brief overview on georgian legal environment and practice of blc law office by: giorgi batlidze...
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BRIEF OVERVIEW ONGEORGIAN LEGAL ENVIRONMENTAND PRACTICE OF BLC LAW OFFICE
BY: GIORGI BATLIDZE PARTNER OF BLC LAW OFFICE
9TH CIS LOCAL COUNSEL FORUM (VIENNA)
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Business friendly legislation
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Civil Code of Georgia
Law on Entrepreneurs
Transparent and predictable taxation system
Liberal employment legislation
Investors’ Protection
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The Law on Investments and Guarantees
Law on State Promotion of Investments
Effective national investment agency
Low corruption rates
Effective court systems
DCFTA EU - Georgia
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Association Agreement (AA) and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) singed on 27 June 2014
Lowering tariffs and reduction of non-tariff barriers
Increase of national income – 4.3% growth of GDP
Increase of export to EU (12%)
Decrease of capital cost
BLC: History and present standing
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Practicing law since 2000
20 US and EU educated lawyers in
The leading law firm in Georgia (top tier law
firm according to Legal 500 and Chambers &
Partners)
Offices in Tbilisi and Batumi
Areas of practice
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Corporate, M & A
Finance & Banking
Energy Law
Intellectual Property Law
Civil and Tax Litigation
Real Estate Law
Finance and Capital Market Transaction
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GOGC Eurobond emission (Georgian Oil & Gas Corporation)
Debt Financing (Georgian Railways)
Loan Financing (Paravani HPP - EBRD/IFC)
BNP: Commodity Financing (Wissol Petroleum Georgia)
M & A Transactions
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RMG Gold – RMG Copper (Acquisition of largest Mining Holding Company in Georgia)
(Populi) Acquisition of one of the largest retail chains by the Georgian private investor and private equity fund
Acquisition of one of the top tier Banks (ongoing in 2014)
Energy Projects
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We are the leaders in the energy law field
Renewables Thermal Power Utility Companies Oil & Gas
Intellectual Property (IP)
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Trademark and patent registrations
IP litigations and enforcement
Enforcement of Microsoft’s copyrights
Enforcement BOSCH’s trademark rights
Notable Clients
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International Finance Corporation (IFC) BNP Paribas (Switzerland) Inter Rao UES (Russia) Microsoft Corporation (USA) Robert BOSCH GmbH (Germany) RMG Cold & RMG Copper (Russia/Georgia) TBC Bank (Georgia) Calik Energy (Turkey) BTA Bank (Kazakhstan)
Thank You For Your Attention!
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