The 10 firms ranked here come from 24 Tbilisi law firms whose corporate practice we checked on their own sites, and the list serves companies and investors facing an acquisition, joint venture, financing or restructuring in Georgia. The order draws on 2026 positions in Chambers and The Legal 500, together with the deals and clients each firm names, team size and partner count, practices beside corporate law, offices outside Tbilisi and working languages. Number 1 is chosen on the comparison as a whole, numbers 2 to 4 point to a specific type of mandate, and the rest are set out by rank. How we rank
01Best overall
02Best for multinationals investing in Georgia
03Best for companies with business in Batumi
04Best for combined legal and tax work
05+Ranked in order
Rank 0101
Dentons Georgia
Best overall
Tbilisi office of Dentons, covering corporate, banking and finance, energy, infrastructure and disputes.
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Why it ranks here
Band 1 for General Business Law in Chambers Global 2026, a table it has been ranked in for 20 years
Tier 1 for commercial, corporate and M&A work in Legal 500 EMEA 2026
The Tbilisi office opened in 2017 with a team whose history goes back to 1996
Partner Avto Svanidze has acted on Georgian M&A deals in banking and telecoms and was previously a partner at DLA Piper Georgia
Practices beyond corporate work include banking and finance, energy, IP, and infrastructure and PPP projects
Managing Partner Otar Kipshidze leads the firm's dispute resolution practice in Georgia
Rank 0202
BGI Legal
Best for multinationals investing in Georgia
Independent full-service Georgian law firm whose published clients include Apple, Google and the EBRD.
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Why it ranks here
Top band in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2026, with 20 years in the Europe table, and top tier in Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Its client list names Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs, BP, Boeing, Carlsberg and Deutsche Bank
Structures joint ventures with private and public partners, from the choice of vehicle and charter to due diligence on local partners
Registers representative offices of foreign companies as well as new Georgian companies
Founding partner Zaza Bibilashvili is in his fourth term on the ICC Georgia board
Rank 0303
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BLC Law Office
Best for companies with business in Batumi
Georgian law firm founded in 2000, with its head office in Tbilisi and branches in Batumi and Tashkent.
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Why it ranks here
Band 1 in Chambers Global 2026 after 20 years in the table, and Tier 1 in Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Founded by lawyers educated in Georgia and the United States, it marked 25 years of practice in 2025
Runs its own Batumi branch on Memed Abashidze Street, with correspondents in the CIS and Turkey
Has 27 people on the team, among them 2 managing partners and 5 partners
Has worked alongside Slaughter and May, Baker McKenzie and White & Case, and on government privatisations
Corporate transactions sit next to banking and finance, tax, real estate and energy as core practices
Rank 0404
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Andersen in Georgia
Best for combined legal and tax work
Georgian member of Andersen Global, with corporate lawyers working alongside an in-house tax practice.
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Why it ranks here
Tier 1 for commercial, corporate and M&A in Legal 500 EMEA 2026 and Band 2 in Chambers Global 2026
Contributed the Georgia M&A comparative guide published by Legal 500 on 8 April 2026
Corporate work covers forming, merging, dividing and liquidating companies, legal and tax due diligence and management share option schemes
Tax advice sits in the same group, with Andersen Tax LLC among its three Georgian member firms
Offices in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi, plus China, German and Middle East desks
Rank 0505
Gvinadze & Partners
Tbilisi business law firm relaunched in 2010, practising corporate, energy, banking, tax and dispute work.
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Lead Georgian legal counsel on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, South Caucasus and Baku-Supsa pipeline projects
Clients include the EBRD, IFC, World Bank, Marriott International, IKEA, Robert Bosch and Mastercard
Managing Partner Nick Gvinadze headed Ernst & Young's legal practice in Georgia and spent 9 years on the ICC International Court of Arbitration
Counsel Irina Aleksidze heads a German desk, and the 15 listed lawyers work across Georgian, English, Russian, German and French
Band 2 in Chambers Europe 2026 with 14 years in the table, and Tier 2 in Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Rank 0606
Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners
Full-service Tbilisi firm founded in 2005, with corporate, tax, capital markets and competition teams.
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Band 2 in Chambers Europe 2026, ranked there for 13 years, and Tier 2 in Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Its lawyers wrote the Chambers overview of general business law in Georgia
Partner Eprem Urumashvili was Deputy CFO of Bank of Georgia, and partner Alexander Sukhishvili headed legal expertise at the Ministry of Finance tax department
Corporate and M&A work runs from due diligence and share purchase agreements to antitrust clearance and corporate disputes in court or arbitration
Partner Vakhtang Gamtsemlidze headed legal, external affairs and security at British American Tobacco across eight Caucasus and Central Asia markets
Ranks 07 to 10
Rank 0707
BLB (Business Legal Bureau)
Tbilisi law firm practising since 1995, handling M&A, financing and insolvency for local and foreign clients.
Corporate governance · Real estate and construction · Insolvency · IT and crypto
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Corporate lawyer fees in Tbilisi
Each of the ten firms above quotes a matter individually. On top of the legal fee, the standard NAPR fee to register an LLC, or to record a change such as a reorganisation or liquidation, is 200 GEL and takes one working day, and same-day registration doubles it to 400 GEL.
Types of corporate law firm in Tbilisi
Two firms on this list belong to global networks. Dentons Georgia is the Tbilisi office of Dentons, and Andersen in Georgia is a member of Andersen Global with its own tax practice and offices in Batumi and Kutaisi.
Five are independent Georgian firms ranked in both Chambers Global 2026 and Legal 500 EMEA 2026: BGI Legal; BLC Law Office; Gvinadze & Partners; Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners; and BLB.
The other three appear in one of the two directories and work in narrower areas. J&T Consulting takes business work only and runs a securities practice, LPA Law Firm handles bond issues and company changes by power of attorney, and GLCC Law Firm advises real estate and construction companies and hospitals.
What to check before hiring a corporate lawyer
Who runs your matter. Ask which partner leads the work and who drafts the documents day to day.
How the fee is set. Ask whether the quote is hourly, fixed or a monthly retainer.
The registry status of a company you are buying. Companies registered before 1 January 2022 had to bring their registry data into line with the Law on Entrepreneurs by 1 April 2026. A company that missed the deadline has its registration suspended, and NAPR stops issuing its registry extract.
Competition clearance for a merger or acquisition. A deal must be notified when the parties’ Georgian turnover passes the threshold in the Competition Agency’s notification procedure. The review fee is 5,000 GEL, a first-phase decision comes within 25 working days of payment, an extended review can run up to 90 calendar days, and the deal cannot close until the Agency decides or the review period runs out.
Questions
What do corporate lawyers in Tbilisi charge?
Dentons Georgia, BGI Legal, BLC Law Office and the other firms on this list quote each matter individually, so ask for a written quote that states whether 18% VAT is included. State fees come on top. The National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) charges 200 GEL to register an LLC, or to record a change such as a reorganisation or liquidation, in one working day, and 400 GEL for registration on the same day.
Can a Tbilisi law firm set up or change my company while I am abroad?
Yes. LPA Law Firm handles company formation, share transfers, capital changes, reorganisation and liquidation under a power of attorney, so the owner does not need to be in Georgia. The same arrangement covers shareholder and joint venture agreements and the management of dormant companies.
Is there a minimum share capital for an LLC in Georgia?
No. Under Article 134 of the Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs, whose main articles took effect on 1 January 2022, a limited liability company may have subscribed capital but no minimum amount is set. Registering an LLC with the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) takes one working day for a 200 GEL fee, and same-day registration costs 400 GEL.
How long does it take to liquidate a company in Georgia?
The Law on Entrepreneurs gives a company four months from the registration of the start of its liquidation to complete it (Article 88). Where the company's tax audit period has been extended, the deadline becomes one month after the registering authority learns that the audit has finished.
Does a Georgian company pay tax on profit it keeps?
Usually not. Georgia taxes company profit at 15% only when it leaves the business, as distributed profit, non-business expenses, free supplies or representation costs above the limit (Tax Code Articles 97 and 98). Lenders are the exception, and banks, credit unions, microfinance organisations and other loan providers owe 20% on annual profit. A 5% tax is withheld from dividends to individuals and non-resident companies, and VAT registration becomes compulsory once taxable supplies pass 100,000 GEL within 12 consecutive months.
How do I check that a lawyer in Georgia is licensed?
Advocates in Georgia must be members of the Georgian Bar Association, which keeps registries of its members and of law firms on gba.ge. Under Article 10 of the Law on Lawyers, a lawyer must be a Georgian citizen with a higher legal education who has passed the Bar qualification exam (or the judges' or prosecutors' exam) and a one-year professional adaptation programme.
