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Tekla Khundadze

tekla.khundadze@bgi.ge

Tekla Khundadze is a senior associate at BGI Legal. She joined the firm in September 2020 as a paralegal, following her role as in-house counsel of a real estate development company based in Tbilisi.

Prior to joining the firm, Tekla graduated with honors from the LL.B program at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Additionally, in 2022-2023, she took time away for academic studies and completed an LL.M in Global Business Law and Regulation with distinction at Central European University (Austria). She is the recipient of the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for being the top-performing student in the program.

Tekla specializes in mergers & acquisitions, secured transactions, real estate, competition, personal data protection and consumer protection, as well as general corporate and commercial law.

Some of her notable work engagements include:

Advised a prominent international beverage company on the acquisition of a majority stake in a key player of Georgia’s beer and soft drink sector;
Advised a large foreign investment firm on a complex loan settlement and security restructuring transaction; • Supported BGI team in advising prominent international betting companies on the acquisition of a Georgia-based iGaming software company and a major online casino and betting operator in Georgia;
Advised major multinational tech companies (including Apple, Google, Huawei, Meta, Tik-Tok and others) on various Georgian law issues;
Advised international law firms on a range of antitrust matters under Georgian competition law;
Conducted due diligence on Georgian companies operating across various sectors, including among others, food and beverages market, finance, banking, betting, IT;
Advised major international companies/organizations, such as news agencies, car manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, NGOs, foreign embassies in Georgia, financial institutions, payment service providers, and others, on a range of corporate and compliance matters.

Besides her native Georgian, Tekla is fluent in English.

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

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

A leading figure in capital markets and M&A, Lasha Gogiberidze has an enviable track record of acting on the market's highlight deals, primarily advising banks, including international developmental institutions. He wins praise for his responsiveness and is described as "very client-focused and understanding of our needs."

Chambers Global - 2018

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