On December 4, 2025, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia, H.E. Meline Arakelian, hosted representatives of EU-Georgia Business Council member and partner companies at the Embassy. The meeting was organized by the EUGBC.
At the meeting the sides discussed issues of deepening economic cooperation between Georgia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including the prospects for exchanging business visits.
Gvinadze & Partners pleased to share that Managing Partner Nick Gvinadze continues to be recognized as a “Thought Leader” in Arbitration – according to the prestigious Lexology Index 2025 recent publication. As in many previous years, Nick also continues to be ranked as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner in the Energy, Oil and Gas industry sector by the recently published IFLR1000.
As we celebrate three decades of legacy in this practice, we would like to thank our clients and colleagues for continued high recognition of our team’s work, and congratulate all our colleagues also ranked this year!
November 26, 2025 – Dentons’ Tbilisi office has acted as local counsel to J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, BCP Securities, Société Générale, Oppenheimer and Galt & Taggart, as Joint Lead Managers, on issuance of GEL 450 million 11.50% senior unsecured Notes by Lion Finance Group PLC’s banking subsidiary in Georgia, JSC Bank of Georgia. The Notes were issued in accordance with Reg S/Rule 144A and sold at an issue price of 100%. The Notes are listed on Euronext Dublin and are rated Ba2 by Moody’s Investors Service Ltd.
The Dentons’ team on the deal was led by Partner Avto Svanidze and included Senior Associates Neli Tsivtsivadze, Sopho Mebonia and Natela Otaridze, and Associates Lela Basilaia and Veriko Berekashvili.
Avto Svanidze commented: “We are delighted to work together with Sidley Austin LLP, international counsel, on the largest local-currency Eurobond from the private sector across the Caucasus, Turkey, and Central Asia in 2025. Our practice has longstanding history of working on Bank of Georgia capital markets transactions, such as its first corporate Eurobond listing, and its listing on the London Stock Exchange, the first international IPO from Georgia.”
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In the 2025 edition of IFLR1000, Dentons’ Tbilisi office has maintained a strong position across key financial and corporate transactional practices in Georgia.
The firm continues to be ranked Tier 1 for both practice areas covered for Georgia – Financial and Corporate and Project Development. Dentons’ Tbilisi practice both partners received prestigious Market Leader (Avto Svanidze) and Highly Regarded (Otar Kipshidze) rankings. Additionally, two our senior associates – Neli Tsivtsivadze and Sopho Mebonia are recognized as Rising Stars. This result underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional legal services and innovative solutions to clients navigating complex transactions on the market .
Otar Kipshidze commented: “Another major success for our office. Dentons Georgia is again ranked in Tier 1 in both practice areas covered for Georgia by IFLR 1000. In addition to firm rankings, we have 4 individual rankings, which demonstrates our strength and market standing. Well done Avto Svanidze, Neli Tsivtsivadze and Sopho Mebonia. Many thanks and congratulations to our team for their hard work and dedication. And many thanks to our clients and peers for their support and recommendation!”
IFLR1000 is a leading international legal market research product specialised in ranking financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.
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