Mr Lasha Gogiberidze > BGI Legal > Tbilisi, Georgia > Lawyer Profile

Leveraging the knowledge of a number of highly experienced partners, the ‘responsive and knowledgeable’ team at BGI Legal has the critical mass and level of expertise to handle a broad range of mandates for lenders and borrowers. The firm is ‘an ideal choice on cross-border transactions involving a Georgian element’ because of its ability to effectively meld strong local knowledge with an international mindset. Dual New York and Georgian qualified Lasha Gogiberidze has the ‘ability to effectively handle challenging legal issues that financial institutions in Georgia may encounter,’ including capital markets and project finance work. Unana Gogokhia is adept at handling debt and equity capital markets work for issuers and underwriters, which she combines with a more general finance offering. The team is rounded out by Sandro Bibilashvili, who excels at handing project and energy financing transactions.

Instructed by a diverse array of stakeholders, including investors, banks and developers, BGI Legal has an excellent perspective of the commercial and legal requirements required to successfully conclude real estate and construction matters. Under the guidance of Zaza Bibilashvili and Tamara Tevdoradze, the team has gained particular acclaim for its work in the energy space and as part of its multi-disciplinary approach regularly advises on the real estate-related matters associated with facilitating large-scale fossil fuels and renewables projects. Lasha Gogiberidze‘s work in the space spans both “brick and mortar” matters, as well as corporate real estate mandates, to include M&A and asset deals involving shopping malls. Sandro Bibilashvili is also a key member of the team, regularly advising investors and financiers on hydropower projects and also regularly engaged by foreign diplomatic missions on their real estate requirements in Georgia.

The ‘highly experienced’ team at BGI Legal is popular among large international corporates on transactional and day-to-day commercial work. The scope of the work is broad, encompassing joint venture structuring, reorganisations, commercial contract drafting and M&A activity, with clients spanning a myriad of industry sectors. Lasha Gogiberidze ‘can effectively handle challenging legal issues,’ including a plethora of work for foreign investors in privatization deals vis-à-vis the Georgian government. Zaza Bibilashvili co-heads the team alongside Gogiberidze and has excellent credibility among TMT and energy clients. Sandro Bibilashvili is dual US and Georgian qualified and is also extremely well-versed at handling work for international clients, particularly within the energy sector.  Recognised as an ‘excellent problem-solver,’ Tamara Tevdoradze has niche expertise advising international corporates on data protection matters. Unana Gogokhia is also recommended.