White Collar Crime

Acting for a major Turkish telecom operator in connection with criminal actions brought by its Georgian partner with respect to their GSM joint venture in Georgia;

Acting for the Georgian Government in an ICSID Arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of foreign investors' alleged rights and property with respect to an energy pipeline, including the advice on potential criminal (corruption) charges against the high-level government officials;

Acting for UK and Netherlands based private funds in criminal proceedings before Georgian courts in relation to a high profile criminal investigation against their Georgian partner, a prominent Georgian businessman;

Acting for a lead international energy company and its multi-billion oil and gas pipeline consortia on several cases of employee/contractor criminal conduct;

Acting for the world's largest transnational food and beverage company in an internal investigation of alleged illegal use of the employer’s commercial information;

Acting for an international real estate client in the criminal investigation of disappearance of a major real estate property’s title-establishing documentation from the state land registry database;

Acting for the top French luxury goods conglomerate before the state investigation authorities in relation to intellectual property matters involving a complex legal battle against import and circulation of counterfeit products;

Acting for the world’s largest tobacco companies in connection with Georgian criminal law aspects of illegal use of commercial information;

Acting for an Australian mining company in the criminal proceedings related to the involvement of one of its executives in the alleged tax evasion scheme;

Acting for a major microfinance institution in Georgia in relation to a high profile alleged tax fraud case involving one of its top managers;

Acting for a major global oil & gas exploration and production company in relation to criminal breach of its corporate data in the process of multi-jurisdictional internal investigation;  

Acting for one of the largest and oldest American higher education institutions in connection with the Clery Act reporting requirements applicable to their new Georgia campus;

Acting for a major Scandinavian humanitarian organization in relation to an investigation of alleged  criminal conduct by an employee in Georgia;

Acting for a US-based global development and education organization in the investigation of embezzlement of large funds by its local manager;

Acting for a leading global cosmetics company in relation to an investigation of alleged misappropriation and use of the company’s recalled and expired products by its officers;

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

Acting for a leading German-Georgian confectionery and ice cream parlor in an employee criminal conduct matter;

Acting for a leading ship service/marine terminal in Black Sea Poti Port in an employee criminal conduct investigation;

Acting for a lead Turkish/Cypriot manufacturer and wholesaler of construction machinery in an investigation in connection with state procurement related criminal charges, and in an isolated instance of employee criminal conduct matter;

Acting for the embassy of a West European state in a complex investigation of medical and identity fraud;

Acting for a major energy and infrastructure company in relation to a high profile criminal investigation on alleged tax evasion and financial machinations by its top executive.