Competing in a post-Covid environment: talent attraction and retention in small and medium law firms – threats and opportunities

Dragan Dameski is one of the founders of Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at law (DDK). He is the head of the direct foreign investments department of the company. His experience is mostly in the filed of corporate, M&A, direct foreign investments, capital markets, infrastructure and energy. Dragan Dameski graduated Faculty of Law in Skopje, R.Macedonia in 1999, and completed his LL.M. in Business Law at the Skopje University. Driven from the business aspects of the legal work he also, completed Executive MBA at University of Sheffield. In 2003 Dragan Dameski was admitted to the Macedonian BAR Association. Since 2007 he is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Mikko is the managing partner of AURORALAW Attorneys Ltd in Helsinki, admitted to the Finnish Bar and also a member of the Finnish Bar Association expertise group for employment and labour law. He regularly advises domestic and international employers with Finnish operations on employment and HR related issues such as co-operation negotiations, employment terminations and termination agreements, collective redundancies, workplace conflicts as well as occupational health & safety issues. He is also highly profiled and trusted advisor to directors, senior executives and CEO´s in variety of issues and disputes usually consulting them on the terms and conditions of directorship, incentive programs, stock options, director liability, termination agreements and restrictive covenants. Mikko acts as counsel for companies, shareholders and directors in litigation and arbitration proceedings especially related to employment, directorship and shareholder agreements as well as related preliminary injunctions. On his freetime you can find him ourdoors in Finnish Lapland, recovering from his daily runs in Finnish sauna (and ice swimming) or sometimes surfing waves in some warm destination. www.auroralaw.fi

I have experience of more than 22 years advising clients on (i) domestic and cross border M&A; (ii) distressed M&A; (iii) private equity and venture funding; (iv) structuring alternative investment vehicles; (v) corporate governance; (vi) employment and labour laws; and (vii) insolvency & restructuring laws. I have advised clients in diverse sectors like aviation, steel, energy, pharmaceuticals, roads, information technology, hospitality, advertising, insurance, technology and media. Prior to starting Acuity Law, I have worked at leading firms in India and the Middle East including AZB & Partners, Trowers & Hamlins and Andersen Legal. I established Acuity Law in the year 2011 and currently the firm, other than what I do, advises clients on disputes, tax and regulatory matters. I was called to the Bar in the year 2001 and qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in the year 2005. I have a masters’ degree in law from University College London.