Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners

The firm: Founded in 2005, ‘Nodia, Urumashvili and Partners’ is one of the leading full-service law firms based in Georgia. The company is renowned for its pre-eminent practice in banking and finance, tax law, corporate, commercial and M&A, real estate and construction, restructuring and insolvency, and employment law with outstanding expertise in each field, along with a well-established dispute resolution practice.  The company offers full legal support across a wide range of industries. The firm’s client base is diverse and includes the leading companies virtually from all major sectors in Georgia. The firm has a particularly strong presence in financial services, real estate and hospitality, pharmaceutical, energy and infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture and retail sectors.  The company has a unique experience and understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Lasha Nodia, managing partner: Lasha Nodia advises domestic and international clients on corporate matters, with a focus on M&A, insolvency and restructuring, banking law and real estate transactions. He has extensive experience working as an attorney. He is a CEDR-accredited mediator, Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and since 2015 chairman of the Legal Committee of Georgian Business Association.

Eprem Urumashvili, partner: Eprem Urumashvili is one of the most respected and leading professionals in the country on Georgian tax regulations. Currently, Eprem is a member of the Tax Explanation Commission in Revenue Service of Georgia, and the chief advisor of the President Association of Banks of Georgia. He is also one of the official representatives of Bitfury, the leading bitcoin blockchain infrastructure provider.

Nino Kvinikadze, partner: prior to joining the firm, Nino Kvinikadze worked as a lawyer at the Georgian leading construction company Axis since 2004, and became head of the legal department in 2008. She has also worked as a lawyer at the United Nations Association (2004-2005) and the ministry of education in Georgia. Nino’s practice areas include: real estate (purchase, planning, development, design, construction, management), corporate law (acquisitions, mergers, reorganization, liquidation) and licenses and permits.

Alexander Sukhishvili, partner: Alexander Sukhishvili has worked in the firm since June 2011 and has nearly 12 years of professional experience as a lawyer. This includes being head of the legal expertise unit of the tax department of the ministry of finance in Georgia in 2006-2010 and head of the litigation division of Revenue Service of Georgia in 2010-2011. His main area of expertise covers tax advice (including assessment and tax optimization of international transactions) and representation of local and foreign-based clients in tax disputes. Alexander provides consultation and advisory services related to banking and financial law (inter alia supporting clients in developing optimal investment schemes and business structures).

Vakhtang Gamtsemlidze, partner: Vakhtang joined the firm in 2017 and assists the firm’s major clients in the field of corporate law, commercial law and investment management. Prior to joining the firm and after a successful legal career in the private sector in Georgia, Vakhtang headed the legal, external affairs and security department for British American Tobacco in Caucasus and Central Asia markets and gained vast experience through managing strategic matters and leading teams in several jurisdictions.