we take the pride in delivering the

finest legal services across the country.

Excelling in more than 20 practice areas, we offer a complete range of legal services to our local, regional and international clients. While each of our attorneys specialize in his or her own practice areas, we work collaboratively to provide comprehensive legal counselling with complete and individually tailored solution.
  • COMMUNICATIONS, IT & MEDIA

  • ENERGY & MINING

  • PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTH

  • BANKING & FINANCE

  • INFRASTRUCTURE

  • PRIVATE EQUITY

  • COMPETITION & ANTITRUST

  • LOAN RECOVERY & ENFORCEMENT

  • PROCUREMENT

  • CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING

  • ENVIRONMENTAL

  • REAL ESTATE

  • CORPORATE LAW

  • INSURANCE

  • TAX

  • DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  • TRANSPORTATION

  • EMPLOYMENT

  • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

COMMUNICATIONS, IT & MEDIA

Our firm’s counsel covers a wide range of areas in the rapidly growing fields of Information Technology, Communications andMedia, including telecommunications, media-related issues, mobile communications and services, e-commerce, tariffs, licensing, copyright, and others.

With cutting-edge products and innovative technology, these evolving industries require expert solutions and sound legal know-how. Our lawyers have considerable experience with regulatory compliance in these sectors and will provide tailored strategies that will add value to your company’s needs.

ENERGY & MINING

Eristavi & Partners  assists clients in legal matters in various industry segments, including electric, oil, gas, water, alternative energy, coal and gold mining, hydropower, environmental approval among others.

 

PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTH

At Eristavi & Pratners, we understand the complexities of today pharmaceutical and health care industries. We have the resources and the insight to help you with a wide range of issues in these fields, such as pharmaceutical patents, medical device licensing, health and safety hazards, research and discovery, industry regulations. Our lawyer will provide counsel in the most sophisticated pharmaceutical and health care disputes.

BANKING & FINANCE

With extensive experience in local and international banking and finance laws, our team is ready to assist you with your most sophisticated and complex transactions in today’s volatile and uncertain financial market. Our banking practice includes asset finance, bank advisory, financial restructuring and insolvency, holdings, joint venture, project finance, securities and structured finance legal services, among others.

Our lawyers counsel a wide range of financial services organizations, both domestic and international. In addition, our firm has handled some of the recent year’s largest and most complex insolvency proceedings, including one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in Georgia’s history.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Eristavi & Partners can assist you in most complex infrastructure projects, such as airports and aviation, toll roads and highways, ports, rail and other transportation infrastructure. Our clients include public and private companies, as well as government and state companies. We will provide efficient solutions at every stage of the projects, such as facility sitting and construction, project finance, facility operations and environmental compliance.

PRIVATE EQUITY

At Eristavi & Partners, we fully appreciate the complexities of financial transactions and can provide guidance in most sophisticated private equity deals, from formation to investment strategy and implementation all the way through to exit.

 

COMPETITION & ANTITRUST

Our anti-trust team has the expertise and the experience to help you handle the complexities of antitrust and competition laws with ease and proficiency. Our lawyers possess a deep understanding of local and international regulatory and transactional policies as well as the knowledge of the different industries and their products, which allows them to facilitate all aspects of your antitrust litigation. Our advisory services will ensure your business conduct is compliant with antitrust laws.

Eristavi & Partners chairs the Competition Commission under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Georgia).

LOAN RECOVERY & ENFORCEMENT

Eristavi & Partners 0ffers enforcement services and the firm has been a pioneer in this area. The firm’s founding partner, David Eristavi, is the author of the recent Law on Private Enforcement of Georgia.

PROCUREMENT

At Eristavi & Partners, our lawyers have a solid background in procurement law and are well versed in the public tender bidding processes and guidelines.

We will help your organization file a winning bid documents, including tender document drafting and tender advisory services. We also handle claims and disputes related to procurement bids.

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING

Our firm can provide valuable legal services for your construction and engineering projects from start to finish. Whatever your project may be, we are here to assist you every step of the way, including bid documents, construction contracts, financing, project management agreements, license agreements, claims, disputes, technology supply, environmental approvals and more!

Our construction and engineering lawyers offer practical and skilled legal advice based on substantial industry knowledge to get your project started and keep it on track until the close-out.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Environmental regulations, health and safety requirements have become a hot topic in today’s reality, greatly influencing the way businesses operate. Our lawyers can advise you on a wide scope of issues related to environmental law, including regulatory counseling, sustainability initiatives, environmental management systems, and natural resources damages.

Our firm has the legal knowledge to help you navigate the complexities of environmental law and to identify the requirements necessary for your business to maintain compliance. We also offer litigation services for individuals and companies in lawsuits relating to environmental law.

 

REAL ESTATE

Our real estate practice offers comprehensive legal services across a full range of transactions, including commercial and private sales and acquisitions; investment and financing; real estate projects and developments; leasing and management; land planning and zoning, among others. We have an extensive knowledge of every kind of real estate matter, which allows us to facilitate real estate transactions with ease and confidence.

CORPORATE LAW

Our firm provides a wide range of corporate and business legal services to both publicly held and private organizations. Our corporate practice covers areas, such as company law, corporate governance, crisis management and corporate compliance. Our firm can help you establish and run your enterprise or help you restructure operations in an already existing company. Our lawyers have extensive experience in the areas of corporate law; in fact, Eristavi & Partners is one of the pioneers on the market with respect to offering services in areas of corporate governance and crisis management in Georgia in accordance with the international best practices

INSURANCE

Eristavi & Partners brings an extensive experience in insurance matters to resolve any type of complex issue in this area. We offer a broad range of regulatory advice with respect to insurance policies, procedures and transactions.

Our lawyers have a deep knowledge of the insurance systems to help you prevent or resolve any insurance dispute. We represent both individuals and companies in insurance claims and other matters.

TAX

Tax Law is one of the most complex areas of Georgian law. We have unrivaled expertise in tax law of Georgia and are fluent in taxation policies. This enables us to confidently and effectively help you with all types of tax law related matters, from taxation practices to tax planning to tax dispute resolution. Our firm’s statistics of successfully handled tax dispute cases speak for themselves and demonstrate that Eristavi & Partners is one of the most successful law firms in defending clients’ interests before the Dispute Resolution Council at the Ministry of Finance and Revenues Service of Georgia as well as in courts.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Our firm will advise you on the most appropriate dispute resolution option, whether it may be litigation, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution methods. We will offer you the best strategy to handle your dispute while minimizing cost and risk.

Our attorneys are litigators with proven track records and excellent trial skills who will handle the complexities of your dispute cases with confidence and proficiency. When individuals and organizations wish to resolve conflicts out of court, our attorneys deliver efficient and effective settlemets that satisfy both parties through arbitration.

Our firm also offers international arbitration services for parties involved in multi-national disputes.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Our intellectual property practice is based on a strategic approach to protecting your innovations and helping you reach your business objectives.

Our lawyers have the insight and the capabilities to successfully manage your intellectual property rights and handle even the most sophisticated IP disputes. Our work includes areas such as copyright, trademarks, licensing, patents, and more.

 

TRANSPORTATION

Eristavi & Partners offers comprehensive legal services in all areas of transportation, including maritime, automotive, aviation and rail.

We represent individuals and companies, both privately and publically held, as well as government agencies in all matters relating to transportation, including vessel documentation, international trade, maritime law, trade treaties, transportation regulations, logistics and supply chain issues, port development, insurance coverage, transportation safety, and hazardous materials transport.

 

EMPLOYMENT

In today’s workplace marketplace, employment related issues have become more complex and significant. At Eristavi & Partners , we are well prepared to handle all aspects of employment law, including labor law, remuneration structuring, benefits and compensation issues, employment standards, labor rights.

We are well familiar with the local and international regulations and policies on employment law and will partner with you to assist you with the often challenging employment cases.

 

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Our firm represents a wide range of companies, public, private and governmental, across a broad spectrum of industries in Mergers & Acquisitions. Our vast experience in M&A allows us to help you seamlessly implement your corporate objectives, including joint ventures, tender offers, buying, selling, refinancing, public offerings, and much more.

We understand the volatility of the marketplace and anticipate the unexpected. We partner with you to maximize your benefits and to make the transitions smooth while minimizing risk to your operations and avoiding the unnecessary pitfalls.