Levan advises clients on matters related to corporate law, tax & customs law, real estate & privatization law, labor and IP law matters. Levan handles legal aspects related to structuring complex local and cross-border business transactions, conducts corporate structuring and manages legal matters of joint enterprises acquiring international status and carrying out free trading activities in Free Industrial Zones, advices Duty Free operators on legal and tax matters. Levan participates in conduct of limited scope and comprehensive due diligence exercises and assists clients in deal closing. He is leading litigation & arbitration team in civil and administrative disputes.
Prior to joining the firm, Levan worked as an attorney and transactional lawyer since 2004, dealing with corporate, Intellectual Property, tax and real estate law matters. He has worked on numerous privatization and real estate acquisition projects, including energy projects.
Levan has successfully passed Civil Bar Exam and is a certified attorney in the field. Levan received Diploma in Law from the Law Faculty at Tbilisi State University. Levan is also a patent attorney certified by LEPL National Intellectual Property Center Sakpatenti. He has undergone extensive training course in Georgian customs and tax legislation and studies Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Univesity of Sheffield UK.
Levan is fluent in Georgian, English and Russian.