offer strategic advice that focuses on the future of our clients’ businesses.

Our clients are involved in all areas of real estate and include real estate companies and developers; entrepreneurs; owners and tenants, office and industrial buildings, shopping centers, hotels, and multi-residential condominium developments. We also represent purchasers, sellers, and investors in real estate property, including financial institutions, pension funds, foundations and offshore interests and investors.

Our group assists our clients on negotiating, documenting and completing all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. It is quite experienced in all types of commercial and multi-residential real estate transactions, expropriation, commercial leasing, and land development. We represent both lenders and borrowers in a wide range of credit transactions. We identify and advise on all areas of land ownership and operational issues as well as advising on the appropriate structuring of investments.

In cases of bankruptcy, restructuring, or insolvency, all parties desire a quick and profitable resolution. The place where the challenge appears – headquarters or foreign jurisdiction – seem to have little importance in modern global marketplace. The outcomes and strategies are complex and the procedures intricate in all cases. The protection of your interests can be a stressful task when economic interests, emotions and occasionally multiple legal systems and cultural norms are involved. Legal advice therefore is critical and should be ideal for the desirable each time outcome.

All types of businesses can count on us: real estate companies, manufacturers, health care service providers, retail operators, transportation businesses, traders and other securities. Our cooperating lawyers around the world thanks to their deep understanding of your markets will help you find and take advantage of the best possible solutions.

We grasp the complexities of your industry, and side by side, we navigate intricate legal challenges and discover the best possible opportunities. In case you need creative litigation and arbitration strategies, as well as innovative negotiating practices born from real-world experience and practical guidance in cross-border restructuring, we deliver the latest solutions so you can act with confidence.

Our passion for effective advocacy and representation renders us a dynamic force on your side and we, together, can discover the best course of action in any situation.

Elia International Consulting Services will offer you tax services, and meanwhile you will be enjoying an interdisciplinary team that understands how tax law meshes with other areas of the law—corporate, real estate and litigation. You may rely on a team with long experience in tax and taxation. It’s a cross-border, multijurisdictional group that seamlessly mixes local knowledge with the right resources in order for your business to stay proficient and robust. Taxes always impact your business, regardless their nature. Nowadays, rules and regulations evolve in such a pace that it is impossible to follow if you are experts; Elia International Consulting Services will work with you to ensure you stay ahead – and your objectives will be our guide.

Elia International Consulting Services’s comprehensive tax services include experience in global jurisdictions, as well as in matters relating to individuals and private companies, multinational companies, listed companies, partnerships and other transparent entities, tax-advantaged investing and more.

We succeed beneficial outcomes for clients in almost all aspects of international trade and investment law. Thanks to our profound knowledge of trade and investment conventions, legislation, and regulations, we help develop and enforce the right strategies to keep international businesses evolving. We comprehend international trade and investment law enforcement and policy, and we know the enforcement agencies and policymakers.

Our cooperating cooperating lawyers of this team often work on significant trade matters – making representations before key national and international authorities, including government bodies, domestic courts, and trade tribunals.

We offer advice to a wide range of clients, among which are small and medium-sized enterprises, NGOs, and industry associations. We represent and assist clients on several issues, such as:

• Trade remedies
• Customs and border matters
• Government relations
• WTO and trade agreements 
• International trade contracts
• International investment treaties and disputes
• Import/export controls and sanctions
• International anti-corruption, governance, and compliance

Nowadays everyone recognizes the importance of investment in transportation, since the efficient movement of people and goods is fundamental to any economy and transportation is a key-area of development in otherwise difficult economic times: trains, planes, automobiles, and ships have never been more in demand. 

Either our clients are participating in the sector and are looking to expand their businesses or they are looking for an opportunity to enter the market, we can provide them all legal advice required for that. In our firm, clients will find cooperating cooperating lawyers who have the necessary experience and expertise, built up over many years, with deep understanding of the operational and commercial key-factors, and they are all passionate about their profession, their mission and its achievement through success.

Our Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation Group provides a full range of legal, estate and trust planning advice to meet the personal goals of all our clients. We focus on your long-term succession planning goals and address more immediate personal concerns. We also assist executors and trustees in the administration and litigation of complex estates and trusts.

Our team offers a wide range of services, including: 

• Advising clients on all aspects of tax, estate, trust, probate and family and personal planning.
• Assisting independent business and farm owners with succession planning for their companies.
• Assisting in the preparation of powers of attorney, personal or health care directives, wills, and trust agreements.
• Advising clients on charitable gift planning, including the establishment of private charitable foundations.
• Advising on all aspects of estate planning and administration.
• Advising executors and trustees on the administration of estates and trusts, and acting as executors and trustees of wills and trusts.
• Assisting in the resolution of disputes or litigation involving trusts, powers of attorney wills and estates.
• Advising and representing trust companies, government agencies and individuals in matters involving contested passing of accounts, the validity of Wills, estate claims, breach of trust actions, dependent support claims, undue influence claims, will interpretations, variation of trusts, trustee disputes and rectifications/repairs to defective Wills and Trusts.

With considerable wealth comes responsibility, the additional need for privacy and security, and the essential requirement for trusted advice. We can provide experienced advice on personal estate and tax planning, wills, charitable giving, estate administration and powers of attorney. But the personal nature of this work demands much more: you need seasoned advisors dedicated to the security of your finances both now and well into the future. You need a confidante and advocate, someone to talk with and trust implicitly, someone who will be available in emergencies and will assist in ensuring your wealth is transferred to the next generation.

Technology business is quite challenging itself; challenges such as ranging from accessing capital to protecting your intellectual property, from recruiting and retaining top talent to relentlessly pursuing your first market-validating sale. Our proven experience and expertise in areas such as company formation, equity structures, corporate and technology transactions, has offered a reputation as one of top legal advisors to growth-oriented technology companies in the country in all levels and types of investments.

Our colleagues comprehend issues arising from such type of business from taking an idea and developing it into a mature and successful action plan. Some of our cooperating cooperating lawyers having experience as in-house counsels to both private and public technology companies. This will give you the opportunity to take advantage not only from our legal expertise, but also from our unique understanding of evolving industry trends and emerging market opportunities.

Our company, as a participant in the global capital community and technology industry, will provide you access to a strategic colleague, thanks to the relationships it has already built, regardless whether you are an investor or a technology business.

Elia International Consulting Services is always ready to defend and protect its clients in the most efficient, profitable manner by being prepared and preemptively responding to the pursuits and demands of criminal and regulatory authorities. Our White Collar and Government Investigations cooperating cooperating lawyers are familiar with all procedures followed. We are seasoned trial cooperating lawyers with long experience trying cases against and negotiating with government officials; ready, willing, and able succeed for our clients.

Elia International Consulting Services’s cooperating cooperating lawyers have distinguished records of achieving successful decisions and achieving favorable outcomes in a variety of fields, among which: 

• Bank fraud
• Computer fraud and cybercrime
• False Claims Act/qui tam actions
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Health care fraud
• Insider trading
• Public corruption investigations
• Securities and commodities fraud
• Tax fraud
• Asset recovery

Our cooperating cooperating lawyers often give speeches on and teach criminal law and related subjects, at various training centers, industry panels and legal conferences. They also frequently counsel clients who have been victims of crimes, fraud or both and we provide solutions on how to best deal with any losses and how to prevent future events.