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BGI Legal ranked Tier 1 in IFLR1000 2019

We are delighted to announce that BGI Legal has once again been listed amongst the Top Tier Georgian law firms in the IFLR1000 rankings in the field of Financial and Corporate law for 2019. We are also proud to be again listed as a Top Tier firm in the field of Project Development.

IFLR1000 reviews our firm by stating, "Comfortably among Georgia's strongest firms, BGI Legal is renowned for its banking expertise and energy work. The firm has significant breadth, depth and experience in the jurisdiction, and has undertaken market-leading work in bond issues, real estate and oil and gas".

Partners Sandro Bibilashvili, Zaza Bibilashvili and Unana Gogokhia have all achieved the particular distinction of being "Highly Regarded Leading Lawyers" whilst Partner Lasha Gogiberidze achieves the premier "Leading Lawyer - Market Leader" designation. "Market Leaders" are recognised by IFLR as the standout performers in their country or practice area.

In its editorial, IFLR1000 has highlighted the following corporate and finance clients' quotes about the firm:

"Its strengths are its speed, high competence, and directness."

"The firm has very reliable professionals."

"The law firm provides a high quality and very professional service to its clients."

IFLR1000 is the only international legal directory focused on ranking law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work. IFLR1000 has been researching legal markets for 29 years with an experienced research team based in London, New York and Hong Kong. IFLR1000's research team selects leading firms based on a mix of transactional evidence, peer feedback and client feedback.

Zaza Bibilashvili is able to suggest winning strategies and is active across a range of contentious and non-contentious work, including real estate and intellectual property matters. Previous comments include: BGI Legal fields ‘a team of true professionals with good knowledge of law and a proper understanding of business needs`. It provides full-service support to leading multinational and Georgian clients, handling general legal matters alongside more complex financing, M&A, dispute resolution and capital markets mandates.

Legal 500 - 2016
A leading figure in capital markets and M&A, Lasha Gogiberidze has an enviable track record of acting on the market's highlight deals, primarily advising banks, including international developmental institutions. He wins praise for his responsiveness and is described as "very client-focused and understanding of our needs."

 

Chambers Global - 2018

The four-partner team at BGI Legal provides a ‘responsive, proactive and solution-oriented service to a wide range of international corporates both directly and on a referral basis from major international law firms; it has built a strong reputation acting for investors and lenders on many of the country s largest projects. The ‘excellent Lasha Gogiberidze has led the team s work in several major energy mandates, including advising an Asian investor on a hydropower project. Gogiberidze is also regularly involved in financing work, including inter-bank lending, regulatory lending (to comply with capital adequacy requirements) and capital markets work, where Unana Gogokhia is also establishing a strong reputation.

Legal 500 - 2016