Ani Khojelani is a Senior Associate at BGI Legal. Her practice areas include commercial, administrative, criminal and human rights law.

Ani’s key work highlights:

• Advised the former Prime Minister of Georgia, as well as other members of the former government of Georgia, in disputes before the European Court of Human Rights.
• Represented the former President of Georgia before Interpol in the proceedings initiated by the Georgian prosecutor’s office which ended in Interpol refusing to issue a red notice for the ex-president.
• Advised multinational companies and commercial banks before national investigation authorities and courts of Georgia on issues related to cybercrime and fraudulent money transfer.
• Due diligence for the largest multi-jurisdictional M&A deals in Georgia’s recent history in energy, financial and beverage industries.
• Advised big tech companies in matters related to the provision of services on the local market, protection of IP, and identification and destruction of counterfeit goods.
• Advised a client in a dispute concerning the sale of the assets and business of one of the largest export companies in Georgia;
• Advised a client in a dispute concerning the unlawful reclassification of the designation of private property by the administrative authority.
• Advised a client in a dispute concerning matters under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Ani has graduated from the Free University of Tbilisi (LL.B) and KU Leuven (LL.M)  with great distinction. She is a member of the Georgian Bar Association and is admitted to practice civil, administrative and criminal law in Georgia.

Together with Georgian, Ani speaks English and Russian languages.