The team at BGI Legal provides ‘detail-oriented and effective’ advice to a primarily international roster of corporate clients across the full scope of their litigation requirements, including as it relates to commercial, IP, real estate, white-collar and employment disputes. Dovetailing with his own compelling transactional practice, team head Zaza Bibilashvili is particularly adept at handling high-profile corporate/commercial disputes. He is also one of many in the team with significant ADR experience, and has himself served as an arbitrator on numerous ICC arbitration cases. Sandro Bibilashvili has argued cases at all levels of the Georgian court hierarchy and is noted for his mediation skills, as is Giorgi Sarajishvili, who is ’great at negotiating settlements on mediation’. Davit Kakoishvili excels in white-collar and extradition cases, while the ‘very diligent and hardworking’ Lika Topuria has recently handled some high-profile cases for creditors in the airline industry, as well as IP disputes for large food and beverage companies.    

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Testimonials

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  • 'They are detail-oriented and effective.'
  • 'The team is very organised and highly professional.'
  • 'Giorgi Sarajishvili is very good at communicating and explaining the risks and peculiarities associated with any given litigation. He is responsive and insightful.'
  • 'Giorgi Sarajishvili is great at negotiating settlements on mediation.'
  • 'Sandro Bibilashvili is very reliable and knowledgeable.' 
  • 'Lika Topuria is very diligent and hardworking. She is also great at negotiating settlements.'

Key clients

  • Coca-Cola Bottlers Georgia
  • East-West United Bank & Sistema Holding
  • Rustavi 2
  • Carlsberg
  • Scotch Whisky Association
  • AgriUni
  • Mey Alkollu
  • Skoda Praha a.s.
  • Wilhelmsen Georgia
  • Penumbra.Inc
  • JSC Nenskra Hydro
  • Corner Banca
  • Sinohydro
  • Abbey Asset Management
  • Discovery Networks
  • BASF
  • VEON
  • British Petroleum (BP) Georgia
  • Stichting iFund
  • Apple
  • Facebook
  • Vialis Belgium
  • Ferrero
  • McDonald’s Georgia
  • MND Group
  • Pimeks Georgia
  • Park Gate
  • JSC Heritage Securities
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Ilia State University
  • Air Lease Corporation
  • Spairliners
  • TBC Bank
  • Lavazza
  • Upton Trade & Globe AG
  • Majorel Georgia, LLC

Work highlights

  • Represented ADB in a precedent-setting case where the Georgian court recognized the immunity of ADB from legal processes in Georgia.
  • Represented one of the largest bottlers of soft drinks in the region in the Georgian Supreme Court in a landmark case on recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Zaza Bibilashvili

Other key lawyers

Sandro Bibilashvili, Giorgi Sarajishvili, Davit Kakoishvili, Ani Khojelani, Lika Topuria