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BGI Legal retains “Top Tier” status in EMEA Legal 500 2022

In the latest Legal 500 rankings, BGI Legal has once again been recognised as a Tier 1 law firm in all four areas researched by the Guide in Georgia, namely in Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate & M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate & Construction.

Legal 500 seeks confidential quotes from clients and other lawyers operating in the same areas of law. Client testimonials from the new guide include:

‘The team is exceptionally knowledgeable and innovative in the face of relentless opposition. BGI is the finest European firm I have worked with in my 45-year career.’

‘Sandro Bibilashvili is an exceptional team leader and mentor to younger lawyers. Davit Kakoishvili is an excellent multitalented lawyer and draftsman. Ani Khojelani is very detail-oriented and skilled at using details to benefit the client.’

‘Lasha leads the team well. He is experienced and has excellent commercial sense.’

‘Zaza Bibilishvili is a key person and very clever when handling cases’

As well as firm rankings, Legal 500 rank individual lawyers and BGI yet again dominate the individual rankings in Georgia.

Lasha Gogiberidze, Zaza Bibilashvili and Sandro Bibilashvili are all included in the elite “Leading Individuals” lists.

Unana Gogokhia, Giorgi Sarajishvili and Sandro Bibilashvili are further recognized in the “Next Generation Partners” category, Davit Kakoishvili is ranked as a “Rising Star” and “Recommended Lawyer” ranking status goes to Tamara Tevdoradze and Ani Khojelani.

Lasha Gogiberidze, Founding Partner, said:

“It is very satisfying to see our practice unfailingly recognized by Legal 500 as one of the top law firms in Georgia and I am particularly delighted to see the talents of our team acknowledged and favourably commented upon by clients and fellow practitioners from diverse areas of law.”

For further information please see: https://www.legal500.com/firms/13174-bgi-legal/17857-tbilisi-georgia/#section-108533.

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

Excellent team known for acting on high-profile and significant mandates. Clients commend the team's expertise, saying: "They are all very solid, have excellent knowledge, are hard-working and give great practical advice." They further praised the service adding that the lawyers are "client-oriented, quite patient and understand the client's internal procedures."

Chambers Europe - 2017

BGI is one of Georgia's leading firms in all areas of corporate law and in energy and infrastructure has acted on key projects in the oil and gas, energy, transport infrastructure areas. Previous comments have included: "Very good law firm for this jurisdiction...very knowledgeable, they get the job done on time and on budget...they are very professional and good lawyers". Thanks for universal praise from competitors and clients alike, BGI sits comfortably in the top tier... BGI is client-focused and solution-oriented... [with] excellent local counsel, not just for Georgian standards, but by international standards... [A major international client says:] "In terms of local law firms... I have a strong preference for BGI."

IFLR1000 - 2017