Alexander Bolkvadze

Practice Areas

Alexander Bolkvadze is a founding partner at BLC since 2000. His practice area includes civil and corporate law, M&A, energy and infrastructure. Alexander has personally managed and participated in various significant corporate transactions completed by BLC, large investment projects, loan and equity financing. Alexander leads the energy and infrastructure practice at BLC and has a vast experience in representing investors with the State and State entities.

Alexander is a frequent expert speaker at various forums and conferences regarding investment opportunities in Georgia and in the Eastern Europe. His is also co-chairing the IBA ECA Forum for many years already.

Career

Prior to founding BLC in 2000, Alexander served as a senior counsel at the GCG law office in Georgia representing a variety of international businesses engaged in Banking & Finance, Oil & Gas sectors and project finance. Prior to this, Alexander served as In-House Counsel for the US-Georgian Commercial Bank JSC Absolute Bank, representing bank on issues of Civil and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance and during litigation. His experience includes judicial clerkship at New York Supreme Court First Judicial District preparing a wide variety of jury charges, writing opinions, drafting pre-trial motions and his work as a counsel at the UNHCR office in Tbilisi.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Georgian Bar Association;

Member of Chartered Institute for Arbitrators;

Vice-President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Georgia.