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Chambers Europe 2025: Our firm ranked for the 19th consecutive year

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that BGI Legal has been ranked in Chambers Europe 2025, the leading guide to Europe's best lawyers and law firms. We have now achieved this accolade for 19 consecutive years. 

Moreover, from seven firm and lawyer rankings last year we have increased our tally to eight in 2025 with no other law firm listed in Georgia having won more than BGI Legal. 

As well as once again being listed as a Band 1 firm in General Business Law, top flight successes have again been won by Zaza Bibilashvili (Senior Statesperson), Lasha Gogiberidze (Band 1), Unana Gogokhia (Band 1) and Sandro Bibilashvili (Band 2). 

Giorgi Sarajishvili moves up the rankings to Band 3 from Up and Coming Partner whilst Tamara Tevdoradze (Up and Coming) joins the rankings on the back of strong client support. 

Here are a selection of quotes from our clients: 

“BGI Legal offers a very high quality of work, a lot of attention and timely responses.”

“It is a very reliable partner.”

“The BGI team understand not only the legal framework but also the business environment and requirements.”

"Zaza is a world-class legal adviser and expert who offers an excellent service."

“Lasha is always available, quick in action and result-oriented.”

“Unana has a very deep knowledge of corporate and finance law. She is highly accountable and proactive.”

“Sandro is a great lawyer - very responsive and super reliable.” “He is very attentive to details, always looks at the problem broadly and has strong analytical skills.”

"Giorgi knows when and how to raise questions in order to receive the best responses from the opposing party or from the court. His experience in litigation is very helpful."

“Tamara Tevdoradze is not only legally but also commercially aware, coming up with great solutions and personalised legal advice.” “Tamara is a trusted adviser.” “She is a brilliant legal adviser - very clear and very focused.”

For more information see: https://chambers.com/legal-rankings/general-business-law-georgia-7:852:91:1?l=en-GB

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

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

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