BGI Legal, whose client list includes public and private Georgian entities, multinational corporations, and national embassies, has a comprehensive offering of advisory, transactional and contentious real estate and construction knowledge. The practice has notable expertise in energy-related matters, demonstrated by their representation of BP Georgia in a gamut of legal matters centred around the development of a transborder pipeline providing Caspian oil and gas to Europe. Zaza Bibilashvili has had extensive involvement in this landmark project. Bibilashvili co-leads the department alongside Tamara Tevdoradze, who regularly handles cross-border transactions in the real estate and construction space, and has strong links to Dutch clients in particular.
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‘Commercial, pragmatic, responsive.’
‘Sophie Nastroshvili and Tamara Tevdoradze are both excellent lawyers. They are direct, solutions-focussed and pragmatic’
Key clients
- IFIs and development banks, including IFC, EBRD, ADB, FMO, DEG, CDB and BSTDB
- Korea Water Resources Corporation
- Embassies of Great Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Brazil, Israel, Japan, Poland and Hungary in Georgia
- Embassy of Sweden in Georgia
- ECON Pöyry
- BP Georgia
- SOCAR Midstream Operations
- CT Park
- Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors bv
- Marriott International
Work highlights
- Assisting Sarnia Holdings & Finance in addressing the legal sides of the implementation of a multi-million real estate development project.
- Advising a US investment company on the development of multi-functional real estate projects in the centre of Tbilisi.
- Advising the local subsidiary of the global confectionary giant Ferrero International on various stages of implementation of the hazelnut plantation project in western Georgia.
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Practice head
Zaza Bibilashvili; Tamara Tevdoradze
Other key lawyers
Sophie Nastroshvili