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BGI Legal stands out in IFLR1000 2024-25 edition

03 November 2024

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

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Promotions at BGI Legal

23 September 2024

We take much pleasure in announcing the promotion of Sophie Natroshvili to the position of Legal Director at BGI Legal.

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

06 June 2024

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.

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BGI Special Alert - The “Russian Law” and Tax Relief for Transferring Offshore Assets

24 April 2024

 

On 3 April 2024, Georgia’s ruling “Georgian Dream” (GD) party introduced a bill on Transparency of Foreign Influence, widely dubbed as the “Russian Law”. By submitting this bill, GD revived an almost identical bill initiated in the Parliament in February 2023, which was effectively withdrawn after massive public protests in March 2023 accompanied by a public promise by the then GD chairman, the current Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, that the bill would never be reintroduced. Despite mass protests, on 17 April 2024, 83 GD- controlled MPs voted to pass the bill in the first reading. The bill still needs to be passed by two more readings and signed by the president to become a law (in case the president vetoes the bill, GD can override the veto with simple majority of votes).

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Zaza Bibilashvili is a highly respected corporate and disputes lawyer with significant practical experience in real estate transactions. Clients note his creativity and availability.

Chambers Global - 2018

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

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