Dispute Resolution

Extensive experience of working with foreign law firms in support of numerous foreign arbitral and court proceedings, including Georgian law research and advice as well as project-managing Georgian law expert witness testimony;

Assistance with recognition and enforcement of a number of foreign arbitral awards and court decisions in Georgia;

Representation of a Turkish investor on its ICC arbitration claims against a state entity regarding alleged expropriation of rights in an international terminal;

Representation of a Baltic investor in multiple high profile Georgian court proceedings (both civil and administrative) against state entities, in relation to alleged expropriation of the foreign investor's rights and property in favor of a state gasification project;

Representation of European real estate Cooperatives in complex Georgian court proceedings in relation to alleged misappropriation of significant investment funds by a former partner; representing the same clients in multiple civil and administrative proceedings for the demarcation and  development of a major real estate project in central Tbilisi;

Representation of lead Turkish and Cypriot manufacturers and wholesalers of construction machinery in Georgian court and domestic arbitration proceedings;

Representation of an European software company in negotiating and documenting a settlement with a lead Georgian bank;

Representation of a sovereign government in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of foreign investors' alleged rights and property with respect to an energy pipeline;

Representation of major international petroleum consortia on hundreds of cases in the Georgian courts arising out of the construction and operation of three oil and gas pipelines transiting Georgia, including property damage, environmental and right of way disputes;

Representation of a sovereign government in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of foreign investment in a steel plant;

Representation of a Black Sea petroleum terminal operator in the defence of claims by the Georgian Railroad and pursuit of counterclaims in the Georgian courts;

Representation of an Australian mining company in a Georgian court litigation and international arbitration to defend its interest in a joint venture gold mining project;

Representation of a leading glass manufacturing plant in defence of substantial claims arising out of a property sales transaction;

Advising the Turkish corporate shareholder in a Georgian GSM provider on international arbitration and local litigation against various entities in connection with a GSM joint venture;

Advising a Turkish steel producer on international arbitration claims arising out of its contracts with a Georgian steel plant;

Advising a major European nutrition company on its dispute with a former Georgian distributor;

Acting as Georgian counsel to a Greek shipping company in an LCIA arbitration case against a state petroleum products company for breach of contract related to marine delivery of petroleum products;

Acting for an American-owned Georgian real estate company in a high-profile property dispute with a neighbouring landowner;

Acting for the Embassy of a major European country in a construction dispute with a neighbouring landowner;

Acting for a major international oil company in defence against demurrage claims by the Georgian Railroad;

Acting for an international construction company in a high-profile tax dispute with the Tax Inspection;

Acting for an international airline in a dispute with the landlord of office premises;

Acting for an international oil drilling contractor against an international oil production company operating in Georgia;

Acting for a Scandinavian NGO against a Georgian microfinance organization that allegedly defrauded the NGO's microfinance program;

Acting for an international construction company in a tax dispute with respect to obtaining a VAT exemption certificate;

Acting for a major international insurance company against a ship owner and another insurance company for recovery of insurance payment paid for loss of cargo at Batumi port;

Acting for an international insurance company in relation to arrest of a ship at Poti Port;

Acting for an international transportation company in relation to arrest of cargo at Poti Port;

Acting as Georgian counsel to a Scandinavian shipping company with respect to claims for unpaid freight charges against a leading Georgian beverages manufacturer;

Acting for an international shipping company in relation to a vessel mortgage;

Acting for a major European airline in its extensive consultations with the Georgian authorities and subsequent representation in the Georgian courts;

Acting for one of the largest and oldest American higher education institutions in the Georgian Courts against claims brought by a construction subcontractor with respect to major education infrastructure development project;

Acting for a lead international tobacco conglomerate in a high-profile, multi-million Georgian Court litigation matter related to alleged antitrust violations and dumping of imported products on the Georgian market;

Representation of a top French luxury goods conglomerate on intellectual property matters involving a complex legal battle against import and circulation of counterfeit products by local and international infringers;

Representation of a UK-based investment management company in their dispute with the Georgian State authorities and a mineral use licensee in relation to the status of thousands of hectares of land leased through their local SPV – including civil proceedings in the Georgian Courts as well as parallel administrative proceedings within the Georgian Government;

Assisting London and New York offices of an international law firm in connection with pending disputes and internal investigation into a major upstream oil and gas joint venture in Georgia;

Representation of the Georgian operations of a lead German cement producer with respect to complex investment protection, mineral use and tax compliance dispute with the state authorities, including advice on potential recourse to the Constitutional Court of Georgia;

Representation of the UK and Netherlands based funds in multiple parallel proceedings (both civil and administrative) before the state administrative organs and Georgian courts in connection with pending disputes with a co-owner, demolition, demarcation and development of a major real estate in central Tbilisi;

Acting for a London-based client on Georgian law aspects of a multimillion-dollar matter pending in the English courts related to a dispute between the two prominent Georgian businessmen for damages arising from allegedly wrongful asset transfers;

Defending the world's largest transnational food and beverage company in a highly complex and sensitive dispute matter involving claims brought before the courts in Georgia and through the central compliance channel within the global corporate structure of the corporation;

Acting for a leading ship service/marine terminal in the Black Sea Port of Poti in a high-profile labour injury matter in the Georgian Courts;

Acting for German healthcare companies in their court dispute with a major Georgian medical institution stemming from joint participation in a Georgian state tender for medical supplies;

Acting for an East European technology developer and service provider to the mobile telecommunications sector in a multi-million IP dispute (breach of patent rights) against a lead Georgian telecom operator;

Acting for lead Turkish and Cypriot manufacturers and wholesalers of construction machinery in Georgian court and domestic arbitration proceedings;

Advising a Swiss-based global travel retailer on a pending arbitration dispute against the local airport operator;

Assisting a major Swiss-German packaging solutions company to successfully settle its contractual dispute and collect receivables from a major Georgian supermarket chain and its affiliated production company;

Assisting an Italian banking software and digital financial services firm to successfully settle its contractual dispute and collect receivables from a leading Georgian commercial bank;

Assisting an East European hospitality systems and technologies firm to successfully settle its contractual dispute and collect receivables from a real estate arm of a major Georgian conglomerate in connection with its new hotel project in Georgia’s wine region;

Assisting a lead German railway operator and their engineering consultancy firm to successfully conclude their disagreement and collect receivables from a Georgian contract party;

Acting for a major Turkish investor in a shareholders dispute relating to alleged financial fraud;

Acting for a major Baltic investor in high profile Georgian court proceedings against state-owned oil and gas corporation with respect to claims of expropriation/infringement of private property;

Acting for a Georgian branch of a lead international real estate firm as claimant in bringing a brokerage contract lawsuit before Georgian courts, including securing successful asset freeze/injunctive relief orders for the client;

Acting for a EU mission member in Georgian courts, involving successful suspension of the enforcement proceedings against the client on the basis of diplomatic status defense;

Acting for one of Germany's leading sweets producers in parallel proceedings before the court and the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia (Sakpatenti) in a dispute relating to the registration and protection of the company’s international marks in Georgia;

Representation of a major Baltic timber industry company in a debt collection matter;

Advising an Asian multinational telecommunications giant, regarding the possibility of filing a contractual law claim against its counterparties in Georgia;

Acting for one of Europe’s longest-standing architecture and building consultancy firms in a dispute with its Georgian client in relation to a contract for the construction and interior concept design of a top class international brand hotel in Tbilisi;

Acting for one of the largest and oldest Russian confectionery conglomerates in Georgian court proceedings to protect their intellectual property rights in Georgia;

Acting for a Swiss-UK client against a lead Georgian bank in a banking negligence matter concerning a multi-jurisdictional fraudulent transfer of funds from the client’s UK bank account;

Representing an Austrian construction engineering management and consultancy firm against the Roads Department of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia with respect to a public procurement for Georgia’s main highway construction.