Dentons represents the full scope of clients across real estate and construction, including buyers, investors, developers, lenders, and borrowers. The team has extensive experience working in the electric power, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors, where they offer negotiation and documentation services across a range of issues such as construction financings, insurance, distribution agreements and tax regimes. Avto Svanidze acts as lead Georgian counsel in private-public cross-border agreements to develop a large-scale solar power plant. Svanidze co-leads the team with Otar Kipshidze who has deep knowledge of the regulatory landscape in Georgia surrounding real estate and construction projects.
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‘High skills and experience, immediate reaction to the issue, high communication ability, meeting deadlines, experienced team, ethics expected from a lawyer, open and honest cooperation with clients.’
‘As they have professional knowledge and practice of both local legislation and international arbitration procedure, they are able to more accurately analyse any case that has entered into a legal dispute at the international level.’
Key clients
- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
- Accor Hotels
- Caucasian Management Team
- CBD Development
- Grey Wolf Drilling
- Hans
- Masdar
- Nord Anglia Education
- Shell Brands
- Sungrow Renewable Energy Investment
Work highlights
- Advising Masdar on development of Georgia’s largest solar power plant with a total installed capacity of 100 MW.
- Advising Grey Wolf Drilling on regulatory matters related to the customs and import-export processes of oilfield equipment in Georgia.
- Assisted CBD Development on due diligence of the several target land-plots in Kutaisi for the development of a chain DIY shops.
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Irakli Pipia
Practice head
Otar Kipshidze; Avto Svanidze