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BGI Legal stands out in IFLR1000 2024-25 edition

BGI Legal continues to stand out in the latest results released by IFLR for their 2024/5 edition.

We are once again ranked Tier 1 for both practice areas covered by the directory in Georgia – Financial & Corporate and Project Development. IFLR1000 remains the only international legal market guide dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers exclusively on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.

Based on extensive research, client feedback and peer reviews the new rankings reflect our firm's depth and breadth of experience and reputation in advising clients on complex and innovative transactions and disputes in the financial and corporate sectors.

The legal directory, in addition, has awarded Partner Lasha Gogiberidze the coveted ‘Leading Lawyer - Market Leader’ designation whilst fellow Partners Zaza Bibilashvili, Sandro Bibilashvili, Unana Gogokhia and Tamara Tevdoradze win the ‘Highly Regarded Leading Lawyers’ rating. 

Unana and Tamara are also singled out as “Women Leaders”. This is an elite ranking category reserved for the most prominent women lawyers across the world working in the areas of law IFLR1000 researches. 

Significantly, no other law firm in Georgia has received as many rankings (nine firm and lawyer ratings in total) as BGI Legal in the new IFLR guide. 

For more information on our rankings please click here.

Legal director Unana Gogokhia focuses on financial transactions, and stands out for her experience of capital markets and derivatives. Clients appreciate her ability to "look at the issue very scrupulously and bring up points in the transaction that none of the other parties spotted." Sandro Bibilashvili is increasingly recognised in the market. He is involved in some of the firm's biggest project finance mandates and has recently been active working on energy projects. Counsel Tamara Tevdoradze enters the rankings on the back of positive praise. "She is very reliable, accurate and punctual, thinks in a very logical way and has very strong arguments," a client says

Chambers Global - 2017

Zaza Bibilashvili is a well-known and highly regarded figure in the Georgian legal market. One of the founding partners of the firm, he oversees projects and is a key contact for clients. Lasha Gogiberidze has been called "one of the leading lawyers in Georgia" and "a central person not just in capital markets, but in the legal market in general." Considered an expert in capital markets and project finance work, particularly in the energy sphere, he is highly respected by his peers, who say: "He`s among the top lawyers who shaped the legal market."

Chambers Global - 2016

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