EY Law covers the full array of legal, audit, tax, advisory, and transaction support for clients from the tech, infrastructure, energy, and finance industries. The firm places notable emphasis on multi-jurisdictional corporate structuring and shareholders arrangements. Leading the team is Tato Chantladze, who is noted for leading large-scale capital raising exercises in cross-border transactions. Elene Sulkhanishvili advises international companies on entry strategies to the Georgian market, while Zakaria Shvelidze manages corporate structuring and labour restructuring matters for energy and infrastructure clients.
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Key clients

  • IT Venture LLC
  • JSC Nexus
  • Optimo Corporation OÜ/IT Matrix LLC
  • Aviasales (Go Travel Un Limited)
  • Making Science Group SA
  • Avant Group Georgia LLC

Work highlights

Represented JSC Nexus in a multi-million capital increase through the issuance of new shares, drafting all necessary documents, and guiding the client through the acquisition and closing process.
Advising IT Venture LLC, a Georgian real estate and gambling group, on a complex corporate restructuring to separate business lines and realign shareholding based on actual contributions.
Advising on corporate structuring and framing multi-jurisdictional shareholders arrangement for two sister companies in Estonia and Georgia - IT Matrix LLC and Optimo Corporation OÜ - with identical shareholder structures.

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

Tato Chantladze

Other key lawyers

Elene Sulkhanishvili; Zakaria Shvelidze