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Team Promotions at BGI Legal

We are delighted to announce that as of September 1, Sophie Natroshvili has assumed her new role as the Head of Corporate Practice in BGI Legal. Sophie joined BGI in 2008 as paralegal and has amassed valuable hands-on experience during the past 14 years as a core member of BGI team, handling some of the most complex cross-border corporate transactions during that period. She is a highly skilled attorney with a particularly strong expertise in corporate law, M&A, real estate and secured transactions as well as employment and commercial law.

BGI welcomes Sophie in her new role and looks forward to her continued contribution to strengthening BGI’s leading position in the market. Partner Sandro Bibilashvili congratulated Sophie on her promotion: “It has been a pleasure watching Sophie grow professionally throughout these years. We are thrilled to have her on our team.” Sophie added: “I am honored to assume the new role and continue guiding clients in Georgia’s increasingly regulated business environment.“

BGI Legal is ‘exceptional' in M&A, financing and real estate, and is especially prominent in the energy sector. Lasha Gogiberidze, whom clients regard as ‘the top lawyer in Georgia for banking, finance and capital markets transactions', and Sandro Bibilashvili handled a number of innovative regional energy projects and joint ventures, such as the Adjaristsqali hydropower project.

Legal 500 - 2017

Lasha Gogiberidze maintains an excellent reputation for his expertise in capital markets and project finance, handling some of the market's most prominent lending transactions. Clients highlight him as an "open-minded" practitioner who "always comes up with a good solution" and provides advice which is "straight to the point and concise." Zaza Bibilashvili has experience of handling some of the biggest mandates in the market, most recently advising on substantial real estate projects. He is also a noted practitioner in the dispute resolution arena.

Chambers Global - 2017

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