:root {
  --orange: #ff7a3d;
  --brown: #1e1810;
  --header: #252322;
  --ink: #211d1a;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body { min-height: 100vh; margin: 0; background: #252628; color: var(--ink); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; }
main { min-height: 100vh; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background: #fff; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
button, input, textarea { font: inherit; }

.home-page { min-height: 100vh; background: #f1ede7; }
.home-hero { position: relative; flex: 0 0 590px; height: 590px; overflow: hidden; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(13, 13, 12, .9) 0%, rgba(18, 17, 16, .72) 42%, rgba(16, 15, 14, .38) 100%), url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 44% / cover no-repeat; color: #fff; }
.home-hero::after { content: ""; position: absolute; right: 0; bottom: 0; width: 35%; height: 1px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, var(--orange)); opacity: .8; }
.home-hero-content { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: min(1190px, calc(100% - 56px)); height: calc(100% - 104px); margin: 0 auto; display: flex; align-items: flex-end; justify-content: space-between; gap: 50px; padding: 0 0 66px; }
.home-hero-copy { position: relative; padding: 25px 32px 27px; border: 1px solid rgba(210,210,210,.78); border-radius: 12px; background: rgba(239,239,239,.86); box-shadow: 0 16px 44px rgba(0,0,0,.18); backdrop-filter: blur(8px); }
.home-hero-copy::before { content: none; }
.home-hero-eyebrow { margin: 0 0 18px; color: #676767; font: 700 11px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-hero-copy h1 { margin: 0; color: #767676; font-size: clamp(60px, 7vw, 92px); line-height: .83; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.055em; text-shadow: none; }
.home-hero-copy h1 em { color: #767676; font-size: .72em; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; }
.home-hero-subtitle { margin: 21px 0 0; color: #767676; font: 700 12px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .28em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-hero-link { min-width: 220px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 28px; padding: 17px 0 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.62); color: #fff; font: 700 11px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: color .2s, border-color .2s; }
.home-hero-link b { color: var(--orange); font: 400 23px/1 Arial, sans-serif; }
.home-hero-link:hover { color: var(--orange); border-color: var(--orange); }
.site-header { position: relative; z-index: 20; height: 104px; background: rgba(26, 26, 25, .93); color: #fff; }
.home-header { background: rgba(18, 18, 17, .24); }
.header-inner { width: min(1190px, calc(100% - 56px)); height: 100%; margin: auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 230px 1fr 82px; align-items: center; gap: 26px; }
.logo-link img { display: block; width: 155px; height: auto; }
.main-nav { width: 100%; height: 100%; justify-self: center; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 38px; font: 650 13px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .075em; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: nowrap; }
.main-nav > a, .nav-dropdown > a, .nav-inactive { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
.main-nav > a, .nav-dropdown > a { position: relative; height: 100%; padding: 0; transition: color .18s ease; }
.main-nav > a:hover, .nav-dropdown > a:hover { color: var(--orange); }
.main-nav > a::after, .nav-dropdown > a::after { content: none; }
.main-nav > a.is-current > span[data-en], .nav-dropdown > a.is-current > span[data-en] { text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-color: var(--orange); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 4px; }
.nav-inactive { height: 100%; padding: 0; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5); cursor: default; }
.nav-dropdown { position: relative; height: 100%; display: flex; align-items: center; }
.caret { display: inline-block; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin: 0 0 3px 9px; border-right: 1.5px solid #fff; border-bottom: 1.5px solid #fff; transform: rotate(45deg); transition: transform .2s ease; }
.nav-dropdown:hover .caret, .nav-dropdown:focus-within .caret { transform: translateY(3px) rotate(225deg); }
.dropdown-panel { position: absolute; visibility: hidden; opacity: 0; top: 100%; left: 50%; width: 920px; padding: 22px 24px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 4px 18px; background: rgba(37, 34, 32, .985); border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .08); border-top: 2px solid var(--orange); transform: translate(-36%, -8px); transition: opacity .18s ease, transform .18s ease, visibility .18s; box-shadow: 0 22px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, .32); }
.nav-dropdown:hover .dropdown-panel, .nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel { visibility: visible; opacity: 1; transform: translate(-36%, 0); }
.dropdown-panel a { position: relative; min-height: 46px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 9px 14px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .86); font: 600 11.5px/1.45 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .055em; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .07); transition: background .18s, color .18s, padding .18s; }
.dropdown-panel a::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 3px; background: var(--orange); opacity: 0; transform: scaleY(.4); transition: opacity .18s, transform .18s; }
.dropdown-panel a:hover { color: #fff; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .055); }
.dropdown-panel a:hover::before { opacity: 1; transform: scaleY(1); }
.menu-toggle { display: none; }
.language-switcher { justify-self: end; display: flex; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .22); border-radius: 999px; background: #191d1c; }
.language-switcher button { width: 32px; height: 26px; display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 0; border: 0; border-radius: 999px; background: transparent; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; filter: grayscale(.55); opacity: .6; transition: background .18s, opacity .18s, filter .18s; }
.language-switcher button.active { background: #242528; filter: none; opacity: 1; box-shadow: 0 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3); }
.language-switcher img { display: block; width: 20px; height: 13px; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 1px; }

.home-intro { position: relative; z-index: 2; flex: 0 0 auto; padding: 82px max(80px, calc((100vw - 1460px) / 2)) 0; background: #f1ede7; color: #211d1a; }
.home-intro-inner { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(190px,.7fr) minmax(540px,1.65fr); gap: 80px; align-items: start; padding-bottom: 76px; }
.home-intro-label { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; padding-top: 10px; }
.home-intro-label > span { color: var(--orange); font: 700 11px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .12em; }
.home-intro-label p { margin: 0; color: #6c625b; font: 700 11px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .17em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-intro-copy > p { max-width: 980px; margin: 0; color: #28221f; font-size: clamp(38px, 4.2vw, 66px); line-height: 1.06; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.042em; }
.home-intro-copy > p::first-letter { color: var(--orange); }
.home-intro-copy > a { width: fit-content; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; margin-top: 34px; padding-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #8d8279; color: #514841; font: 700 10px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: color .2s, border-color .2s; }
.home-intro-copy > a span { color: var(--orange); font-size: 16px; }
.home-intro-copy > a:hover { color: var(--orange); border-color: var(--orange); }
.home-facts { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); border-top: 1px solid #cfc6be; }
.home-facts > div { min-height: 145px; display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 18px; padding: 37px 34px 30px; border-right: 1px solid #cfc6be; }
.home-facts > div:first-child { padding-left: 0; }
.home-facts > div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.home-facts strong { color: #211d1a; font-size: clamp(42px,4.5vw,70px); line-height: 1; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.home-facts span { color: #776c64; font: 700 10px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .13em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.practice-carousel { height: 510px; display: flex; align-items: center; overflow: hidden; background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 42%, #fff 0, #f5f1ed 58%, #ebe5df 100%); }
.home-page .practice-carousel { position: relative; flex: 0 0 auto; min-height: 690px; display: block; padding: 82px 0 74px; background: #1c1d1d; }
.home-page .practice-carousel::before { content: "14"; position: absolute; right: 4%; top: 18px; color: rgba(255,255,255,.025); font-size: clamp(180px, 20vw, 330px); line-height: .8; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.08em; pointer-events: none; }
.practice-section-header { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: min(1460px, calc(100% - 160px)); margin: 0 auto 18px; display: flex; align-items: end; justify-content: space-between; gap: 30px; }
.practice-section-header p { margin: 0 0 12px; color: var(--orange); font: 700 11px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.practice-section-header h2 { max-width: 820px; margin: 0; color: #fff; font-size: clamp(45px, 4.8vw, 72px); line-height: .98; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.042em; }
.practice-section-header > a { margin-bottom: 7px; padding-bottom: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.35); color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); font: 700 10px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .11em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: color .2s, border-color .2s; }
.practice-section-header > a span { margin-left: 12px; color: var(--orange); font-size: 16px; }
.practice-section-header > a:hover { color: var(--orange); border-color: var(--orange); }
.home-page .carousel-shell { align-self: center; margin-block: auto; }
.carousel-shell { position: relative; width: calc(100% - 160px); max-width: 1460px; margin: auto; }
.practice-track { display: flex; align-items: stretch; gap: 22px; padding: 46px 8px 24px; overflow-x: auto; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; scroll-behavior: smooth; scrollbar-width: none; }
.practice-track::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.practice-card { position: relative; z-index: 1; flex: 0 0 370px; min-height: 395px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; scroll-snap-align: start; background: #252626; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.09); transform: none; transition: transform .3s cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), border-color .25s, background .25s; }
.practice-card-image { position: relative; height: 275px; overflow: hidden; }
.practice-card img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; filter: grayscale(.35) saturate(.72) contrast(.96); opacity: 1; transform: scale(1.002); transition: transform .45s ease, filter .35s ease; }
.practice-card:hover { z-index: 2; border-color: rgba(255,122,61,.55); background: #292929; transform: translateY(-7px); }
.practice-card:hover img { filter: grayscale(0) saturate(1) contrast(1); transform: scale(1.035); }
.practice-card .practice-card-number { position: absolute; top: 16px; left: 16px; display: grid; place-items: center; width: 40px; height: 40px; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.5); border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(18,16,15,.58); color: #fff; font: 700 10px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .1em; backdrop-filter: blur(4px); }
.practice-card-meta { flex: 1; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 20px; min-height: 116px; padding: 22px 22px 24px; }
.practice-card .practice-card-title { color: #fff; text-align: left; font: 17px/1.32 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .01em; }
.practice-card-meta b { align-self: flex-start; color: var(--orange); font: 400 22px/1 Arial, sans-serif; }
.carousel-arrow { position: absolute; z-index: 4; top: 50%; width: 42px; height: 42px; display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 0; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .38); border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(23, 20, 18, .72); color: #fff; font: 300 33px/1 Arial, sans-serif; cursor: pointer; transform: translateY(-50%); transition: background .2s, color .2s, border-color .2s; }
.carousel-arrow:hover { background: var(--orange); border-color: var(--orange); color: #fff; }
.carousel-arrow.previous { left: -56px; }
.carousel-arrow.next { right: -56px; }
.home-spacer { height: 0; }
.home-spacer + footer { margin-top: 0; }
.home-page footer { flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 0; }

.inner-hero { position: relative; flex: 0 0 470px; height: 470px; background-position: center; background-size: cover; color: #fff; }
.about-team-hero { background-position: center, center top; background-size: cover, cover; }
.hero-content { width: min(1160px, calc(100% - 48px)); height: 344px; margin: 0 auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 220px minmax(280px, 660px) 220px; align-items: center; gap: 60px; }
.hero-content h1 { grid-column: 2; justify-self: center; width: fit-content; max-width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 13px 24px 15px; border: 1px solid rgba(205,205,205,.82); border-radius: 12px; background: rgba(240,240,240,.88); box-shadow: 0 12px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.16); color: #767676; text-align: center; font-size: clamp(42px, 5vw, 62px); line-height: 1.08; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.02em; text-shadow: none; backdrop-filter: blur(8px); }
.hero-back-link { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; justify-self: start; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; min-height: 42px; padding: 10px 16px; border: 1px solid rgba(174,174,174,.72); border-radius: 999px; background: rgba(30,31,31,.58); color: #ededed; font: 600 11px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; backdrop-filter: blur(7px); transition: background .18s, border-color .18s, color .18s; }
.hero-back-link:hover { background: rgba(118,118,118,.88); border-color: #a9a9a9; color: #fff; }
.hero-back-link span[aria-hidden] { font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; }
.hero-next-link { grid-column: 3; grid-row: 1; justify-self: end; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; min-height: 42px; padding: 10px 16px; border: 1px solid rgba(174,174,174,.72); border-radius: 999px; background: rgba(30,31,31,.58); color: #ededed; font: 600 11px/1.2 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; backdrop-filter: blur(7px); transition: background .18s, border-color .18s, color .18s; }
.hero-next-link:hover { background: rgba(118,118,118,.88); border-color: #a9a9a9; color: #fff; }
.hero-next-link span[aria-hidden] { font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; }
.page-section { width: min(1160px, calc(100% - 48px)); min-height: 340px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 64px 0 82px; }
.section-title { margin-bottom: 30px; text-align: left; }
.section-title h2 { margin: 0; color: #171514; font-size: 40px; font-weight: 400; }

.practice-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 22px; }
.practice-grid-card { position: relative; height: 245px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 4px; background: #222; }
.practice-grid-card img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; transition: transform .35s; }
.practice-grid-card:hover img { transform: scale(1.035); }
.practice-grid-card span { position: absolute; inset: auto 0 0; min-height: 66px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 13px 18px; background: rgba(30, 24, 16, .88); color: #fff; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.25; text-align: center; }
.team-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 28px; }
.team-card { overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid #e8e2dc; background: #fff; box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(44, 34, 26, .07); transition: transform .2s, box-shadow .2s; }
.team-card:hover { transform: translateY(-3px); box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(44, 34, 26, .13); }
.team-card { padding-top: 20px; }
.team-page .inner-hero { flex-basis: 370px; height: 370px; }
.team-page .hero-content { height: 266px; }
.team-card img { display: block; width: calc(100% - 70px); max-width: 230px; aspect-ratio: 2/2.75; margin: 0 auto; object-fit: cover; border: 7px solid #f5f2ef; outline: 1px solid #d8cec7; box-shadow: 0 7px 18px rgba(40,30,24,.1); }
.team-card div { width: calc(100% - 70px); max-width: 230px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 22px 0 25px; text-align: left; }
.team-card h2 { margin: 0 0 8px; color: #2d2723; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 500; }
.team-card p { margin: 0 0 20px; color: #746860; font-size: 16px; }
.team-profile-button { width: fit-content; min-height: 39px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 18px; padding: 0 16px; border: 1px solid #9b9b9b; border-radius: 999px; background: transparent; color: #767676; font: 700 11px/1 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: background .18s, color .18s, border-color .18s; }
.team-profile-button span { color: inherit; }
.team-card:hover .team-profile-button { background: #767676; border-color: #767676; color: #fff; }
.team-profile-button b { font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; }

.content-article { max-width: 940px; margin: auto; }
.content-copy h1, .content-copy h2 { margin: 34px 0 14px; color: var(--orange); font-weight: 500; }
.content-copy h1 { font-size: 35px; }
.content-copy h2 { font-size: 27px; }
.content-copy h2:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.content-copy p { margin: 0 0 20px; color: #3a3633; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.75; }
.practice-page-section { min-height: 420px; display: flex; align-items: center; }
.practice-page-section .content-article { width: 100%; }
.practice-page-section .content-copy { max-width: 1040px; margin: auto; }
.practice-page-section .content-copy p { font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.8; }
.content-list-item { position: relative; padding: 5px 0 5px 18px; color: #403a36; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; }
.content-list-item::before { content: "•"; position: absolute; left: 0; color: var(--orange); }
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type { display: inline-block; width: fit-content; margin: 0 0 30px; padding: 0 0 8px; color: #171514; font-size: 34px; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-color: var(--orange); text-decoration-thickness: 3px; text-underline-offset: 8px; }
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type::after { content: none; }
.about-page-section { padding-top: 36px; padding-bottom: 46px; }
.bio-page { background: #f2efeb; }
.bio-profile-section { width: min(1180px, calc(100% - 48px)); margin: 0 auto; padding: 58px 0 82px; }
.bio-profile-top { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 270px 1fr; gap: 58px; align-items: center; padding: 38px; border: 1px solid #d8d2cc; border-radius: 16px; background: #fff; box-shadow: 0 16px 44px rgba(36,31,28,.065); }
.bio-main-photo { display: block; width: 270px; aspect-ratio: 3 / 4.15; object-fit: cover; filter: grayscale(1); border: 9px solid #f3f1ee; outline: 1px solid #d5cec8; box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(35,29,25,.11); }
.bio-identity { padding: 0; }
.bio-identity h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; color: #201b18; font-size: 44px; line-height: 1.05; font-weight: 500; }
.bio-role { margin: 0 0 25px; color: var(--orange); font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700; }
.bio-contact-list { max-width: 760px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr)); gap: 12px 22px; margin-top: 26px; }
.bio-contact-list a, .bio-contact-list p { min-height: 46px; margin: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 34px 1fr; gap: 10px; align-items: center; padding: 8px 10px; border: 1px solid #e3ded9; border-radius: 9px; background: #faf9f7; color: #514841; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; }
.bio-contact-list a:hover { color: var(--orange); }
.bio-icon { width: 30px; height: 30px; display: grid; place-items: center; border: 1px solid #c9c3bd; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; color: #767676; }
.bio-icon svg { width: 16px; height: 16px; fill: none; stroke: currentColor; stroke-width: 1.65; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; }
.bio-mark { width: 145px; height: auto; margin-top: 25px; }
.bio-body { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.75fr) minmax(290px, .85fr); gap: 0; margin-top: 34px; border: 1px solid #d8d2cc; border-radius: 16px; background: #fff; box-shadow: 0 16px 44px rgba(36,31,28,.055); overflow: hidden; }
.bio-body-single { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 820px); }
.bio-summary { padding: 42px 46px 48px; }
.bio-summary h2, .bio-side-section h2 { width: fit-content; margin: 0 0 28px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #201b18; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-color: #9b9b9b; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 7px; }
.bio-summary h2::after, .bio-side-section h2::after { content: none; }
.bio-summary p { margin: 0; color: #4b443f; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.82; text-align: left; }
.bio-sidebar { display: grid; gap: 34px; align-content: start; padding: 42px 38px 48px; border-left: 1px solid #e1dcd7; background: #f8f6f3; }
.bio-side-section h2 { margin-bottom: 18px; font-size: 20px; }
.bio-side-section ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }
.bio-side-section li { position: relative; padding: 5px 0 5px 15px; color: #514841; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; }
.bio-side-section li::before { content: "•"; position: absolute; left: 0; color: var(--orange); }

.contact-section { width: min(1200px, calc(100% - 48px)); }
.contact-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .82fr 1.18fr; gap: 76px; align-items: start; }
.contact-details { padding: 18px 0 0; }
.contact-kicker { margin: 0 0 17px; color: var(--orange); font: 700 12px/1 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.contact-details h2 { max-width: 440px; margin: 0 0 34px; color: #1b1816; font-size: 38px; line-height: 1.16; font-weight: 400; }
.contact-lines { position: relative; display: grid; gap: 22px; padding: 26px 0; border-top: 1px solid #e5ddd7; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5ddd7; }
.contact-lines::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 17px; top: 43px; bottom: 43px; width: 1px; background: #d8cec7; }
.contact-item { position: relative; z-index: 1; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 36px 1fr; gap: 16px; align-items: start; }
.contact-icon { width: 36px; height: 36px; display: grid; place-items: center; border: 1px solid #d9cfc8; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; color: var(--orange); font: 700 14px/1 Arial, sans-serif; }
.contact-item a, .contact-item p { margin: 0; color: #403a36; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.55; }
.contact-item small { display: block; margin-bottom: 4px; color: #8a7c72; font: 700 10px/1 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .09em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.contact-item a:hover { color: var(--orange); }
.contact-hours { margin-top: 26px; }
.contact-hours h3 { margin: 0 0 12px; color: #1b1816; font-size: 18px; }
.contact-hours p { margin: 5px 0; color: #746960; font-size: 14px; }
.contact-social { margin-top: 24px; }
.contact-social h3 { margin: 0 0 12px; color: #1b1816; font-size: 18px; }
.contact-social a { width: fit-content; min-height: 38px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 0 15px; border: 1px solid #d8cec7; color: #403a36; font: 600 13px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; transition: background .18s, color .18s, border-color .18s; }
.contact-social a span { width: 20px; height: 20px; display: grid; place-items: center; border-radius: 2px; background: #403a36; color: #fff; font-size: 11px; }
.contact-social a:hover { background: #191d1c; border-color: #191d1c; color: #fff; }
.contact-form { padding: 38px; background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e2d9d3; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 18px 38px rgba(45, 34, 27, .05); }
.form-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 18px; }
.contact-form label { display: grid; gap: 9px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #4d443e; font: 700 12px/1.2 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .035em; }
.contact-form input, .contact-form textarea { width: 100%; border: 1px solid #d9d0ca; border-radius: 0; outline: none; background: #fff; color: #211d1a; font: 15px/1.4 Arial, sans-serif; transition: border-color .18s, box-shadow .18s; }
.contact-form input { height: 48px; padding: 0 13px; }
.contact-form textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 150px; padding: 13px; }
.contact-form input:focus, .contact-form textarea:focus { border-color: var(--orange); box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba(255, 122, 61, .12); }
.contact-form button { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; min-height: 40px; padding: 0 17px; border: 1px solid var(--orange); background: var(--orange); color: #fff; cursor: pointer; font: 700 11px/1 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: background .18s, color .18s; }
.contact-form button:hover { background: transparent; color: var(--orange); }
.contact-form button span { font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; }

footer { min-height: 108px; margin-top: auto; background: #252628; color: #fff; border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0; box-shadow: 0 -1px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, .12); }
.footer-inner { width: min(1128px, calc(100% - 80px)); min-height: 108px; margin: auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 36px; padding: 10px 0; }
.footer-logo { display: block; width: 118px; height: auto; }
.privacy { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 26px; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78); font: 500 10.5px/1.5 "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif; }
.privacy p { position: relative; margin: 0; padding-left: 15px; }
.privacy p::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 3px; bottom: 3px; width: 2px; background: var(--orange); opacity: .8; }

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .header-inner { grid-template-columns: 180px 1fr 76px; gap: 12px; }
  .main-nav { gap: 26px; font-size: 14px; }
  .dropdown-panel { width: 800px; transform: translate(-33%, -8px); }
  .nav-dropdown:hover .dropdown-panel, .nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel { transform: translate(-33%, 0); }
  .carousel-shell { width: calc(100% - 80px); }
  .team-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .hero-content { grid-template-columns: 190px minmax(280px, 1fr) 190px; }
  .bio-profile-top { grid-template-columns: 245px 1fr; gap: 42px; padding: 30px; }
  .bio-main-photo { width: 245px; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-hero { flex-basis: 390px; height: 390px; background-position: 58% center; }
  .home-hero-content { width: calc(100% - 36px); height: calc(100% - 80px); padding: 0 0 34px; }
  .home-hero-copy { padding: 18px 20px 20px; border-radius: 9px; }
  .home-hero-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(45px, 16vw, 64px); line-height: .88; }
  .home-hero-eyebrow { margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 8px; letter-spacing: .13em; }
  .home-hero-subtitle { margin-top: 14px; font-size: 9px; }
  .home-hero-link { display: none; }
  .site-header { height: 80px; background: rgba(29, 27, 26, .97); }
  .home-header { background: linear-gradient(#1c1b1a 72%, transparent); }
  .header-inner { width: calc(100% - 36px); grid-template-columns: 1fr auto auto; gap: 12px; }
  .logo-link img { width: 140px; }
  .menu-toggle { display: grid; gap: 5px; width: 40px; padding: 7px; border: 0; background: transparent; cursor: pointer; }
  .menu-toggle span { display: block; width: 26px; height: 2px; background: #fff; }
  .main-nav { position: absolute; visibility: hidden; opacity: 0; top: 76px; left: 0; right: 0; height: auto; max-height: calc(100vh - 76px); display: block; overflow-y: auto; padding: 15px 22px 24px; background: #252322; transform: translateY(-7px); transition: .18s; }
  .main-nav.open { visibility: visible; opacity: 1; transform: none; }
  .main-nav > a, .nav-dropdown > a, .nav-inactive { display: block; height: auto; padding: 11px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12); background: #252322; }
  .nav-dropdown { height: auto; display: block; background: #252322; }
  .dropdown-panel { display: none; position: static; visibility: visible; opacity: 1; width: 100%; max-height: none; overflow: visible; padding: 8px 0; grid-template-columns: 1fr; background: #252322; border: 0; box-shadow: none; transform: none; }
  .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel, .nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel { display: grid; transform: none; }
  .dropdown-panel a { min-height: 42px; padding: 8px 12px; background: #252322; font-size: 11px; }
  .language-switcher { padding: 1px; }
  .language-switcher button { width: 28px; height: 24px; font-size: 14px; }
  .home-intro { padding: 47px 18px 0; }
  .home-intro-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; padding-bottom: 46px; }
  .home-intro-label { padding-top: 0; }
  .home-intro-copy > p { font-size: clamp(32px, 9vw, 43px); line-height: 1.08; }
  .home-intro-copy > a { margin-top: 25px; }
  .home-facts { grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); }
  .home-facts > div, .home-facts > div:first-child { min-height: 108px; display: block; padding: 25px 8px 20px; }
  .home-facts strong { display: block; font-size: 36px; }
  .home-facts span { display: block; margin-top: 8px; font-size: 8px; line-height: 1.3; }
  .practice-carousel { height: 410px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel { min-height: 610px; padding: 57px 0 46px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel::before { right: 16px; top: 26px; font-size: 120px; }
  .practice-section-header { width: calc(100% - 36px); margin-bottom: 13px; }
  .practice-section-header h2 { max-width: 310px; font-size: 43px; }
  .practice-section-header > a { display: none; }
  .carousel-shell { width: 100%; padding: 0 18px; }
  .practice-track { gap: 20px; padding: 38px 0; }
  .practice-card { flex-basis: 292px; min-height: 385px; }
  .practice-card-image { height: 265px; }
  .practice-card-meta { min-height: 120px; padding: 20px 19px 22px; }
  .carousel-arrow { display: none; }
  .home-spacer { height: 0; }
  .inner-hero { flex-basis: 235px; height: 235px; }
  .about-team-hero { background-color: #191817; background-position: center, center calc(62% + 50px); background-size: cover, 100% auto; background-repeat: no-repeat; }
  .hero-content { width: calc(100% - 28px); height: 155px; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto; gap: 3px; padding: 7px 0 9px; }
  .hero-content h1 { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 2; align-self: center; padding: 9px 15px 10px; border-radius: 9px; font-size: clamp(20px, 7vw, 28px); line-height: 1.05; }
  .hero-back-link, .hero-next-link { width: 40px; min-height: 40px; justify-content: center; padding: 0; gap: 0; font-size: 0; }
  .hero-back-link { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; justify-self: start; }
  .hero-next-link { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 3; justify-self: end; }
  .hero-back-link > span[data-en], .hero-next-link > span[data-en] { display: none; }
  .hero-back-link span[aria-hidden], .hero-next-link span[aria-hidden] { font-size: 20px; }
  .page-section { padding: 45px 0 60px; }
  .practice-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 16px; }
  .practice-grid-card { height: 230px; }
  .team-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .team-page .inner-hero { flex-basis: 185px; height: 185px; }
  .team-page .hero-content { height: 105px; }
  .team-card div { width: calc(100% - 26px); padding: 18px 0 22px; }
  .team-card h2 { font-size: 23px; }
  .bio-profile-section { width: calc(100% - 36px); padding: 44px 0 62px; }
  .bio-profile-top { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 28px; padding: 22px; }
  .bio-main-photo { width: min(280px, 100%); margin: 0 auto; }
  .bio-identity { text-align: center; }
  .bio-identity h1 { font-size: 34px; }
  .bio-contact-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; margin: 24px auto 0; text-align: left; }
  .bio-mark { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
  .bio-body, .bio-body-single { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; margin-top: 28px; }
  .bio-summary { padding: 31px 24px 36px; }
  .bio-sidebar { padding: 31px 24px 36px; border-top: 1px solid #e1dcd7; border-left: 0; }
  .bio-summary p { text-align: left; }
  .contact-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 42px; }
  .contact-details h2 { font-size: 32px; }
  .contact-form { padding: 28px 22px; }
  .form-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 0; }
  .footer-inner { width: calc(100% - 48px); min-height: 0; grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 13px; padding: 14px 0 16px; }
  .footer-logo { width: 108px; }
  .privacy { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 13px; font-size: 10px; }
}

/* Mega-menu layering and unified tab-arrow primitive. */
.practice-hero,
.inner-hero { overflow: visible !important; }
.site-header,
.practice-hero .site-header,
.inner-hero .site-header { position: relative; z-index: 1000 !important; }
.main-nav { overflow: visible !important; }
.nav-dropdown { position: relative; z-index: 1010 !important; }
.nav-dropdown > .dropdown-panel {
  display: grid;
  visibility: hidden !important;
  opacity: 0 !important;
  pointer-events: none !important;
}
.nav-dropdown:hover > .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:focus-within > .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel {
  visibility: visible !important;
  opacity: 1 !important;
  pointer-events: auto !important;
  transform: translate(-36%, 0) !important;
}

.test-area-tab-arrow {
  font-size: 0 !important;
  line-height: 0 !important;
}
.test-area-tab-arrow::before { content: none !important; display: none !important; }
.test-area-tab-arrow::after {
  content: "" !important;
  display: block !important;
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 1.5px solid currentColor;
  border-right: 1.5px solid currentColor;
  transform: rotate(45deg) !important;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .nav-dropdown:hover > .dropdown-panel,
  .nav-dropdown:focus-within > .dropdown-panel,
  .nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel { transform: translate(-33%, 0) !important; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown:not(.open) > .dropdown-panel {
    display: none !important;
    visibility: hidden !important;
    opacity: 0 !important;
    pointer-events: none !important;
  }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel {
    display: grid !important;
    visibility: visible !important;
    opacity: 1 !important;
    pointer-events: auto !important;
    transform: none !important;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow {
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.84) !important;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow {
    color: #1d1814 !important;
  }
}

/* Mobile navigation, profile-button and tab interaction refinements. */
.nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:hover .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel {
  visibility: visible !important;
  opacity: 1 !important;
  pointer-events: auto !important;
}

.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  grid-template-rows: auto 210px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 210px;
  min-height: 210px;
}
.contact-form button { margin-top: auto; }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .main-nav.open { background: #252322 !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a { background: #252322 !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel {
    display: grid !important;
    max-height: min(62vh, 520px);
    overflow-y: auto;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }

  .team-profile-button {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 168px;
    min-width: 0;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 8px;
    padding-inline: 12px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
  .team-profile-button b { flex: 0 0 auto; }

  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    content: "";
    width: 7px;
    height: 7px;
    place-self: center;
    color: currentColor;
    font: inherit;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before {
    border-right: 0;
    border-bottom: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    border-left: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    border-top: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    border-right: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 460px) {
  .team-profile-button { max-width: 152px; font-size: 9px; }
}

/* Component layering and interaction safeguards. */
.practice-hero,
.inner-hero { overflow: visible !important; }
.site-header { z-index: 1000 !important; }
.nav-dropdown > .dropdown-panel { z-index: 1100 !important; }
.nav-dropdown:hover > .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:focus-within > .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel {
  visibility: visible !important;
  opacity: 1 !important;
  pointer-events: auto !important;
}
.test-area-tab-arrow { font-size: 0 !important; line-height: 0 !important; }
.test-area-tab-arrow::before { content: none !important; display: none !important; }
.test-area-tab-arrow::after {
  content: "" !important;
  display: block !important;
  width: 7px !important;
  height: 7px !important;
  border: 0 !important;
  border-top: 1.5px solid currentColor !important;
  border-right: 1.5px solid currentColor !important;
  transform: rotate(45deg) !important;
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown:not(.open) > .dropdown-panel { display: none !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel { display: grid !important; transform: none !important; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow { color: rgba(255,255,255,.84) !important; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow { color: #1d1814 !important; }
}

/* Shared page-title, underline and component refinements. */
.practice-hero { overflow: visible; }
.site-header { z-index: 100 !important; }
.nav-dropdown { z-index: 110; }
.dropdown-panel { z-index: 1000; }

.about-page-section { padding-top: 56px; }

/* Fine, consistent underlines. */
.main-nav > a.is-current > span[data-en]::after,
.nav-dropdown > a.is-current > span[data-en]::after,
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type::after,
.bio-summary h2::after,
.bio-side-section h2::after { height: 1px; }
* { text-decoration-thickness: 1px !important; }

.team-section .section-title h2,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 {
  position: relative;
  width: fit-content;
  max-width: 100%;
  padding-bottom: 7px;
  border: 0;
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: .005em;
  text-transform: none;
}
.team-section .section-title h2 { color: #2d2926; font-size: 37px; }
.team-section .section-title h2::after,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background: #9b9b9b;
}
.team-section .section-title h2 > span,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 > span { display: inline-block; }
.team-section .section-title h2 > span::first-letter,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 > span::first-letter {
  font-size: 1.45em;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 {
  color: #f1eee9;
  font-size: 30px;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 14px rgba(0,0,0,.62);
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1::after { background: rgba(255,255,255,.46); }

.practice-index-page > .practice-index-tabs {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: none;
  padding: 68px max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2)) 78px;
  background: #f1ede7;
}
.practice-index-tabs .test-area-explorer {
  min-height: 640px;
  max-width: 1380px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.practice-index-tabs .test-area-panel { min-height: 640px; }

.home-page .home-hero::after,
.practice-hero::after { content: none !important; display: none !important; }
.home-practice-heading { border-bottom: 0 !important; }
.home-practice-heading > a { display: none !important; }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .practice-index-page > .practice-index-tabs { padding: 42px 18px 54px; }
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-explorer,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-panel { min-height: 0; }
  .team-section .section-title h2 { font-size: 31px; }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; }

  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab {
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) 34px;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow {
    width: 34px;
    height: 28px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    place-items: center;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
    border-radius: 3px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.07);
    color: transparent;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before { content: none; display: none; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    width: 7px;
    height: 7px;
    border-top: 1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.84);
    border-right: 1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,.84);
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::after,
  .practice-index-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    border-color: #1d1814;
  }
}

/* Version 29: preserve the original Italian paragraph structure. */
.practice-detail-page .practice-page-section .content-copy span[data-it] {
  white-space: pre-line;
}
@media (max-width: 460px) {
  .team-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .team-card { display: block; }
  .team-card img { width: calc(100% - 26px); max-width: 180px; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 2 / 2.65; }
}

/* Homepage hero and carousel restored from the version 15 visual system. */
.home-page { min-height: 100vh; background: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,.72),rgba(0,0,0,.72)), url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center top / cover no-repeat; }
.home-hero { position: relative; flex: 0 0 590px; height: 590px; background: transparent; color: #fff; }
.home-hero::after { content: none; }
.home-hero-content { width: min(1190px, calc(100% - 56px)); height: calc(100% - 104px); margin: 0 auto; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: flex-start; padding: 8px 0 0; }
.home-reference-copy { width: min(680px, 63vw); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; }
.home-reference-copy h1 { margin: 0; color: #fff; font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: clamp(48px, 5.2vw, 72px); line-height: 1.08; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -.035em; text-shadow: 0 3px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.35); }
.home-reference-copy h1 em { color: #c89a57; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; }
.home-reference-copy h1 > span { color: #fff; font-weight: 300; }
.home-reference-copy h1::after { content: ""; display: block; width: min(530px, 100%); height: 1px; margin: 22px 0 24px; background: rgba(255,255,255,.58); }
.home-reference-copy > p { margin: 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,.94); font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 400; text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.42); }
.home-hero-actions { display: flex; gap: 12px; margin-top: 25px; }
.home-hero-actions a { min-width: 158px; min-height: 48px; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 12px 22px; border: 1px solid transparent; font: 600 13px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: .015em; transition: transform .18s, background .18s, border-color .18s; }
.home-primary-action { background: #c89a57; color: #fff; }
.home-secondary-action { background: rgba(20,22,25,.9); color: #fff; }
.home-hero-actions a:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); }
.home-primary-action:hover { background: #b98948; }
.home-secondary-action:hover { border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.62); background: rgba(35,37,40,.92); }

.practice-carousel { height: 510px; display: flex; align-items: center; overflow: hidden; background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 42%, #fff 0, #f5f1ed 58%, #ebe5df 100%); }
.home-page .practice-carousel { flex: 1 0 540px; min-height: 540px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 0; background: transparent; }
.home-page .practice-carousel::before { content: none; }
.home-page .carousel-shell { align-self: center; margin-block: auto; }
.carousel-shell { position: relative; width: calc(100% - 160px); max-width: 1700px; margin: auto; }
.practice-track { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 26px; padding: 46px 8px; overflow-x: auto; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; scroll-behavior: smooth; scrollbar-width: none; }
.practice-track::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
.practice-card { position: relative; z-index: 1; flex: 0 0 380px; min-height: 0; height: 372px; display: block; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.28); border-radius: 14px; scroll-snap-align: center; background: #222; opacity: .82; transform: none; box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(18,12,8,.18); transition: transform .32s cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), box-shadow .32s ease, opacity .25s ease; }
.practice-card img { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; filter: saturate(.88) contrast(.94); opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.practice-card:hover { z-index: 2; opacity: .98; transform: translateY(-9px) scale(1.018); box-shadow: 0 15px 28px rgba(18,12,8,.32); }
.practice-card:hover img { filter: saturate(.88) contrast(.94); transform: none; }
.practice-card > span { position: absolute; inset: auto 0 0; min-height: 48px; display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 10px 15px; background: linear-gradient(transparent,rgba(17,14,12,.94) 40%); color: #fff; text-align: center; font: 16px/20px "Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif; }
.carousel-arrow { position: absolute; z-index: 4; top: 50%; width: 42px; height: 42px; display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 0; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.38); border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(23,20,18,.72); color: #fff; font: 300 33px/1 Arial,sans-serif; cursor: pointer; transform: translateY(-50%); transition: background .2s,color .2s,border-color .2s; }
.carousel-arrow:hover { background: var(--orange); border-color: var(--orange); color: #fff; }
.carousel-arrow.previous { left: -56px; }
.carousel-arrow.next { right: -56px; }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-hero { flex-basis: 430px; height: 430px; }
  .home-hero-content { width: calc(100% - 36px); height: calc(100% - 80px); padding: 8px 0 0; }
  .home-reference-copy { width: 100%; }
  .home-reference-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(36px,10.7vw,48px); line-height: 1.08; }
  .home-reference-copy h1::after { margin: 16px 0 17px; }
  .home-reference-copy > p { max-width: 330px; font-size: 14px; }
  .home-hero-actions { gap: 9px; margin-top: 19px; }
  .home-hero-actions a { min-width: 0; min-height: 43px; padding: 10px 16px; font-size: 11px; }
  .practice-carousel { height: 410px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel { flex-basis: 430px; min-height: 430px; }
  .carousel-shell { width: 100%; padding: 0 18px; }
  .practice-track { gap: 20px; padding: 38px 0; }
  .practice-card { flex-basis: 318px; height: 324px; }
  .carousel-arrow { display: none; }
}

/* Separate luxury section: version 15 carousel cards, independent background. */
.home-page { background: #0b0b0a; }
.home-hero { background: linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(8,8,8,.82) 0%,rgba(9,9,9,.64) 46%,rgba(9,9,9,.34) 100%), url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 44% / cover no-repeat; }
.home-page .practice-carousel { position: relative; flex: 0 0 auto; min-height: 660px; display: block; padding: 68px 0 62px; background: radial-gradient(circle at 70% 12%,#19150f 0,#11100e 34%,#090909 76%); border-top: 1px solid rgba(205,159,96,.35); }
.home-page .practice-carousel::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 22px 24px; border: 1px solid rgba(205,159,96,.09); border-radius: 24px; pointer-events: none; }
.home-practice-heading { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: calc(100% - 160px); max-width: 1700px; margin: 0 auto 4px; display: flex; align-items: end; justify-content: space-between; gap: 28px; }
.home-practice-heading p { margin: 0 0 9px; color: #b89567; font: 600 10px/1 "Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: .22em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-practice-heading h2 { margin: 0; color: #d5a86c; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: clamp(45px,4.5vw,66px); line-height: 1; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
.home-practice-heading > a { margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0 0 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(213,168,108,.48); color: #d7c2a2; font: 600 10px/1 "Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; transition: color .2s,border-color .2s; }
.home-practice-heading > a span { margin-left: 12px; color: #d5a86c; font-size: 16px; }
.home-practice-heading > a:hover { color: #fff; border-color: #d5a86c; }
.home-page .carousel-shell { position: relative; z-index: 2; }
.home-page .practice-card { border-color: rgba(213,168,108,.34); box-shadow: 0 16px 38px rgba(0,0,0,.38),0 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.025) inset; }
.home-page .practice-card:hover { border-color: rgba(213,168,108,.7); box-shadow: 0 22px 44px rgba(0,0,0,.52),0 0 24px rgba(190,137,75,.08); }
.home-page .practice-card > span { color: #f1dfc5; }
.home-page .carousel-arrow { border-color: rgba(213,168,108,.5); background: rgba(10,10,10,.76); color: #d5a86c; }
.home-page .carousel-arrow:hover { background: #b98b51; border-color: #d5a86c; color: #0b0b0a; }

/* Refined homepage palette and dimensional champagne buttons. */
.home-hero {
  isolation: isolate;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 77% 33%, rgba(255,255,255,.075) 0, rgba(255,255,255,0) 31%),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(4,5,5,.88) 0%, rgba(7,8,8,.70) 44%, rgba(7,8,8,.30) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,.02) 55%, rgba(0,0,0,.42) 100%),
    url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 44% / cover no-repeat;
}
.home-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 120px rgba(0,0,0,.18), inset 0 -110px 120px rgba(0,0,0,.34);
}
.home-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: auto;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(238,137,74,.46), transparent);
  opacity: 1;
}
.home-reference-copy h1 em,
.home-practice-heading p,
.home-practice-heading h2,
.home-practice-heading > a span,
.home-page .carousel-arrow { color: #EE894A; }
.home-practice-heading > a { border-color: rgba(238,137,74,.48); }
.home-practice-heading > a:hover { border-color: #EE894A; }
.home-page .practice-card { border-color: rgba(238,137,74,.34); }
.home-page .practice-card:hover { border-color: rgba(238,137,74,.70); }
.home-page .carousel-arrow { border-color: rgba(238,137,74,.5); }
.home-page .carousel-arrow:hover { background: #EE894A; border-color: #EE894A; }

.home-hero-actions a,
.team-profile-button {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid #efd7ad;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #ecd7b2 0%, #d9bb87 52%, #c39a5f 100%);
  color: #20180f;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  text-transform: none;
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.72),
    inset 0 -9px 16px rgba(103,68,25,.10),
    0 9px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.24);
  transition: transform .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease, background .2s ease, border-color .2s ease;
}
.home-hero-actions a::before,
.team-profile-button::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 5px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(103,72,35,.32);
  border-radius: 11px;
  pointer-events: none;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 3px rgba(255,255,255,.25);
}
.home-hero-actions a > *,
.team-profile-button > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.home-hero-actions a {
  min-width: 172px;
  min-height: 54px;
  padding: 13px 24px;
  border-radius: 17px;
  font-size: 16px;
}
.home-primary-action,
.home-secondary-action { background: linear-gradient(145deg, #ecd7b2 0%, #d9bb87 52%, #c39a5f 100%); color: #20180f; }
.home-hero-actions a:hover,
.home-primary-action:hover,
.home-secondary-action:hover {
  border-color: #f5dfb8;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #f2dfbe 0%, #dfc28d 52%, #cba368 100%);
  color: #17110b;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.82),
    inset 0 -9px 16px rgba(103,68,25,.08),
    0 14px 28px rgba(0,0,0,.30);
}
.team-profile-button {
  min-height: 43px;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 0 19px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  font-size: 13px;
}
.team-profile-button::before { border-radius: 9px; }
.team-card:hover .team-profile-button {
  border-color: #f5dfb8;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #f2dfbe 0%, #dfc28d 52%, #cba368 100%);
  color: #17110b;
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.82),
    inset 0 -8px 14px rgba(103,68,25,.08),
    0 11px 22px rgba(49,35,19,.20);
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-hero { background-position: 58% center; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel { min-height: 545px; padding: 45px 0 42px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel::after { inset: 12px 10px; border-radius: 16px; }
  .home-practice-heading { width: calc(100% - 36px); margin-bottom: 3px; }
  .home-practice-heading h2 { font-size: 40px; }
  .home-practice-heading > a { display: none; }
  .home-hero-actions a { min-height: 47px; padding: 11px 17px; border-radius: 14px; font-size: 13px; }
  .home-hero-actions a::before { inset: 4px; border-radius: 9px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  * { transition: none !important; }
}

/* Version 24: compact paper-textured carousel and content-led Team/Contact pages. */
.home-hero {
  flex-basis: 510px;
  height: 510px;
}

.home-page .practice-carousel {
  min-height: 510px;
  padding: 52px 0 48px;
  background-color: #f3f1ed;
  background-image: url("../media/paper-grain.png");
  background-repeat: repeat;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(64, 58, 52, .10);
}
.home-page .practice-carousel::after {
  inset: 18px 24px;
  border-color: rgba(63, 56, 49, .12);
  border-radius: 20px;
}
.home-practice-heading { margin-bottom: 0; }
.home-practice-heading p { color: #8c7665; }
.home-practice-heading h2 {
  color: #EE894A;
  font-size: clamp(35px, 4vw, 56px);
}
.home-practice-heading > a {
  padding-bottom: 6px;
  border-color: rgba(238, 137, 74, .48);
  color: #5c554f;
  font-size: 8px;
}
.home-practice-heading > a span { color: #EE894A; font-size: 14px; }
.home-practice-heading > a:hover { color: #211d1a; }
.practice-track { gap: 22px; padding: 34px 8px 30px; }
.home-page .practice-card {
  flex-basis: 266px;
  height: 260px;
  border-color: rgba(46, 40, 35, .18);
  border-radius: 15px;
  opacity: 1;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 17px rgba(45, 38, 32, .13);
}
.home-page .practice-card:hover {
  border-color: rgba(46, 40, 35, .26);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 25px rgba(45, 38, 32, .21);
}
.practice-card > span {
  min-height: 53px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  background: linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(17, 14, 12, .94) 36%);
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 18px;
}
.home-page .practice-card > span { color: #fff; }
.home-page .carousel-arrow {
  border-color: rgba(45, 38, 32, .35);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78);
  color: #EE894A;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 14px rgba(45, 38, 32, .10);
}
.home-page .carousel-arrow:hover { background: #FF924C; border-color: #FF924C; color: #fff; }

.home-hero-actions a,
.home-primary-action,
.home-secondary-action,
.team-profile-button,
.team-card:hover .team-profile-button,
.contact-form button {
  border-color: #FF924C;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.home-hero-actions a,
.home-primary-action,
.home-secondary-action,
.team-profile-button,
.team-card:hover .team-profile-button { color: #24180f; }
.home-hero-actions a:hover,
.home-primary-action:hover,
.home-secondary-action:hover,
.team-card:hover .team-profile-button,
.contact-form button:hover {
  border-color: #ffab73;
  background: #ffab73;
  color: #21150d;
}
.home-hero-actions a::before,
.team-profile-button::before { border-color: rgba(87, 46, 20, .34); }

.team-page,
.contact-page { background: #f5f3ef; }
.team-page > .site-header,
.contact-page > .site-header { flex: 0 0 auto; background: #252322; }
.team-section { padding-top: 52px; }
.team-grid { gap: 30px; }
.team-card {
  padding-top: 31px;
  border-color: #ded7d0;
  border-radius: 17px;
  background: #fbfaf8;
  box-shadow: 0 9px 28px rgba(46, 37, 30, .08);
}
.team-card:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); box-shadow: 0 16px 34px rgba(46, 37, 30, .14); }
.team-card img {
  width: calc(100% - 88px);
  max-width: 218px;
  border: 8px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 5px;
  outline: 1px solid #cfc5bc;
  filter: grayscale(.12) contrast(1.02);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px #ece7e1, 0 15px 30px rgba(40, 30, 24, .16);
}
.team-card div { width: calc(100% - 88px); max-width: 218px; padding: 27px 0 29px; }
.team-profile-button { box-shadow: 0 6px 14px rgba(115, 61, 28, .16); }

.contact-section {
  width: min(1200px, calc(100% - 48px));
  padding-top: 48px;
  padding-bottom: 76px;
}
.contact-page-heading { margin-bottom: 30px; }
.contact-page-heading h1 {
  width: fit-content;
  margin: 0;
  padding-bottom: 8px;
  color: #25211e;
  font-size: 48px;
  line-height: 1;
  font-weight: 400;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #FF924C;
}
.contact-layout {
  grid-template-columns: .86fr 1.14fr;
  gap: 18px;
  padding: 12px;
  border: 1px solid #ddd6cf;
  border-radius: 20px;
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 50px rgba(46, 37, 30, .09);
}
.contact-details {
  height: 100%;
  padding: 40px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background: #252628;
}
.contact-kicker { color: #FF924C; }
.contact-lines { border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14); }
.contact-lines::before { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18); }
.contact-icon { border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .22); background: #303133; color: #FF924C; }
.contact-item a,
.contact-item p { color: #f4f1ed; }
.contact-item small { color: #bdb7b0; }
.contact-hours h3,
.contact-social h3 { color: #fff; }
.contact-hours p { color: #c9c4be; }
.contact-social a { border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .24); color: #fff; }
.contact-social a span { background: #FF924C; color: #252628; }
.contact-social a:hover { border-color: #FF924C; background: #FF924C; color: #252628; }
.contact-form {
  padding: 37px 34px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 14px;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.contact-form input,
.contact-form textarea {
  border-color: #d9d2cb;
  border-radius: 8px;
  background: #faf9f7;
}
.contact-form input:focus,
.contact-form textarea:focus { border-color: #FF924C; box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(255, 146, 76, .13); }
.contact-form button {
  min-width: 106px;
  justify-content: center;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0 7px 16px rgba(115, 61, 28, .16);
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-hero { flex-basis: 350px; height: 350px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel { min-height: 440px; padding: 42px 0 34px; }
  .home-page .practice-carousel::after { inset: 10px; }
  .home-practice-heading h2 { font-size: 30px; }
  .practice-track { gap: 18px; padding: 30px 0 24px; }
  .home-page .practice-card { flex-basis: 238px; height: 234px; }
  .team-section,
  .contact-section { padding-top: 38px; }
  .team-card img,
  .team-card div { width: calc(100% - 58px); }
  .contact-page-heading h1 { font-size: 39px; }
  .contact-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 8px; }
  .contact-details { padding: 30px 24px; }
  .contact-form { padding: 30px 20px; }
}

/* Version 25: tighter typography, unified inset borders and contact refinements. */
.home-hero {
  flex-basis: 560px;
  height: 560px;
}
.home-page .practice-carousel { border-top: 0; }
.home-page .practice-carousel::after { content: none; }
.home-practice-heading h2 {
  color: #333333;
  font-size: 28px;
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.home-practice-heading > a,
.home-practice-heading > a span { color: #333333; }

.home-hero-actions a::before,
.team-profile-button::before,
.hero-back-link::before,
.hero-next-link::before,
.contact-form button::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 4px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  border-radius: 3px;
  pointer-events: none;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.hero-back-link,
.hero-next-link,
.contact-form button { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }

footer { background: #0E0F0A; }

.contact-item a,
.contact-item p {
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15.5px;
  line-height: 1.62;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .005em;
}
.contact-item small {
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 10.5px;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: .105em;
}
.contact-hours h3,
.contact-social h3 {
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 19px;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.contact-hours p {
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14.5px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.contact-form label {
  gap: 10px;
  color: #38332f;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.25;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .025em;
}
.contact-form input,
.contact-form textarea {
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
}
.contact-form button {
  min-width: 118px;
  min-height: 44px;
  gap: 11px;
  padding: 0 22px;
  border-radius: 8px;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 18px rgba(115, 61, 28, .19);
}
.contact-form button span[data-en][data-it] {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.contact-form button span[aria-hidden] {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.contact-social a:hover span {
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .24);
  background: #252628;
  color: #fff;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-hero {
    flex-basis: 350px;
    height: 350px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  .home-hero-actions { gap: 7px; margin-top: 15px; }
  .home-hero-actions a {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 39px;
    padding: 8px 12px;
    border-radius: 8px;
    font-size: 11px;
  }
  .home-hero-actions a::before { inset: 3px; border-radius: 3px; }
}

/* Version 26: consistent 3px geometry and unified practice-area presentation. */
.site-header { height: 100px; }
.logo-link img { width: 145px; }
.home-header { background: rgba(18, 18, 17, .39); }
.home-hero-content { height: calc(100% - 100px); }
.hero-content { height: 348px; }

.home-hero-actions a { border-radius: 3px; }
.team-card,
.team-profile-button,
.team-profile-button::before { border-radius: 3px; }

.home-page .practice-card {
  flex-basis: 319px;
  height: 312px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: 0 7px 19px rgba(45, 38, 32, .14);
}
.home-page .practice-card:hover {
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 27px rgba(45, 38, 32, .22);
}

.about-article { max-width: 1000px; }
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type {
  margin-bottom: 34px;
  padding: 0 0 10px;
  color: #2d2926;
  font-size: 37px;
  line-height: 1.08;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
  text-underline-offset: 10px;
}
.about-article .content-copy p {
  max-width: 940px;
  color: #4b4540;
  font-size: 17.5px;
  line-height: 1.85;
}
.about-article .content-copy p:first-of-type {
  padding-left: 24px;
  border-left: 3px solid #FF924C;
  color: #302c29;
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.78;
}

.contact-page-heading { margin-bottom: 36px; }
.contact-page-heading h1 {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 14px;
  border: 0;
  color: #333333;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}
.contact-page-heading h1::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 58px;
  height: 2px;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.contact-form label {
  color: #333333;
  font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12.5px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
}
.contact-form input { height: 46px; }
.contact-form textarea { min-height: 148px; }

.practice-detail-page .hero-content h1 {
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
  color: #f5f2ee;
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 1.18;
  letter-spacing: -.012em;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, .55);
  backdrop-filter: none;
}
.practice-detail-page .hero-back-link,
.practice-detail-page .hero-next-link {
  min-height: 42px;
  padding: 10px 17px;
  border: 1px solid #FF924C;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #FF924C;
  color: #21150d;
  font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 10.5px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .055em;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, .20);
  backdrop-filter: none;
}
.practice-detail-page .hero-back-link:hover,
.practice-detail-page .hero-next-link:hover {
  border-color: #ffad77;
  background: #ffad77;
  color: #21150d;
}
.practice-detail-page .hero-back-link::before,
.practice-detail-page .hero-next-link::before {
  inset: 4px;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  border-radius: 3px;
}

.practice-grid { gap: 25px; }
.practice-grid-card {
  height: 260px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: 0 7px 19px rgba(45, 38, 32, .14);
  transition: transform .25s ease, box-shadow .25s ease;
}
.practice-grid-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-5px);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 27px rgba(45, 38, 32, .22);
}
.practice-grid-card img { display: block; border: 0; transform: none; }
.practice-grid-card:hover img { transform: none; }
.practice-grid-card > span {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto 0 0;
  min-height: 53px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 10px 14px;
  background: linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(17, 14, 12, .94) 36%);
  color: #fff;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 18px;
  text-align: center;
}
.practice-grid-card > span > span {
  position: static;
  min-height: 0;
  display: inline;
  padding: 0;
  background: none;
  color: inherit;
  font: inherit;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .site-header { height: 76px; }
  .logo-link img { width: 132px; }
  .home-header { background: linear-gradient(rgba(28, 27, 26, .97) 72%, transparent); }
  .home-hero-content { height: calc(100% - 76px); }
  .hero-content { height: 159px; }
  .home-hero-actions a { border-radius: 3px; }
  .home-page .practice-card { flex-basis: 286px; height: 281px; }
  .about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type { font-size: 31px; }
  .about-article .content-copy p:first-of-type { padding-left: 17px; font-size: 17.5px; }
  .contact-page-heading h1 { font-size: 38px; }
  .practice-detail-page .hero-content h1 { font-size: 22px; }
  .practice-detail-page .hero-back-link,
  .practice-detail-page .hero-next-link {
    width: 38px;
    min-height: 38px;
    padding: 0;
    border-radius: 3px;
  }
  .practice-grid-card { height: 245px; }
}

/* Version 27: reduced menu transparency and uniformly vivid carousel imagery. */
.home-header { background: rgba(18, 18, 17, .59); }
.home-page .practice-card {
  opacity: 1;
  transition: transform .32s cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1), box-shadow .32s ease;
}
.home-page .practice-card img,
.home-page .practice-card:hover img {
  opacity: 1;
  filter: saturate(1.12) contrast(1.04) brightness(1.02);
  transform: none;
}

/* Version 28: refined cinematic Practice Areas heroes. */
.practice-hero {
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center 46%;
  background-size: cover;
}
.practice-index-hero { background-position: center 38%; }
.practice-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(7, 8, 7, .86) 0%, rgba(10, 11, 10, .62) 48%, rgba(8, 9, 8, .34) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .03) 48%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .46) 100%);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.practice-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(255, 146, 76, .74), transparent);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.practice-hero .site-header,
.practice-hero .hero-content { position: relative; z-index: 3; }

.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  padding-bottom: 66px;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 14px 22px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
  color: #f7f3ef;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.12;
  letter-spacing: .035em;
  text-align: left;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, .62);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  backdrop-filter: none;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 1px;
  bottom: 13px;
  left: 0;
  width: 2px;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 22px;
  width: 86px;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .62);
}

.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content {
  grid-template-columns: 190px minmax(280px, 1fr) 190px;
  align-items: end;
  gap: 28px;
  padding-bottom: 56px;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 {
  align-self: center;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0 0 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .42);
  color: #f7f3ef;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.17;
  letter-spacing: -.005em;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, .62);
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link {
  min-height: 42px;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 146, 76, .9);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(14, 15, 10, .72);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .24);
  color: #fff;
  backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link:hover,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link:hover {
  border-color: #FF924C;
  background: #FF924C;
  color: #21150d;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link::before,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link::before {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .75);
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .practice-hero { background-position: center 50%; }
  .practice-index-hero { background-position: center 42%; }
  .practice-hero::before {
    background:
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(7, 8, 7, .80), rgba(9, 10, 9, .46)),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .02) 35%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .42));
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content {
    height: 159px;
    padding-bottom: 29px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 {
    padding: 0 0 10px 16px;
    font-size: 26px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::before { bottom: 9px; }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::after {
    left: 16px;
    width: 66px;
  }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
    gap: 3px;
    padding: 7px 0 10px;
  }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 {
    align-self: center;
    padding-bottom: 8px;
    font-size: 22px;
  }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link,
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link {
    width: 38px;
    min-height: 38px;
    padding: 0;
  }
}

/* Version 36: substantial editorial homepage hero redesign. */
.home-page .home-hero {
  flex: 0 0 520px;
  height: 520px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 72% 45%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .05), transparent 29%),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(11, 12, 11, .92) 0%, rgba(14, 15, 14, .79) 38%, rgba(13, 14, 13, .42) 72%, rgba(11, 12, 11, .28) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .12), rgba(0, 0, 0, .48)),
    url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 31% / cover no-repeat;
}
.home-page .home-hero::before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 57%, rgba(8, 9, 8, .58));
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 110px rgba(0, 0, 0, .22);
}
.home-page .home-hero::after {
  left: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2));
  right: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2));
  bottom: 24px;
  width: auto;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FF924C 0 88px, rgba(255,255,255,.34) 88px 100%);
}
.home-page .home-header {
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.09);
  background: rgba(14, 15, 14, .68);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}
.home-page .home-hero-content {
  width: min(1380px, calc(100% - 96px));
  height: calc(100% - 100px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 250px;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(48px, 8vw, 120px);
  padding: 4px 0 27px;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy {
  width: min(760px, 100%);
  padding-left: clamp(20px, 3.3vw, 48px);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(255, 146, 76, .72);
}
.home-page .home-hero-kicker {
  margin: 0 0 18px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font: 700 9.5px/1.2 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 {
  max-width: 720px;
  color: #f4f0ea;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(51px, 5vw, 72px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .98;
  letter-spacing: -.042em;
  text-shadow: 0 4px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.38);
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 em {
  color: #FF924C;
  font-style: italic;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after {
  width: 74px;
  height: 2px;
  margin: 21px 0 17px;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy > .home-hero-intro {
  max-width: 520px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.76);
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions {
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 22px;
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions a {
  min-width: 190px;
  min-height: 44px;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: 10px 16px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions a span:last-child {
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 400;
}
.home-page .home-primary-action {
  border-color: #FF924C;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.home-page .home-secondary-action {
  border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.34);
  background: rgba(11,12,11,.28);
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions a::before {
  inset: 3px;
  border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.64);
}
.home-page .home-hero-aside {
  position: relative;
  align-self: center;
  padding: 23px 22px 24px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(13,14,13,.42);
  color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 50px rgba(0,0,0,.18);
  backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
}
.home-page .home-aside-rule {
  display: block;
  width: 38px;
  height: 2px;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  background: #FF924C;
}
.home-page .home-hero-aside div {
  display: grid;
  gap: 4px;
}
.home-page .home-hero-aside strong {
  color: #f5f0e9;
  font: 400 40px/1 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.home-page .home-hero-aside div span {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.58);
  font: 700 9px/1.2 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.home-page .home-hero-aside p {
  margin: 25px 0 0;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.8);
  font: italic 16px/1.45 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}
.home-page .home-practice-tabs {
  margin-top: -18px;
  padding-top: 60px;
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(rgba(40,35,31,.035) .65px, transparent .65px) 0 0 / 4px 4px,
    #f1ede7;
  box-shadow: 0 -16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,.11);
}
.home-page .home-practice-heading {
  padding-bottom: 16px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(52,46,42,.18);
}

@media (max-width: 900px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .home-page .home-hero-content {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 205px;
    gap: 38px;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-aside { padding: 20px 18px; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 { font-size: 53px; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-page .home-hero {
    flex-basis: 400px;
    height: 400px;
    background-position: 62% 32%;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero::after {
    left: 18px;
    right: 18px;
    bottom: 12px;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-content {
    width: calc(100% - 36px);
    height: calc(100% - 76px);
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 8px 0 20px;
  }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy {
    width: 100%;
    padding-left: 16px;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-kicker { margin-bottom: 12px; font-size: 8px; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 {
    max-width: 360px;
    font-size: clamp(38px, 11.5vw, 49px);
  }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after {
    width: 54px;
    margin: 14px 0 12px;
  }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy > .home-hero-intro {
    max-width: 310px;
    font-size: 13px;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions { gap: 8px; margin-top: 15px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 37px;
    gap: 10px;
    padding: 8px 10px;
    font-size: 8px;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a span:last-child { font-size: 12px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-aside { display: none; }
  .home-page .home-practice-tabs {
    margin-top: -10px;
    padding-top: 42px;
  }
  .home-page .home-practice-heading { padding-bottom: 12px; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-header {
    background: linear-gradient(rgba(18, 18, 17, .97) 72%, rgba(18, 18, 17, .59));
  }
}

/* Version 39: mobile Practice navigation, contact alignment and classical About title. */
.contact-form {
  padding-bottom: 0;
}
.contact-form button {
  margin-top: auto;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.about-article .content-copy h2.about-classical-title {
  width: fit-content;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 9px;
  padding-bottom: 7px;
  font-size: 37px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-word {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  color: #2d2926;
  font-size: .72em;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-initial {
  margin-right: 1px;
  color: #171514;
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.7em;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-join {
  color: #635b55;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: .46em;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .contact-form { padding-bottom: 24px; }

  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab {
    flex-basis: 238px;
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) 48px;
    gap: 10px;
    padding: 7px 11px;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow {
    width: 48px;
    height: 28px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    align-self: center;
    justify-self: end;
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
    border-radius: 3px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.07);
    color: transparent;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
    font: 400 17px/1 Arial, sans-serif;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before {
    content: "‹";
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after { content: "›"; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow {
    border-color: rgba(0,0,0,.18);
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.18);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    color: #1d1814;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-number {
    border-color: #111;
    background: #111;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .about-article .content-copy h2.about-classical-title {
    gap: 7px;
    font-size: 33px;
  }
}

/* Version 30: navigation, contact, About and Practice Areas refinements. */
.language-switcher {
  gap: 1px;
  padding: 2px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  background: #191d1c;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .18), 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, .14);
}
.language-switcher button {
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  transition: background .18s, border-color .18s, opacity .18s, filter .18s, box-shadow .18s;
}
.language-switcher button:hover { border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12); opacity: .88; }
.language-switcher button.active {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .06), 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, .28);
}

.dropdown-panel { overflow: hidden; }
.dropdown-panel a,
.dropdown-panel a span {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .88);
}
.dropdown-panel a:hover,
.dropdown-panel a:focus-visible,
.dropdown-panel a:hover span,
.dropdown-panel a:focus-visible span {
  color: #fff !important;
}
.dropdown-panel a:hover,
.dropdown-panel a:focus-visible { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .075); }

.main-nav > a.is-current > span[data-en],
.nav-dropdown > a.is-current > span[data-en] {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.main-nav > a.is-current > span[data-en]::after,
.nav-dropdown > a.is-current > span[data-en]::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: -3px;
  left: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--orange);
}
.home-hero-link,
.home-intro-copy > a,
.practice-section-header > a,
.home-practice-heading > a {
  padding-bottom: 4px;
}

.about-team-hero {
  background-position: center, center 10px;
}
.about-article .content-copy p:first-of-type {
  padding-left: 0;
  border-left: 0;
}
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type,
.bio-summary h2,
.bio-side-section h2 {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type::after,
.bio-summary h2::after,
.bio-side-section h2::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: #9b9b9b;
}
.about-article .content-copy h2:first-of-type::after { background: var(--orange); }

.contact-page-heading h1 { padding-bottom: 6px; }
.contact-page-heading h1::after { width: 100%; }
.contact-layout { align-items: stretch; }
.contact-form {
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  flex: 1;
  grid-template-rows: auto minmax(220px, 1fr);
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 220px;
}
.contact-form button { margin-top: auto; }

.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 {
  position: relative;
  width: fit-content;
  max-width: 100%;
  padding-bottom: 7px;
  border-bottom: 0;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .58);
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .28);
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link:hover,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link:hover {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .46);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  color: #fff;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link::before,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link::before {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .32);
}

.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 { padding-bottom: 8px; }
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::before { bottom: 7px; }
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::after {
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 22px;
  width: auto;
}
.practice-index-page > .page-section {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: none;
  padding: 72px max(48px, calc((100vw - 1280px) / 2)) 88px;
  background: #f5f3ef;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid {
  counter-reset: practice-area;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 28px;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card {
  counter-increment: practice-area;
  height: 286px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(72, 64, 58, .16);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #252628;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(39, 33, 28, .10);
  transition: transform .25s ease, box-shadow .25s ease, border-color .25s ease;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card::after {
  content: counter(practice-area, decimal-leading-zero);
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  top: 15px;
  left: 15px;
  min-width: 34px;
  padding: 7px 8px 6px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .42);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(24, 23, 22, .66);
  color: #fff;
  font: 600 10px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-align: center;
  backdrop-filter: blur(5px);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover {
  border-color: rgba(72, 64, 58, .28);
  box-shadow: 0 15px 30px rgba(39, 33, 28, .17);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card img {
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.03);
  transition: filter .3s ease, transform .4s ease;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover img {
  filter: saturate(1.02) contrast(1.04);
  transform: scale(1.025);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card > span {
  min-height: 68px;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  padding: 25px 20px 14px;
  background: linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(16, 15, 14, .96) 35%);
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.3;
  letter-spacing: .015em;
  text-align: left;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .main-nav,
  .main-nav.open {
    top: 76px;
    max-height: calc(100dvh - 76px);
    overflow-x: hidden;
    overflow-y: auto;
    background: #252322 !important;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }
  .main-nav > a,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .nav-inactive,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a {
    background: #252322 !important;
  }
  .main-nav > a,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .nav-inactive,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a span {
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92) !important;
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
  }
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel {
    display: none;
    position: static;
    width: 100%;
    max-height: none;
    padding: 6px 0 10px;
    overflow: visible;
    border: 0;
    transform: none;
  }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown:not(.open) .dropdown-panel { display: none !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel { display: grid; }
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a {
    min-height: 46px;
    padding: 10px 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .08);
  }
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a::before { width: 2px; }
  .about-team-hero {
    background-position: center, center calc(62% + 60px);
  }
  .about-article .content-copy p:first-of-type { padding-left: 0; }
  .contact-form > label:last-of-type { grid-template-rows: auto minmax(240px, 1fr); }
  .contact-form textarea { min-height: 240px; }
  .practice-index-page > .page-section {
    padding: 44px 18px 60px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 18px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card { height: 252px; }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover { transform: none; }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 { padding-bottom: 5px; }
}

/* Version 31: compact Practice Areas banner and editorial image mosaic. */
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero {
  flex: 0 0 235px;
  height: 235px;
  background-position: center 42%;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content {
  height: 131px;
  padding-bottom: 25px;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 {
  padding: 0 0 6px 18px;
  font-size: 27px;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::before { bottom: 5px; }
.practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::after { left: 18px; }

.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link:hover,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link:hover {
  border-color: #FF924C;
  background: #FF924C;
  color: #21150d;
}
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-back-link:hover::before,
.practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-next-link:hover::before {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
}

.practice-index-page > .page-section {
  padding-top: 58px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f7f5f1 0%, #f1ede7 100%);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(12, minmax(0, 1fr));
  grid-auto-rows: 278px;
  gap: 14px;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card {
  grid-column: span 4;
  height: auto;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: #252628;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(34, 29, 25, .12);
  transition: transform .3s cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1), box-shadow .3s ease;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(1),
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(7),
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(11) { grid-column: span 7; }
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(2),
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(6),
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(12) { grid-column: span 5; }
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(13),
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(14) { grid-column: span 6; }
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card::after {
  top: 18px;
  left: 18px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .55);
  backdrop-filter: none;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover {
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 34px rgba(34, 29, 25, .20);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card img {
  border: 0;
  filter: saturate(.82) contrast(1.04) brightness(.95);
  transform: scale(1.002);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover img {
  filter: saturate(1) contrast(1.04) brightness(1);
  transform: scale(1.025);
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card > span {
  min-height: 88px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  padding: 31px 22px 17px;
  background: linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(12, 12, 11, .92) 52%);
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.32;
  letter-spacing: .018em;
  text-align: left;
}
.practice-index-page .practice-grid-card > span::before {
  content: "";
  width: 30px;
  height: 1px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  background: #FF924C;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    grid-auto-rows: 260px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card,
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(n) { grid-column: span 1; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero {
    flex-basis: 190px;
    height: 190px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content {
    height: 114px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 {
    padding-left: 15px;
    font-size: 24px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1::after { left: 15px; }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-auto-rows: 246px;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card,
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:nth-child(n) {
    grid-column: 1;
    height: auto;
  }
  .practice-index-page .practice-grid-card:hover { transform: none; }
}

/* Version 32: separate interactive Practice Areas test page. */
.test-area-page { background: #f1ede7; }
.test-area-page > .site-header { flex: 0 0 auto; background: #252322; }
.test-area-section {
  flex: 1 0 auto;
  width: min(1380px, calc(100% - 64px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 62px 0 82px;
}
.test-area-heading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 32px;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}
.test-area-heading p {
  order: 2;
  margin: 0 0 7px;
  color: #80756c;
  font: 650 10px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
}
.test-area-heading h1 {
  margin: 0;
  color: #292522;
  font-size: clamp(42px, 5vw, 68px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.test-area-explorer {
  min-height: 680px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 340px minmax(0, 1fr);
  background: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 24px 60px rgba(39, 32, 27, .15);
}
.test-area-tab-list {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(14, minmax(46px, 1fr));
  background: #202221;
}
.test-area-tab {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 46px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 38px minmax(0, 1fr) 18px;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 8px 17px;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .075);
  background: transparent;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .73);
  cursor: pointer;
  text-align: left;
  transition: background .22s ease, color .22s ease, padding .22s ease;
}
.test-area-tab::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 3px;
  background: #FF924C;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scaleY(.35);
  transition: opacity .22s ease, transform .22s ease;
}
.test-area-tab:hover,
.test-area-tab:focus-visible {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .055);
  color: #fff;
  outline: none;
}
.test-area-tab.active {
  padding-left: 21px;
  background: #FF924C;
  color: #21150d;
}
.test-area-tab.active::before { opacity: 1; transform: scaleY(1); }
.test-area-tab-number {
  font: 600 10px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  opacity: .68;
}
.test-area-tab-title {
  font: 600 10.5px/1.25 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .035em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.test-area-tab-arrow {
  justify-self: end;
  font: 400 17px/1 Arial, sans-serif;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateX(-5px);
  transition: opacity .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}
.test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
.test-area-stage {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .98), rgba(246, 242, 236, .95)),
    #f7f4ef;
}
.test-area-panel {
  min-height: 680px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, .78fr) minmax(390px, 1.22fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(42px, 6vw, 90px);
  padding: clamp(54px, 6vw, 92px);
}
.test-area-panel[hidden] { display: none; }
.test-area-panel.active { animation: test-area-reveal .42s cubic-bezier(.2, .75, .25, 1); }
@keyframes test-area-reveal {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(18px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}
.test-area-portrait {
  position: relative;
  width: min(310px, 100%);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  justify-self: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 42px rgba(39, 32, 27, .18);
}
.test-area-portrait::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 12px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .65);
  border-radius: 50%;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.test-area-portrait img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  object-fit: cover;
  filter: saturate(.82) contrast(1.03);
}
.test-area-copy { position: relative; z-index: 1; min-width: 0; }
.test-area-watermark {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: -74px;
  right: 0;
  color: rgba(37, 35, 32, .055);
  font: 400 clamp(130px, 15vw, 220px)/1 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}
.test-area-label {
  margin: 0 0 15px;
  color: #FF924C;
  font: 700 10px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.test-area-copy h2 {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  padding-bottom: 14px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #bdb4ac;
  color: #292522;
  font-size: clamp(31px, 4vw, 51px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.06;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}
.test-area-description {
  max-width: 700px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #554d47;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.75;
}
.test-area-description span { white-space: pre-line; }
.test-area-link {
  width: fit-content;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 24px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #7f756e;
  color: #302b27;
  font: 700 10.5px/1 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transition: color .2s ease, border-color .2s ease;
}
.test-area-link span:last-child { color: #FF924C; font-size: 18px; }
.test-area-link:hover { border-color: #FF924C; color: #FF924C; }

/* Mobile-only previous/next navigation for Practice Areas tabs. */
.test-area-mobile-nav { display: none; }

@media (max-width: 1040px) {
  .test-area-explorer { grid-template-columns: 290px minmax(0, 1fr); }
  .test-area-panel { grid-template-columns: 220px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 38px; padding: 48px; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .test-area-section { width: 100%; padding: 42px 18px 58px; }
  .test-area-heading { margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .test-area-heading h1 { font-size: 42px; }
  .test-area-heading p { font-size: 8px; }
  .test-area-explorer { min-height: 0; display: block; box-shadow: 0 16px 40px rgba(39, 32, 27, .14); }
  .test-area-tab-list {
    display: flex;
    overflow-x: auto;
    scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
    scrollbar-width: none;
  }
  .test-area-tab-list::-webkit-scrollbar { display: none; }
  .test-area-tab {
    flex: 0 0 210px;
    min-height: 70px;
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr);
    scroll-snap-align: start;
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .075);
    border-bottom: 0;
  }
  .test-area-tab-arrow { display: none; }
  .test-area-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 32px;
    padding: 38px 26px 44px;
  }
  .test-area-portrait { width: min(220px, 75vw); }
  .test-area-copy h2 { font-size: 32px; }
  .test-area-description { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65; }
  .test-area-watermark { top: -34px; font-size: 120px; }
  .test-area-link { display: none; }
  .test-area-mobile-nav {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    align-items: end;
    gap: 18px;
    margin-top: 30px;
  }
  .test-area-mobile-nav button {
    width: fit-content;
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0 0 6px;
    border: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #7f756e;
    background: transparent;
    color: #302b27;
    font: 700 10.5px/1.25 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
    letter-spacing: .09em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    cursor: pointer;
  }
  .test-area-mobile-previous { justify-self: start; grid-column: 1; }
  .test-area-mobile-next { justify-self: end; grid-column: 2; text-align: right; }
  .test-area-mobile-nav button:hover,
  .test-area-mobile-nav button:focus-visible {
    border-color: #FF924C;
    color: #FF924C;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .test-area-panel.active { animation: none; }
}

/* Version 33: contact alignment and polished Test Area tabs. */
.contact-section { padding-top: 58px; }
.contact-form {
  min-height: 100%;
  padding-top: 40px;
  padding-bottom: 40px;
}
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  grid-template-rows: auto minmax(270px, 1fr);
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.contact-form textarea { min-height: 270px; }
.contact-form button {
  align-self: flex-start;
  margin-top: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.test-area-tab-list {
  gap: 3px;
  padding: 10px 8px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #1c1e1d, #242625);
  box-shadow: inset -1px 0 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .055);
}
.test-area-tab {
  min-height: 43px;
  grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) 25px;
  gap: 10px;
  padding: 6px 10px;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: transparent;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .70);
  transition: background .2s ease, border-color .2s ease, color .2s ease, transform .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease;
}
.test-area-tab::before {
  top: 8px;
  bottom: 8px;
  left: -8px;
  width: 2px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}
.test-area-tab:hover,
.test-area-tab:focus-visible {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .075);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .055);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateX(2px);
}
.test-area-tab.active {
  padding-left: 10px;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16);
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, #FF924C, #f48641);
  box-shadow: 0 7px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, .23), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .22);
  color: #24170f;
  transform: translateX(3px);
}
.test-area-tab.active::before { opacity: 0; }
.test-area-tab-number {
  width: 27px;
  height: 27px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .10);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .045);
  font-size: 9px;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  opacity: .78;
}
.test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-number {
  border-color: rgba(38, 24, 15, .14);
  background: rgba(38, 24, 15, .09);
  opacity: 1;
}
.test-area-tab-title {
  font-size: 10.25px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
}
.test-area-tab-arrow {
  width: 23px;
  height: 23px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .08);
  font-size: 14px;
}
.test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow { background: rgba(38, 24, 15, .12); }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .contact-section { padding-top: 42px; }
  .contact-form > label:last-of-type { grid-template-rows: auto minmax(280px, 1fr); }
  .contact-form textarea { min-height: 280px; }
  .test-area-tab-list { gap: 3px; padding: 7px; }
  .test-area-tab {
    flex-basis: 218px;
    min-height: 66px;
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr);
    padding: 7px 11px;
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    border-radius: 4px;
  }
  .test-area-tab.active { padding-left: 11px; transform: none; }
  .test-area-tab:hover { transform: none; }
}

/* Version 34: homepage Practice Areas tabs and reliable active mega menu. */
.nav-dropdown { z-index: 2; }
.nav-dropdown > a.is-current > span[data-en]::after { pointer-events: none; }
.dropdown-panel { z-index: 40; pointer-events: none; }
.nav-dropdown:hover .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
  transform: translate(-36%, 0);
}

.home-practice-tabs {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  padding: 60px max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2)) 72px;
  background: #f1ede7;
}
.home-practice-tabs .home-practice-heading {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1380px;
  margin: 0 auto 27px;
}
.home-practice-tabs .test-area-explorer {
  min-height: 640px;
  max-width: 1380px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.home-practice-tabs .test-area-panel { min-height: 640px; }
.home-practice-tabs + .home-spacer { height: 0; }

@media (max-width: 1100px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel { transform: translate(-33%, 0); }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .dropdown-panel { pointer-events: auto; }
  .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel { transform: none; }
  .home-practice-tabs { padding: 44px 18px 54px; }
  .home-practice-tabs .home-practice-heading { margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-explorer,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-panel { min-height: 0; }
}

/* Version 35: unified editorial homepage hero. */
.home-page { background: #f1ede7; }
.home-page .home-hero {
  isolation: isolate;
  flex: 0 0 480px;
  height: 480px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(15, 15, 14, .88) 0%, rgba(20, 19, 18, .72) 45%, rgba(27, 24, 21, .34) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(34, 25, 19, .08) 36%, rgba(9, 9, 8, .42) 100%),
    url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 34% / cover no-repeat;
}
.home-page .home-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  box-shadow: inset 0 -92px 95px rgba(0, 0, 0, .28);
}
.home-page .home-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: auto;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 8%, rgba(255, 146, 76, .52) 40%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) 76%, transparent);
  opacity: 1;
}
.home-page .home-header {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(18, 18, 17, .76), rgba(18, 18, 17, .34));
}
.home-page .home-hero-content {
  width: min(1380px, calc(100% - 96px));
  height: calc(100% - 100px);
  align-items: center;
  padding: 0 0 22px;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy {
  width: min(650px, 58vw);
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 {
  color: #f5f2ee;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(48px, 5vw, 65px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.02;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-shadow: 0 3px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, .42);
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 > span { color: #f5f2ee; font-weight: 400; }
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 em {
  color: #FF924C;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after {
  width: min(500px, 100%);
  margin: 17px 0 18px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .42);
}
.home-page .home-reference-copy > p {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .86);
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16.5px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-weight: 400;
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions { gap: 10px; margin-top: 22px; }
.home-page .home-hero-actions a {
  min-width: 158px;
  min-height: 45px;
  padding: 11px 20px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 19px rgba(0, 0, 0, .20);
}
.home-page .home-primary-action {
  border-color: #FF924C;
  background: #FF924C;
  color: #26170f;
}
.home-page .home-secondary-action {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .48);
  background: rgba(20, 21, 20, .34);
  color: #fff;
  backdrop-filter: blur(5px);
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions a::before {
  inset: 4px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.home-page .home-primary-action:hover {
  border-color: #ffad77;
  background: #ffad77;
  color: #26170f;
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}
.home-page .home-secondary-action:hover {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .76);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  color: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}
.home-page .home-practice-tabs {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 4;
  margin-top: -42px;
  padding-top: 62px;
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
  box-shadow: 0 -12px 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, .08);
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-page .home-hero {
    flex-basis: 360px;
    height: 360px;
    background-position: 58% 34%;
  }
  .home-page .home-hero-content {
    width: calc(100% - 36px);
    height: calc(100% - 76px);
    padding: 0 0 18px;
  }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy { width: 100%; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(38px, 11.5vw, 49px); }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after { margin: 13px 0 14px; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy > p { max-width: 330px; font-size: 14px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions { margin-top: 17px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 39px;
    padding: 9px 13px;
    font-size: 9px;
  }
  .home-page .home-practice-tabs {
    margin-top: -24px;
    padding-top: 45px;
  }
}

/* Version 39 final cascade overrides. */
.contact-form { padding-bottom: 0; }
.contact-form button { margin-top: auto; margin-bottom: 0; }

.about-article .content-copy h2.about-classical-title {
  width: fit-content;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 9px;
  padding-bottom: 7px;
  font-size: 37px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-word {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  color: #2d2926;
  font-size: .72em;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-initial {
  margin-right: 1px;
  color: #171514;
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.7em;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
}
.about-classical-title .about-title-join {
  color: #635b55;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: .46em;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .contact-form { padding-bottom: 24px; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab {
    flex-basis: 238px;
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) 48px;
    gap: 10px;
    padding: 7px 11px;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow {
    width: 48px;
    height: 28px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    align-self: center;
    justify-self: end;
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
    border-radius: 3px;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.07);
    color: transparent;
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
    font: 400 17px/1 Arial, sans-serif;
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before {
    content: "‹";
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after { content: "›"; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow {
    border-color: rgba(0,0,0,.18);
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.18);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::after { color: #1d1814; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-number {
    border-color: #111;
    background: #111;
    color: #fff;
  }
  .about-article .content-copy h2.about-classical-title { gap: 7px; font-size: 33px; }
}

/* Contact-form and mobile component refinements. */
.nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:hover .dropdown-panel,
.nav-dropdown:focus-within .dropdown-panel {
  visibility: visible !important;
  opacity: 1 !important;
  pointer-events: auto !important;
}
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  grid-template-rows: auto 210px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 210px;
  min-height: 210px;
}
.contact-form button { margin-top: auto; }

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .main-nav.open,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a { background: #252322 !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open .dropdown-panel {
    display: grid !important;
    max-height: min(62vh, 520px);
    overflow-y: auto;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }
  .team-profile-button {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 168px;
    min-width: 0;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 8px;
    padding-inline: 12px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
  .team-profile-button b { flex: 0 0 auto; }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    content: "";
    width: 7px;
    height: 7px;
    place-self: center;
    font: inherit;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::before {
    border-right: 0;
    border-bottom: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    border-left: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab-arrow::after {
    border-top: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    border-right: 1.5px solid currentColor;
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::before,
  .home-practice-tabs .test-area-tab.active .test-area-tab-arrow::after { color: #1d1814; }
  .practice-index-page .practice-index-hero .hero-content h1 { font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.08; }
  .practice-detail-page .practice-detail-hero .hero-content h1 { font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.12; }
}

@media (max-width: 460px) {
  .team-profile-button { max-width: 152px; font-size: 9px; }
}


/* Tablet navigation and intermediate Practice Areas layout. */
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .site-header { height: 80px; background: rgba(29, 27, 26, .97); }
  .home-header { background: linear-gradient(#1c1b1a 72%, transparent); }
  .header-inner {
    width: calc(100% - 36px);
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto auto;
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .logo-link img { width: 140px; }
  .menu-toggle {
    display: grid;
    gap: 5px;
    width: 40px;
    padding: 7px;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
    cursor: pointer;
  }
  .menu-toggle span { display: block; width: 26px; height: 2px; background: #fff; }
  .main-nav,
  .main-nav.open {
    position: absolute;
    top: 76px;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: auto;
    max-height: calc(100dvh - 76px);
    display: block;
    overflow-x: hidden !important;
    overflow-y: auto !important;
    padding: 15px 22px 24px;
    background: #252322 !important;
    transform: translateY(-7px);
    transition: .18s;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }
  .main-nav { visibility: hidden; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; }
  .main-nav.open { visibility: visible; opacity: 1; pointer-events: auto; transform: none; }
  .main-nav > a,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .nav-inactive,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel,
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a { background: #252322 !important; }
  .main-nav > a,
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown > a,
  .main-nav .nav-inactive {
    display: block;
    height: auto;
    padding: 11px 10px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
  }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown { position: relative; height: auto; display: block; }
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel {
    display: none !important;
    position: static;
    visibility: visible !important;
    opacity: 1 !important;
    width: 100%;
    max-height: min(62vh, 520px);
    overflow-y: auto;
    padding: 6px 0 10px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    border: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    transform: none !important;
    pointer-events: auto !important;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown:not(.open) > .dropdown-panel { display: none !important; }
  .main-nav .nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel { display: grid !important; transform: none !important; }
  .main-nav .dropdown-panel a {
    min-height: 46px;
    padding: 10px 14px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.08);
  }
  .language-switcher { padding: 1px; }
  .language-switcher button { width: 28px; height: 24px; font-size: 14px; }
}

/* Keep the Practice Areas explorer compact until the full desktop grid truly fits. */
@media (min-width: 761px) and (max-width: 1300px) {
  .test-area-explorer { grid-template-columns: 290px minmax(0, 1fr); }
  .test-area-panel {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(180px, 220px) minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: clamp(26px, 3vw, 38px);
    padding: clamp(34px, 4vw, 48px);
  }
  .test-area-portrait { width: min(220px, 100%); }
  .test-area-copy h2 { font-size: clamp(30px, 3.5vw, 44px); }
}

/* Desktop mega-menu is viewport-safe at narrower laptop widths. */
@media (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1200px) {
  .site-header .nav-dropdown { position: static; }
  .site-header .dropdown-panel {
    left: 50%;
    width: min(800px, calc(100vw - 32px));
    transform: translate(-50%, -8px) !important;
  }
  .site-header .nav-dropdown:hover > .dropdown-panel,
  .site-header .nav-dropdown:focus-within > .dropdown-panel,
  .site-header .nav-dropdown.open > .dropdown-panel {
    transform: translate(-50%, 0) !important;
  }
}


/* Contact textarea and mobile Team refinements. */
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  grid-template-rows: auto 225px;
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 225px;
  min-height: 225px;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .team-page .team-profile-button {
    font-size: 12px;
  }
  .contact-form > label:last-of-type {
    grid-template-rows: auto 255px;
  }
  .contact-form textarea {
    height: 255px;
    min-height: 255px;
  }
  .contact-form button {
    margin-top: 18px;
  }
}


/* Homepage-specific composition. */
/* Homepage editorial composition — loaded after the sitewide stylesheet. */
.home-page .home-hero {
  flex: 0 0 690px;
  height: 690px;
  isolation: isolate;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 72% 45%, rgba(255,255,255,.05), transparent 29%),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(11,12,11,.92) 0%, rgba(14,15,14,.79) 38%, rgba(13,14,13,.42) 72%, rgba(11,12,11,.28) 100%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,.12), rgba(0,0,0,.48)),
    url("../media/Tirana.jpg") center 31% / cover no-repeat;
}

.home-page .home-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 57%, rgba(8,9,8,.58));
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 110px rgba(0,0,0,.22);
}

.home-page .home-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  left: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2));
  right: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1380px) / 2));
  bottom: 24px;
  width: auto;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FF924C 0 88px, rgba(255,255,255,.34) 88px 100%);
  opacity: 1;
}

.home-page .home-header {
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.09);
  background: rgba(14,15,14,.68);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}

.home-page .home-hero-content {
  width: min(1380px, calc(100% - 96px));
  height: calc(100% - 100px);
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 250px;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(48px, 8vw, 120px);
  padding: 4px 0 27px;
}

.home-page .home-reference-copy {
  width: min(760px, 100%);
  padding-left: 0;
  border-left: 0;
}

.home-page .home-hero-kicker {
  margin: 0 0 26px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font: 700 9.5px/1.2 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 {
  max-width: 720px;
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  color: #f4f0ea;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(51px,5vw,72px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.06;
  letter-spacing: -.042em;
  text-shadow: 0 4px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.38);
}

.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 > span { color: #f4f0ea; font-weight: 400; }
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 em { color: #FF924C; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; }
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after {
  content: none;
  display: none;
}

.home-page .home-reference-copy > .home-hero-intro {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.76);
  font: 400 15px/1.55 "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}

.home-page .home-hero-actions { display: flex; gap: 12px; margin-top: 30px; }
.home-page .home-hero-actions a {
  min-width: 190px;
  min-height: 44px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: 10px 16px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.home-page .home-hero-actions a span:last-child { font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; }
.home-page .home-primary-action,
.home-page .home-secondary-action { border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.34); background: rgba(11,12,11,.28); color: #fff; }
.home-page .home-primary-action:hover,
.home-page .home-secondary-action:hover { border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.76); background: rgba(255,255,255,.12); color: #fff; }
.home-page .home-hero-actions a::before { inset: 3px; border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.64); border-radius: 3px; }

.home-page .home-hero-aside {
  align-self: center;
  padding: 23px 22px 24px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: rgba(13,14,13,.42);
  color: #fff;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 50px rgba(0,0,0,.18);
  backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
}
.home-page .home-aside-rule { display: block; width: 38px; height: 2px; margin-bottom: 25px; background: #FF924C; }
.home-page .home-hero-aside div { display: grid; gap: 4px; }
.home-page .home-hero-aside strong { color: #f5f0e9; font: 400 40px/1 Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing: -.035em; }
.home-page .home-hero-aside div span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.58); font: 700 9px/1.2 "Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.home-page .home-hero-aside p { margin: 25px 0 0; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); color: rgba(255,255,255,.8); font: italic 16px/1.45 Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; }

.home-page .home-practice-tabs {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 4;
  margin-top: -18px;
  padding-top: 60px;
  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
  background: radial-gradient(rgba(40,35,31,.035) .65px,transparent .65px) 0 0/4px 4px, #f1ede7;
  box-shadow: 0 -16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,.11);
}
.home-page .home-practice-heading { padding-bottom: 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(52,46,42,.18); }

@media (max-width: 900px) and (min-width: 761px) {
  .home-page .home-hero-content { grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) 205px; gap: 38px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-aside { padding: 20px 18px; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 { font-size: 53px; }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .home-page .home-hero { flex-basis: 440px; height: 440px; background-position: 62% 32%; }
  .home-page .home-hero::after { left: 18px; right: 18px; bottom: 12px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-content { width: calc(100% - 36px); height: calc(100% - 76px); display: flex; align-items: center; padding: 10px 0 22px; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy { width: 100%; padding-left: 0; }
  .home-page .home-hero-kicker { margin-bottom: 17px; font-size: 8.5px; letter-spacing: .18em; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 { max-width: 360px; margin-bottom: 22px; font-size: clamp(34px,10.2vw,43px); line-height: 1.07; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1::after { content: none; display: none; }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy > .home-hero-intro { max-width: 330px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions { gap: 9px; margin-top: 24px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a { min-width: 0; min-height: 46px; gap: 10px; padding: 10px 13px; font-size: 10px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a span:last-child { font-size: 14px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-aside { display: none; }
  .home-page .home-practice-tabs { margin-top: -10px; padding-top: 42px; }
  .home-page .home-practice-heading { padding-bottom: 12px; }
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .home-page .home-reference-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(32px, 9.7vw, 39px); }
  .home-page .home-reference-copy > .home-hero-intro { font-size: 13.5px; }
  .home-page .home-hero-actions a { padding-inline: 11px; font-size: 9.5px; }
}

.home-page .home-hero::after { content: none !important; display: none !important; }

.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 .home-hero-results { color: #FF924C !important; }


/* v54: hero emphasis and Team classical heading */
.home-page .home-reference-copy h1 em { color: #f4f0ea !important; }

.team-section .section-title h2.team-classical-title {
  width: fit-content;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 9px;
  margin: 0;
  padding-bottom: 7px;
  color: #171514;
  font-size: 37px;
  line-height: 1;
  font-weight: 400;
}
.team-classical-title .about-title-word {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  color: #2d2926;
  font-size: .72em;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.team-classical-title .about-title-initial {
  margin-right: 1px;
  color: #171514;
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.7em;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
}
.team-classical-title .about-title-join {
  color: #635b55;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: .46em;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .team-section .section-title h2.team-classical-title { gap: 7px; font-size: 33px; }
}

/* Team classical title: initials are exactly twice the surrounding word letters. */
.team-classical-title .about-title-initial {
  font-size: 1.44em;
  line-height: .78;
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
}
.team-classical-title .team-title-en,
.team-classical-title .team-title-it {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 9px;
}
.team-classical-title .team-title-it { display: none; }
html[lang="it"] .team-classical-title .team-title-en { display: none; }
html[lang="it"] .team-classical-title .team-title-it { display: inline-flex; }
.team-classical-title .team-title-small-i {
  color: #2d2926;
  font-size: .72em;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .team-classical-title .team-title-en,
  .team-classical-title .team-title-it { gap: 7px; }
}

/* Team title language isolation: render only the active language title. */
html[lang="en"] .team-classical-title .team-title-en { display: inline-flex !important; }
html[lang="en"] .team-classical-title .team-title-it { display: none !important; }
html[lang="it"] .team-classical-title .team-title-en { display: none !important; }
html[lang="it"] .team-classical-title .team-title-it { display: inline-flex !important; }

/* v60: Contact textarea +15px only; surrounding form geometry remains anchored. */
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  grid-template-rows: auto 240px;
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 240px;
  min-height: 240px;
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .contact-form > label:last-of-type {
    grid-template-rows: auto 270px;
  }
  .contact-form textarea {
    height: 270px;
    min-height: 270px;
  }
}


/* Bio pages: hide secondary logo below contact details on mobile */
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .bio-profile-section .bio-mark {
    display: none !important;
  }
}

/* v67: Contact textarea +10px only; absorb growth in the following gap so surrounding controls stay anchored. */
.contact-form > label:last-of-type {
  grid-template-rows: auto 250px;
}
.contact-form textarea {
  height: 250px;
  min-height: 250px;
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .contact-form > label:last-of-type {
    grid-template-rows: auto 280px;
  }
  .contact-form textarea {
    height: 280px;
    min-height: 280px;
  }
  .contact-form button {
    margin-top: 8px;
  }
}