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Meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in the framework of the Public-Private Dialogue

On March 1, 2024, the EU-Georgia Business Council (EUGBC), within the framework of the USAID Economic Governance Program grant project, hosted the first public-private dialogue meeting of The Black Sea Platform, focused on Georgian Government’s transport and logistics policy.
The key speaker at the meeting was Guram Guramishvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. During the meeting, the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development made a presentation of “Georgia’s 2023-2030 National Transport and Logistics Strategy”, after which a discussion was held with the active participation of the private sector.
About 30 representatives of the EUGBC members and partners took part in the event.
USAID Economic Governance Program grant project – “Support to the Black Sea Platform Sustainability” – is aimed at the promotion of the sustainability of the Black Sea Platform established by the EUGBC, by improvement of its institutional model and efficiency, including through the development of the Black Sea interconnections.

Meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to Georgia, H.E. Petr Kubernát

 

On February 20, Czech Ambassador, H.E. Petr Kubernát hosted the EU-Georgia Business Council members and partners, upon the initiative of the EUGBC.

At the meeting, the parties discussed the possibilities of deepening the bilateral trade and economic relations between Georgia and the Czech Republic, including in the context of granting EU Candidate Status to Georgia.

Visit of EUGBC members and Diplomatic Corps to the Sarajishvili Factory

 

On January 25, 2024, the EU – Georgia Business Council (EUGBC) organized a visit to JSC Sarajishvili for the members of the Council and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The guests had the opportunity to visit the “Sarajishvili” factory, to get acquainted with the history and technology of the production of the Georgian wine brandy.

We would like to express our special thanks to Mr. Zurab Bubuteishvili, Director General of our member company – “Sarajishvili” and his team for their hospitality.

We would also like to thank our representative to the Benelux countries, the founder of TSV Holding, Ms. Tika Svanidze – Vancko, for the TSV Winery wines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dentons announces promotion in Tbilisi

 

Dentons is happy to announce that Sopho Mebonia has been promoted to Senior Associate in our Tbilisi office.

Sopho Mebonia is with the firm since 2015. Her practice focuses on project finance, and she has experience in assisting both lenders and borrowers in debt and equity transactions.

Sopho acts for international financial institutions, private commercial lenders, project sponsors in a various sectors and she has significant experience in advising on all aspects of lending. Additionally, she actively participates in the significant capital markets transactions of the firm, with a specific focus on financial, energy and telecommunications regulatory matters.

Recently, she assisted EBRD on various financing transactions, involving both senior and subordinated loans with different Georgian banks as borrowers, Austrian Georgian Development on the issue of US$15 million secured bonds listed on the Georgian Stock Exchange, EBRD and Swedfund on US$50 million Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital loan to the Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank on the transaction with DFC involving the guarantee of loan portfolio, and FMO in providing a loan portfolio guarantee to Terabank, marking the initiation of the NASIRA guarantee program in Georgia.

“Sopho is a valuable member of our Tbilisi team. Having an excellent reputation among colleagues and clients, she has a promising future. This is a well-deserved promotion.” – said Otar Kipshidze, Managing Partner.

 

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