Giorgi Tsertsvadze > J&T Consulting LLC > Tbilisi, Georgia > Lawyer Profile

J&T Consulting LLC
40 SHARTAVA STREET
0160 TBILISI
Georgia

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Giorgi Tsertsvadze has been the founder and managing partner of “J&T Consulting” since the establishment of the company.

Giorgi has 20 years of experience in dispute resolution. Throughout this extensive period, he has adeptly employed mediation, international arbitration, and court proceedings to safeguard our clients’ interests.

 

Beyond advocating for clients, Giorgi frequently serves as a mediator and arbitrator in mediation and arbitration proceedings facilitated by the “Tbilisi Arbitration Institute” and “EBA Mediation and Arbitration Center”.

 

The managing partner of our company has been connected with distinguished institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for International Private Law and Comparative Law (Germany), Jams WIF USA

The Volkswagen Foundation (Germany), The German Academic Exchange Service (Germany), The Chuo Law School (Japan), The Japan Arbitration Association (Japan), The American Agency for International Development (USA), and has actively participated in programs by Weinstein (JAMS, USA), as well as The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).

 

Since 2020, Giorgi has served as a mediator on the Global Panel of Mediation established by the Office of the Ombudsman of UN Funds and Programs, catering to five UN organizations (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, and UN-Women).

 

Giorgi Tsertsvadze’s areas of interest encompass litigation and arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution methods. His expertise also extends to legal protection of investments and corporate governance, international business transactions, distressed asset management, Telecommunication Law, and Banking Law.

Giorgi Tsertsvadze is the author of more than ten scientific works published in Georgia, Germany, Austria, Japan and USA.

publications:

Complete list of publications of Giorgi Tsertsvadze

Monographs/Textbooks/Commentary:

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2008): International Arbitration (Comparative Study), Textbook for Students,

First Edition, Tbilisi, Meridian Press, 570 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2010): Mediation as a form of ADR, Textbook for Law Students Tbilisi,

Meridian Press, 367 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2011): Brief Commentary to the Georgian Arbitration Law 2009, Tbilisi,

Universal Press, 175 pp. (published in English)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2012): International Arbitration (Comparative Study), Textbook for Students,

Second Edition, Tbilisi, Meridian Press, 734 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2013): Introduction to the International Investment Law, Textbook for Law

Students, Tbilisi, Meridian Press, 287 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G., Svanadze, G., Robakidze, I., Janashia, L., Tsertsvadze, L. (2014): Contract

Law, Textbook for Students, Tbilisi, Meridian Press, 759 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2016): Online Commentary of the Georgian Civil Code, (in Georgian)

(Articles: 607-614, 657-667, 730-743) http://www.gccc.ge/

  1. Tsertsvadze, G.(2020): Competition Law – European Model for Georgia, Tbilisi, Lawyers

Universe, 394 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. 9. Tsertsvadze, G. (2022): Competition Law – European Model for Georgia, Tbilisi, Meridiani Publishing,

394 pp. (Published in Georgian)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. Jakobs M.(2022): Legal and Economic Impact of Georgian Competition

Law, Meridiani Publishing, 362 pp. (Published in Georgian and English)

Further Publications:

(A) Publications with peer review process

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2000):Legal grounds of Autocephaly (independence) of Georgian Orthodox

Church’’ (published in Georgian, in Journal “Georgian Orthodox Patriarchy” #1 2000)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2000): “Church of West Georgia (Abkhazia)” (published in Georgian in

Journal “Law” #6-7 2000)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2002): “The Notion of Enterprise in Private Law’’ (published in Georgian, in

Journal “Law” #12 2002; additionally published in Georgian Private Law Yearbook, 2003, by2

Georgian Young Lawyers Association)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2006):Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards’’

(published in Georgian, in Journal “Justice and Law” #1. 2006)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2006): Arbitration Agreement (published in Georgian, in Journal “Justice and

Law” #4. 2006)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2006): Legal Problems of State Immunity (published in Georgian, in Journal

“Justice and Law” #5. 2006).

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2009): Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Georgia,

Published in English: https://www.mpipriv.de/de/data/pdf/2009_11_19_01.pdf

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2014): The New Georgian Arbitration Law in Practice, p.139 in: Kurzinsky-

Singer, E. (Editor), Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht”,

Transformation durch Rezeption? – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Rechtstransfers am

Beispiel der Zivilrechtsreformen im Kaukasus und in Zentralasien, Tübingen, Mohr Siebek, pp.

XIV+512

  1. Tsertsvadze, G. (2014): Geschichte des Georgischen Rechts bis zum XIX. Jahrhundert, s.63

in: Okuda, Y. Shauer, M. Geschichtliche Wurzeln und Reformen in mittel-und osteuropäischen

Privatrechtsordnungen , Wien, Tokyo, Manzsche Verlag. ss.144.

(B) Publications without peer review process

  1. Tsertsvadze, G.(2003): International Private Arbitration (Published in Georgian, by ‘’Open

Society – Georgia’’ Foundation, 2003)

  1. Tsertsvadze, G.(2008): International Arbitration (General Overview) (published in Georgian,

in the Journal of the Georgian Bar Association, ‘’Advocate’’ #1. 2008)

Languages

Georgian, Russian, English, German.

Memberships

Georgian Bar Association, Certified Mediator (Member of Mediators Association of Georgia)

Education

Giorgi Tsertsvadze holds a Doctor of Laws degree from Tbilisi State University and serves as an associate professor at the Faculty of Law within the same university.

Lawyer Rankings

Georgia > Commercial, corporate and M&A

J&T Consulting LLC advises domestic and international corporates from a range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, construction and food/beverages, across a compelling mix of transactional, compliance and commercial matters. Simon Takashvili has excellent labour law credentials, which he utilises to good effect for many Georgian state-owned companies on non-contentious and contentious matters. Giorgi Tsertsvadze co-heads the team alongside Takashvili, noted for his litigation prowess.

 

Georgia > Dispute resolution

Very effective at handling conventional litigation and also well-versed in ADR techniques, including arbitration and mediation, J&T Consulting LLC has good market visibility across a range of commercial, construction and competition disputes. Giorgi Tsertsvadze is a certified mediator, ensuring that he has an excellent perspective of techniques needed to achieve favourable results. Tsertsvade also has a very international outlook to work in the space, and with a fluency across English, German and Russian, is a popular choice to handle cross-border disputes. Otar Machaidze co-heads the team alongside Tsertsvade and excels at handling international and domestic arbitration disputes. Labour law expert Simon Takashvili is recommended.