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Baia Bezhashvili

Baia Bezhashvili is a Paralegal at BGI Legal. Prior to joining the firm, Baia earned a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Tbilisi State University and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in International and European Law at Vilnius University. She also successfully completed the Harvard Law School & Vilnius University  Law Faculty, Copyright X Program, an intensive international program developed in collaboration with Harvard Law School, focusing on U.S., European, and international copyright law.

Baia completed an internship with the Freedom and Democracy Foundation at the Parliament of Georgia. She subsequently worked in Vilnius at one of the city’s leading companies, participated in the Erasmus+ exchange program, and gained experience serving as a legal adviser to a foreign investor.

In addition to her native Georgian, Baia is fluent in English and has a basic working knowledge of Russian and French.

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

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

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