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‘We would like to point out that cooperation with them is beneficial/fruitful for our company and we consider that the team is staffed with professional lawyers.’

‘The professionalism of Mr. Giorgi Tsertsvadze, Mr. Simon Takashvili and Mr. Mate Khvedelidze is noteworthy.’

‘The team provides all the work with great care. They study the issue deeply and in detail. They work on it and present all possible options for resolving the issue. They focus on protecting the client’s interests as much as possible. The most important thing for them is legality and fairness.’

‘I had opportunity to work with stand-out partners and associates, like Giorgi Tsertsvadze, Lasha Tsertsvadze, Simon Takashvili. They are undoubtedly professionals. They have huge knowledge and experience. It was a great pleasure to have business relationship with such stand-out lawyers.’

‘The firm has always shown me an elite level of professionalism. Mr. Giorgi Tsertsvadze personally and his colleagues have been diligent, focused on details and very good in understanding the case and legal framework. The firm has successfully represented me and the company in very complex and important trials and negotiations.’

‘Mr. Giorgi, Mr. Simon and other members of the team are always accessible and open to give valuable legal advice, whether they are contractually obliged to or not, which brings me to the second point, which is the work ethics of every team member I have contacted. They are always accessible and open to give me valuable legal advice in Georgian, English and Russian on s 24/7 basis including weekends and including at times they were travelling. This attitude has shown me that the firm not only values our mutual contractual obligations, but it even goes further and offers valuable services that fall beyond the contractual obligations. J&T Consulting team is well familiarized with key players in the legal system in Georgia and is a valuable legal partner to help dealing with legal issues in Georgia.’

‘We would like to mention professionalism of Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners. It is very important for us to cooperate with an experienced law firm that has a good reputation. Together with professionalism it is very important for us to provide information about the progress of the case to our Company completely and in a timely manner and provide information about anticipated legal risks related with this specific case. Our anticipations and activities of Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners coincide with each other in this respect. In our opinion Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners has had a sustainable progress since the date of the beginning of our cooperation, which is based on professionalism and an experience of the whole team of the firm.’

‘Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners is a strong, highly professional team. Generally, we cooperate with Mr. Lasha Nodia in the firm. Mr. Lasha Nodia is a professional and highly skilled lawyer and excellent attorney. He is very attentive to questions of our company and he always finds a time to inform our company about the progress of the case.’

‘The team is professional, well-organized, trustful and client oriented.’

‘Mr. Alexander Sukhishvili is a highly qualified professional with years of experience in tax advisory and disputes with tax authorities. Mr. Sukhishvili is client oriented, very supportive for our group and always ready for providing high-quality consultations. His outstanding skill is handling complex issues.’

‘Very strong knowledge of the local legislation, careful and profound approach to the client’s needs, good strategical thinking in terms of litigation.’

‘The team always provides timely feedback. Besides, vast practical experience enables the company representatives to provide relevant input in disputable issues. The team also has strong network which allows them to refer to certain industry experts in order to reach the most specific views. Professional excellence in tax and legal matters.’

‘Exceptional knowledge of local tax and legal practices and rules. Proactive and able to work under time pressure. Professional experience from diverse industries.’

‘It was a pleasure to work with the team of VBAT. Professionals, every member of the team knows his/her role and fulfills responsibilities. If somebody was out of office for some time, another one was completely covering outstanding issues.’

‘David Kikaleishvili- person who knows what he does extremely well.’

‘Davit Kvachantiradze is an exceptional lawyer with a very sharp mind.’

‘Mr. Davit Kikaleishvili and Ms. Natia Gogadze. They are distinguished by their high professionalism and qualifications and sense of responsibility.’

‘VBAT handles all our litigation, the vast majority of which have ended in our favour.’

‘This service is quite complex and versatile, as it includes drafting of various types of contracts, as well as negotiating intellectual property matters. Throughout this period, VBAT has been supplying high quality services. We are very satisfied with our partnership and would highly recommend the firm to anyone.’

‘VBAT has been providing legal services to our company for more than 10 years. The team has been handling the cases in a highly qualified and timely manner. ‘

‘From VBAT team, we have been working with Giorgi Melikishvili and Natia Gogadze. They provide ongoing legal counselling and handle our court cases swiftly, responsibly and with high professionalism.’

‘VBAT has handled a variety of our cases, including the drafting and negotiation of major commercial agreements and the counselling in intellectual property matters. We find the team very comfortable to work with, as they provide exceptional, high quality services and, importantly, very swiftly. Due to this, we are happy to see the team at VBAT as reliable partners, always dedicated to our interests and needs.’

‘We mainly work with Ms. Tinatin Tskhvediani, as she has been engaged in the key transactions of our company and represented our interests in the negotiation of complex agreements. She has been exceptional, meticulous, very responsive, intelligent, helpful and reliable, with excellent knowledge of the field. Ms. Tinatin understands our needs and brings solutions to complicated issues. So, it is indeed a pleasure to work with her.’

‘Vbat team is very organized and each member is quite qualified in every issue.’

‘Managing Partner David Kikaleishvili is a lawyer who I deal with. He is very punctual in every issue, communicative and has a good ability of carrying out the case.’