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BLC Law Office LLC
129A DAVID AGHMASHENEBELI AVENUE
TBILISI 0102
Georgia
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Position

Managing Partner

Career

Ketti Kvartskhava is a Managing Partner of BLC Law Office. Ketti is a recognized leader among practicing lawyers in Georgia. With over 20 years of practice, Ketti is a renowned litigator and negotiator, her opinion is frequently sought by international companies, organizations and media. She leads the teams of BLC in high profile corporate, finance, tax and commercial matters, transactions, negotiations, litigations and International commercial and investment arbitrations.

Ketti Kvartskhava is actively involved in the legislative drafting process. She led the teams in drafting the Comments to the Tax Code; amendments to the banking laws, Competition laws, Civil Procedure Code, Forestry, etc.

Ketti acts as an arbitrator in large business disputes.

Languages

Georgian, English, Russian

Memberships

Ketti is a Chairman of the Association of Georgian Law-Firms (AGLF), member of the Board of Directors of several associations: American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia (AmCham), Charity – American Friends of Georgia (AFG) and Business Federation Women for Tomorrow (WFT).

Education

  • Alumni of the Stanford Executive Program (SEP) delivered by Stanford Graduate School of Business (2017);
  • LL.M. Wake Forest University School of Law (1999);
  • Bachelor’s Degree, Tbilisi State University (1997);
  • Admitted to Georgian Bar;
  • Member of Chartered Institute for Arbitrators;

Lawyer Rankings

Georgia > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Ketti KvartskhavaBLC Law Office LLC

BLC Law Office LLC handles a mix of transactional and day-to-day corporate and commercial work for an impressive roster of domestic and international clients. Ketti Kvartskhava provides an excellent service to clients on significant M&A mandates, where from a due diligence perspective she adds value as a result of her broader litigation experience. As well as handling work for corporates from a range of sectors including on restructuring mandates, Tamta Ivanishvili has also developed a strong reputation within the investment management sector, including advice to funds on formation issues and ongoing corporate governance. Recently promoted to partner, Rusa Tchkuaseli heads up the M&A offering, and also has niche expertise advising clients on maritime issues.

Georgia > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

Ketti KvartskhavaBLC Law Office LLC

BLC Law Office LLC has an excellent insight into procedural and overarching substantive law matters, ensuring clients receive very robust representation across a range of conventional litigation and ADR matters. Team head Ketti Kvartskhava has broad-ranging litigation experience across all levels of courts, as well as from an arbitration perspective, including as it relates to shareholder and construction disputes. Tamta Ivanishvili is also experienced at handling arbitration matters both on behalf of clients and in her role as an arbitrator in Georgia-seated arbitration proceedings. In addition, she is one of the few litigators in the country with experience in representing clients before the European Court of Human Rights. Recently promoted partner Rusa Tchkuaseli is well-versed in handling conventional litigation as well as arbitration, with a varied caseload that includes investor, state disputes and defamation disputes.