Andersen in Georgia

Corporate

Chairman and Founder

Nicola Mariani is the Chairman and Founding Partner of Andersen Georgia, where he leads the firm’s corporate and transactional practice. With over 20 years of international legal experience, Nicola advises clients on complex cross-border matters, focusing on strategic mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and high-value investment transactions. He has a distinguished background practicing with major international law firms, including experience in the corporate and international arbitration departments of a magic circle from Paris.

Nicola regularly counsels clients on high-profile M&A, joint ventures, and banking and finance transactions, and is adept at handling commercial arbitration and pre-litigation strategy. His practice spans a broad range of industries, including energy, finance, and investment, and he is known for his ability to navigate the legal and commercial complexities of cross-border deals.

Key Experience

• Advised on numerous high-value cross-border M&A transactions for multinational corporations and financial institutions.
• Led teams on complex joint ventures and capital markets transactions in emerging and developed markets.
• Represented clients in commercial arbitration proceedings and provided strategic counsel in pre-litigation matters.
• Assisted clients in structuring and negotiating investment projects in the energy and finance sectors.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate/ M&A
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Energy Law
• Investment Law

English, French, Italian

• Advisory Board Member, Free University of Tbilisi
• Member, International Chamber of Commerce Georgia
• Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia
• Member, French Business Council

• University of Ottawa, LL.B., Common Law, 2000
• University of Ottawa, LL.L., Civil Law, 1999
• National School of Public Administration, M.P.A., 2001
• Organization of American States, International Law Course, 1999
• Jean de Brébeuf College, Degree in Humanities