About

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Dentons’ Tbilisi office opened in 2017 with a team of highly ranked lawyers, who joined Dentons from DLA Piper. With a legacy dating back to 1996, the team is among the most experienced and respected in the Georgian market. Having worked on many of the most important M&A and real estate deals, financing transactions and infrastructure projects, we offer you unique insights into the country’s legal and business environment.

We are a full service law firm in Georgia with key capabilities in Banking and Finance, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Energy and Infrastructure and PPP.

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General Business Law - Georgia

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What the Team is Known For

Dentons has a widely respected team that regularly assists with English law-governed M&A transactions, in addition to providing local law advice. The law firm's notable project finance and capital markets capabilities are complemented by extensive experience in commercial litigation and arbitration. It is often instructed on energy, real estate and construction-related matters. The prominent client roster features foreign investors, banks and notable corporate names across a range of industries.

Work Highlights

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  • Dentons Georgia advised a consortium of international development banks and financing corporations as investors on USD150 million bonds issued by JSC Georgia Capital.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Avto Svanidze
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Avto Svanidze
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Avto Svanidze is a market-leading practitioner who advises on significant acquisitions as well as financing, capital markets and corporate restructuring matters. His clients come from a range of industries including banking, energy and real estate. Svanidze is UK and Georgian-qualified.

Avto brainstorms with us. He is always very willing to have a meeting and is very helpful.

Otar Kipshidze
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Otar Kipshidze
Head of General Business Law
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Managing partner Otar Kipshidze regularly acts for financial institutions as well as clients from the transport and aerospace industries on matters that cover project financing, regulatory and general corporate issues. He is also a market-leading practitioner in a broad range of disputes including commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings, with further experience in employment and contractual law.

Irakli Pipia
Associates to watch

Associate-to-watch Irakli Pipia is often involved in financing mandates covering a range of sectors such as energy, construction, hospitality and media. Pipia also has notable experience advising on leasing and regulatory matters for aviation clients.

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General Business Law

Avto Svanidze
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Avto Svanidze
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Band 1
Otar Kipshidze
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Otar Kipshidze
Head of General Business Law
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Band 2
Irakli Pipia
Associates to watch

Members

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Ani Tsiklauri

Irakli Pipia

Lela Basilaia

Natela Otaridze

Neli Tsivtsivadze

Nino Pkhovelishvili

Otar Kipshidze

Otar Kipshidze

Head of Department

Sopho Mebonia

Veriko Berekashvili

Zurab Kiliptari

Industries

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Automotive

Aviation and Aerospace

Communications

Construction

Energy

Financial Institutions

Gaming

Government

Hotel and Leisure

Infrastructure

Insurance

Life Sciences and Health Care

Manufacturing

Media, Entertainment and Sports

Mining

Private Equity

Professional Services

Real Estate

Retail

Technology

Transportation