Mr Archil Giorgadze > MG Law Office > Tbilisi, Georgia > Lawyer Profile
MG Law Office Offices
60 Chavchavadze avenue, Hausart Plaza
17th floor, office N 65
0162, Tbilisi
Georgia
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Mr Archil Giorgadze
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Managing Partner and Founder
Career
Archil Giorgadze advises clients on general corporate matters, local and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, complex commercial matters, foreign investments, project financing and regulatory issues and commercial arbitrations. He is experienced in analysing national laws and regulations, drafting contractual frameworks and negotiating with potential investors and government authorities on public private partnerships.
In the 2021, 2018 and 2017 editions of Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, Mr. Giorgadze is recommended in the Georgia: General Business Law category and is noted for his visibility on M&A deals. He is described as “well experienced and always eager to help and solve problems.” In the Legal 500 EMEA, 2020 and 2019 editions Archil is distinguished as the leading individual in Commercial, Corporate and M&A. Mr. Giorgadze is noted for his work in the Georgian legal market in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2017 and is cited as “responsive, attentive and professional” in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2016. He was recognized as a leading individual in Chambers Global, 2015, with the directory describing him as “very proficient” and “really devoted.” He is also ranked in Chambers Europe, 2015. He serves as an adjunct professor of law at Tbilisi Free University Law School and has been teaching there since 2011. He was elected as the best teacher by the class of 2014. Archil is also founder of the National Center of Business Law at Tbilisi Free University.
Languages
Georgia, English, Russian, German
Memberships
Georgia Bar Association, Deputy Chair of Arbitration Commission of International Chamber of Commerce in Georgia, American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia
Education
Tbilisi State University, LL.B., Public International Law, 2004, with Honors;
Central European University, LL.M., International Human Rights Law, EU Law, 2006, with Distinction;
Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2010, Fellowship of the Reforms and Development Fund under the President of Georgia, Study Grant of the Harvard Law School
Lawyer Rankings
Georgia > Dispute resolution
The ‘extremely knowledgeable and responsive’ team at MG Law Office provides ‘very sophisticated advice’ to domestic and international corporates across a myriad of civil and administrative law disputes, including as it relates to tax, labour and real estate matters. George Svanadze is ‘very intellectual and hardworking,’ ensuring that clients are effectively represented in both conventional litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has recently handled numerous matters for banking and finance entities recovering unpaid loans, including through formal insolvency proceedings. Archil Giorgadze, who co-heads the team alongside Svanadze, is ‘vastly experienced and knowledgeable,’ including in relation to litigation involving public sector entities.
Georgia > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)MG Law Office provides ‘knowledgeable and commercially oriented’ advice to private and public sector clients across a broad swathe of transactional and advisory work, running the gamut from M&A and restructuring advice, through to joint venture structuring and compliance. Managing partner Archil Giorgadze embodies this approach, with clients lauding his ‘solutions-oriented and very commercial’ ethos, particularly in the context of energy and infrastructure-related matters. Ana Kochiashvili is appreciated for her ‘professional and timely advice’ across a range of general corporate and commercial law matters, and Lasha Machavariani provides ‘insightful and strategic’ legal support of hospitality services, gambling clients and business process outsourcing companies in Georgia. The ‘excellent’ Nicola Mariani and George Svanadze co-head the team alongside Giorgadze.
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