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LPA Law Firm is a full-service Georgian firm established in 2009. The firm provides legal services across M&A, banking and finance and project developments in a range of industries including real estate, manufacturing, technology and energy.
MKD Law was established in 1996 and is a Georgian law firm based in Tbilisi. The firm advises domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters and is led by Victor Kipiani and Mikheil Gogeshvili.
Highlights: The firm is active in banking and finance, capital markets and corporate and project finance. Its work includes advising on financing transactions, capital markets instruments, regulatory matters and project development, supporting both domestic and cross-border mandates.
Suknidze & Partners was established in 2020 by Nino Suknidze and is a Georgian law firm advising domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters. The firm supports both local and cross-border transactions across a range of practice areas.
Highlights: The firm is active in banking and finance, corporate and M&A, capital markets and investment funds. Its experience spans multiple sectors, including real estate, telecommunications and hospitality, and includes advising on transactional, regulatory and structuring matters.
Revera Georgia operates in Georgia as part of the Revera law group, an international legal group established in 1998 with offices across several European jurisdictions. The Georgian practice advises domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters and is led by managing partner Dmitry Arkhipenko.
Highlights: The firm is active in corporate and commercial work, including restructuring and regulatory advice. Its practice also includes advising on technology-related matters and regulatory compliance, supporting clients operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Dentons has maintained a presence in Georgia since the mid-1990s through its office in Tbilisi. The firm advises domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters as part of Dentons’ global platform.
Highlights: The firm is active in corporate and M&A, banking and finance, real estate and project development. Its practice includes advising on capital markets transactions, financings and infrastructure and energy projects, supporting both local and cross-border mandates.
Paine Stevens was founded in 2012 and is based in Tbilisi. The firm provides English law advice in Georgia and the wider Caucasus and Central Asia region, supporting cross-border corporate and finance matters. It is led by Benjamin Paine and works alongside local law firms to deliver a full range of legal services in the region.
Highlights: The firm focuses on English law corporate and finance work, including advising on acquisitions, financings and investment structures involving regional and international elements.
BGI Legal is a full-service law firm based in Tbilisi, Georgia, advising domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters. The firm is led by managing partners Zaza Bibilashvili and Tamara Tevdoradze.
Highlights: The firm is active in corporate and commercial work, including banking and finance, corporate and M&A and project development. Its practice includes advising on regulated transactions and infrastructure-related matters, supporting both domestic and cross-border mandates.
EY Law Georgia operates in Tbilisi as part of the EY global professional services network, providing legal services alongside EY’s tax and advisory practices. The firm advises domestic and international clients on Georgian law matters.
Highlights: The firm is active in corporate and commercial work, including M&A and restructuring matters. Its practice includes advising on corporate reorganisations, transactional support and restructuring-related legal issues, often with cross-border elements.
BLC Law Office is a full-service Georgian firm established in 2000. It has offices in Tbilisi and Butami. The firm has experience advising both foreign and local clients on significant multi-million domestic and cross-border deals. The firm has a team of Georgian legal professionals led by managing partners Alexander Bolkvadze and Ketti Kvartskhav. It provides legal services in financial and corporate matters including banking, M&A and restructuring. The firm is also active on project development.
In 2025, the firm hired Keti Meskhishvili as a senior associate from White & Case Paris.
Highlights
During 2024 – 2025 the firm supported development finance clients including the EBRD, Proparco and Asian Development Bank on several facilities, including a EUR6 million loan for the expansion of a logistics terminal operated by Gebruder Weiss and financings worth EUR10 million to TBC Leasing.
In the financial services sector, a team advised cryptocurrency trading platform Bybit Global on its entry into the market, one of the first approvals under the National Bank of Georgia’s new Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) regulations. The firm was also supporting Credo Bank, the country’s fifth largest bank by assets, on two stake sales to Japanese fund Gojo.
On the project development side, the firm has been advising Accor Group on franchise agreements and brand license agreements relating to several projects under development. A team also acted for Pontus Capital in relation to the development a 5-star hotel and related infrastructure in Gonio, Adjara, operated by Rotana Hotels.
Key clients
Accor Group, Krakatoa Resources, Anagi Development, JSC Pave Bank Georgia, Adjara Group Hospitality, Georgian Co-Investment Fund, EBRD
Testimonials
2025
“Strong in regulatory and litigation” – Private equity
2024
"BLC is a full-service law firm offering expertise across all areas of business law. We appreciate the depth and versatility of their team, led by our go-to partner, Giorgi Batlidze” – Project finance
Giorgi Batlidze and his team possess a high level of expertise in the legal matters relevant to us. Giorgi, in particular, excels in negotiating complex project development and project finance transactions. BLC always tries to ensure the partner level involvement, and this gives us confidence when dealing with complicated matters." – Project finance; Project development
"Their skilled team delivers strong negotiation, regulatory expertise, and client-focused service." – M&A
“Giorgi Batlidze has a deep understanding of our business, both in terms of the [infrastructure] industry and the specific nuances of dealing with key counterparties. His bright, solution-oriented approach to challenges is particularly noteworthy. When faced with complex issues, we know he will deliver a tailored solution” – Project development
“Giorgi’s strong legal and oratory skills make him highly persuasive, which is invaluable when negotiating complex transactions. His fluency in multiple languages – German, Russian, English, and his native Georgian – is an added bonus.” – Giorgi Batlidze, Partner – Project development
“Led by Ketti Kvartskhava, the firm excels in M&A, offering strategic guidance and expertise for seamless, high-stakes transactions.” - Ketti Kvartskhava, Partner – M&A
Based in Georgia and described by Clients as “fully comparable with the Magic Circle”, BLC is a true leader of the market practicing in virtually all areas of law. Having thorough knowledge of Georgian legislation and legal practice, as well as various key industries, lawyers of BLC are devotedly serving the interests of their clients.
With 30 qualified attorneys currently employed full time with BLC and several off counsels, BLC certainly has larger capacity to handle several complicated transactions and cases at a time than most of the law-firms in Georgia.
Most importantly, BLC Law Office is the only Georgian firm with branches in Batumi, the investment hub of West Georgia, and in Tashkent, Uzbekistan — a vibrant, rapidly developing market that marks the firm’s pioneering international expansion.
BLC is truly exceptional with the approach to the Client’s needs as well as the best possible understanding of the respective business environment. Our approach to each particular matter is to adapt to and understand the commercial, as well as policy and strategic rationale behind the relevant issue with the purpose to create value through legal advice.
LPA Law Firm is a full-service independent law firm providing legal advice in broad aspects of financial transactions, civil and administrative law. Through specialized experience in various fields of law and team of trustful professionals, the Firm has gained high reputation on the market, offering legal solutions targeted at clients’ success.
