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Otar Kipshidze

Otar Kipshidze

Dentons, Georgia

Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Position

Managing Partner  

Career

Otar leads the firm's dispute resolution practice in Georgia, having extensive experience in litigation, energy, banking and finance and corporate law. Otar has advised on a number of key projects in Georgia, including major oil and gas transportation projects, and has a track record of successful resolution of numerous disputes in Georgian courts at various levels.

Prior to joining the Tbilisi office, Otar was a Managing Partner and Partner at DLA Piper. Earlier he was Senior Associate with the legacy firms: Ernst & Young's legal practice in Georgia and GCG Law Office. Prior to moving to private practice, he worked as General Counsel to leading Georgian commercial bank TBC Bank. Otar also was a visiting foreign attorney with Houston-based Baker Botts.

Languages

Georgian, English, Russian

Memberships

Otar is a founding member of the Georgian Bar Association and a member of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association. Otar is a member of the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia and EU-Georgia Business Council. He is a member of the Energy, Mining and Utilities Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia. Otar also served as Chairman of Legislative Framework Development Committee at Business Association of Georgia and as member of Judicial Reform Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.

Education

Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2003, LL.M.

Central European University, 1997, M. A., Political Science and Political Economy

Tbilisi State University, 1995, LL.M., Department of International Law and Relations, Diploma in Law with honors

Mentions

Georgia

Banking and finance

Georgia

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Leading partner
Georgia

Dispute resolution

Leading partner
Georgia

Real estate and construction (and projects)