Law Office Pepeljugoski

Founder & Managing Partner: Valentin Pepeljugoski Ph.D.

Partner: Aleksandar Trajkovski

Partner: Ana Pepeljugoska Ph.D.

Number of associates: 9

Legal trainees: 2

Languages:Macedonian, English, German, Albanian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian.

Established in 1999 by Valentin Pepeljugoski, Ph.D., the Law Office Pepeljugoski very fast has become one of the most well-known law offices in the Republic of North Macedonia.

Since January 2013, Aleksandar Trajkovski has also been named as a partner in the Law Office Pepeljugoski.

In July 2019 Ana Pepeljugoska, Ph.D. has been promoted to partner.

Today, Law Office Pepeljugoski is a multidisciplinary office that covers all legal areas of civil and criminal law. The Law Office is specialized for working in intellectual property rights, unfair competition, telecommunication, and media. An integral part of the firm's everyday work is company law, respectively trade law, customs law, corporate governance, contract law, finance law, tax law, consumer law, etc. Recently, well-known companies from the energy sector in the Republic of North Macedonia appeared as the firm's most valued clients, which opened a new work field for the team.

Considering that the Law Office Pepeljugoski is a pioneer in the field of IPR in the Republic of North Macedonia they had the opportunity to counsel and advise the leading companies in the country, in the region, and wider in the borders of the EU and globally.

Law Office Pepeljugoski provides legal services in all areas of commercial law, such as company law, contractual law, tort law, financial law, the law on acquisition, law on securities, investment law, banking law, real estate law, customs, and tax law, etc.

The team’s range of work includes due diligence in all legal financial areas, services in stocks and shares, the law on legal entities and corporate governance, acquisitions, investments and investment funds, money transfer, securing of claims, etc. With also a vast experience in preparing purchasing agreements, pledge and mortgage agreements, credit agreements, etc.

In many cases, Law Office Pepeljugoski serves as general counsel for companies on their legal and business issues and represents them in all areas of their corporate life, from the original establishment of the enterprise through all aspects of its evolution and operation. The team is experienced in representing corporations in structuring their initial capitalization and in ongoing corporate financing transactions utilizing a wide range of public and private debt and equity instruments. The Firm provides a broad range of services to corporations and private businesses, such as private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, public-private partnerships, etc.

Law Office Pepeljugoski considers tax law as one of their key areas of work, where its competent and committed team provides the best advice to clients in the field of tax law, legal assistance on issues related to all types of taxes, avoidance of double taxation, advising on possible tax risks in business, also offers preparation of legal analysis of the tax legislation in the country, representation in all types of procedures in the field of taxes and customs before the competent authorities.

Law Office Pepeljugoski has extensive experience in the energy sector, handling both regulatory and transactional matters. It represents international enterprises with various interests in the energy industry, for example: heat and gas production companies, project developers, equipment manufacturers, major construction companies, power traders, and financial institutions.

Law Office Pepeljugoski operates in the energetic sector concerning the procedures of issuing licenses of the Regulatory Commission of Energy, approvals for connection to the energetic network, the building of power-, gas- and hydro plants, preparation and submission of energy license applications, and review of standard trading agreements.

In the energy sector, the lawyers participated in the procedures for establishing a public-private partnership, preparation of tender documents, public announcements, etc.

Following the successful procurement of the license and the incorporation of a local subsidiary, Law Office Pepeljugoski deals with the variety of legal matters that arise in the energy industry (such as land use, project finance, etc.).

Law Office Pepeljugoski is also experienced in the procedures for obtaining environmental licenses, compliance with the legislation in the area of environment, and representing the clients before the state institutions.

Law Office Pepeljugoski has a tradition of working with concessions and public procurement contracts of state-owned enterprises, respectively: public procurement for joint ventures, contract for the electricity grid, public procurement processes for Internet services for municipalities in the country, parking lots, public street-cleaning, concession in telecommunications, concessions for geodetic exploring of raw minerals.

Law Office Pepeljugoski is one of the leading offices in the area of Intellectual Property in the Republic of North Macedonia. Provides legal opinions and other services concerning the Copyright Law and Industrial Property Law. Law Office Pepeljugoski is a registered representative, offering the opportunity for the realization of intellectual property rights, starting from filing an application in front of the State Office for the industrial property until registration of the industrial property rights and its enforcement as well as providing services in the field of customs protection of the intellectual property rights.

Law office Pepeljugoski is also a European Patent Attorney and representative, which stands as a symbol for success in this practice area.

Being an associative member of The International Trademark Association – INTA gives the Law office the possibility to know the latest world innovations and concepts in the field of IPR and implement them on the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia. Law Office Pepeljugoski is one of the few that has filled a patent application through the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

The Law Office Pepeljugoski provides legal services in all areas of Labor law. The services include drafting employment contracts, contracts for services, professional training agreements, management contracts, and other types of agreements related to employment, as well as services for the employing procedure that involves registration of employers in the Employment Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia, consulting services for the rights of employees, the discipline procedures, employment rules, code of conducts, code of ethics, workplace safety, etc.

Law Office Pepeljugoski provides legal protection in front of all courts and administrative bodies on the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia.

The experience of our team in the field of litigation is proven by the fact that we were chosen to represent the largest domestic and foreign companies in front of the courts. The success of our team is proven by the percentage of won cases and of course the percentage of satisfied clients.

Law Office Pepeljugoski specializes in IT and Personal Data Protection, providing legal analysis and protection against copyright breaches for software in North Macedonia. They assist with copyright enforcement, domain registration, e-business, electronic commerce, and digital technology regulation. Additionally, they offer advisory, auditing, and legal representation services to ensure client compliance with data protection laws and represent them in legal proceedings related to personal data protection.

In the Republic of North Macedonia, Law Office Pepeljugoski is the leading law office handling protection from unfair competition and antitrust law.

As experts in this area, the team members perform in front of the Commission for protection of the competition of the Republic of North Macedonia in cases of determination, prevention, and limitation of the competition, cases of establishment of concentrations, and state aid.

In the field of criminal law Law office Pepeljugoski acts in front of the competent institutions with the cases connected to the infringement of the intellectual property rights. We also lead procedures connected with breaches оf tax and customs regulation and the criminal acts arising from this area.

The Law Office Pepeljugoski is recognized as a preeminent advisor of clients on transactions and complex corporate and trade law cases. Our services range from the simple establishment of a company to complex corporate status changes respectively: restructurings, mergers, demergers, legal Due Diligence Reviews, etc.

Law Office Pepeljugoski provides full services in the field of immigration law. The immigration practice is broad in scope, with extensive capabilities, to serve individuals and families; small, mid-size, and large businesses; national and international corporations; non-profits, hospitals, universities, colleges, and research institutions; manufacturers, importers, exporters, investors to allow for ease in clients’ global mobility.

Law Office Pepeljugoski has experience in alternative dispute resolution and offers legal services in Arbitration/International Arbitration and Mediation, as well as DAB proceedings. Members of our team are part of the presidency of the Permanent Elected Court – Arbitration, within the Economic Chamber of the Republic of North Macedonia and are involved as arbitrators in several arbitration institutions such as VIAC and SCIA.

Str. Dimitrie Chupovski no. 4/1-1, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

e-mail: [email protected]