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Who’s Who Legal recognises Lasha Gogiberidze amongst the world’s foremost project financing experts

BGI Legal Founding Partner, Lasha Gogiberidze, has been named once again amongst the world’s top lawyers in project finance according to Who’s Who Legal. 

Who's Who Legal's (WWL) 2024 Global Project Finance Guide honours lawyers with a proven track record of representing sponsors and lenders in project financing and refinancing transactions.  

First published in 2001, the Guide is the most extensive look at the international project finance market, featuring 663 lawyers from 280 firms in 71 countries. They are recognised for their top-tier work advising clients across the full life cycle of projects.  

Lasha is one of only two lawyers from Georgia to make it on to the list.  

A huge thank you to BGI’s friends and clients around the world who supported Lasha in this ranking – we really appreciate it.

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

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

Solid team with vast experience of handling a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial as well as financial matters. Particularly well versed in project finance and boasts an impressive track record in some of the country's biggest energy and infrastructure projects. Popular choice for prominent international and local clients, including financial institutions and corporates from an array of industry sectors. Clients are impressed with the team's approach, saying: "The best thing is their coming up with proactive advice and suggesting a structure. They are able to work under pressure and respond immediately." Another client adds: "As soon as we give them a project we don't need to double-check anything." Other typical comments are: "They are a top-tier firm on the market with highly skilled, efficient and solution-oriented lawyers."

Chambers Europe - 2017