Practice
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Dispute Resolution & Arbitration practice at Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners provides strategic legal solutions for resolving commercial conflicts efficiently and effectively. Our team represents clients in litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings across various industries. We focus on minimizing risks, preserving business relationships, and achieving favorable outcomes through negotiation, mediation, and adjudication.
What We Do:
Commercial Litigation: We represent businesses and individuals in complex commercial disputes, including contract breaches, shareholder disputes, regulatory enforcement actions, and corporate governance conflicts. Our litigation team handles cases in national and international courts, ensuring robust legal representation.
International & Domestic Arbitration: We specialize in arbitration proceedings under major arbitration institutions. Our team provides strategic counsel on arbitration agreements, case management, and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Mediation & Negotiation: We help clients resolve disputes amicably through mediation and negotiation, avoiding costly and time-consuming litigation. Our goal is to achieve fair settlements while preserving business relationships.
Investment & Treaty Arbitration: We represent investors and sovereign states in disputes arising from bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. Our expertise covers investor-state arbitration (ISDS), expropriation claims, and disputes related to foreign investments.
Enforcement of Judgments & Awards: We assist in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, ensuring compliance with international conventions such as the New York Convention.
Banking & Financial Disputes: We represent financial institutions, corporations, and investors in disputes involving loan agreements, securities fraud, debt recovery, and regulatory compliance issues.
Corporate & M&A Disputes: Our team handles disputes related to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and shareholder rights, ensuring that clients’ interests are protected throughout the resolution process.
Lasha Nodia is the founder and managing partner of Nodia, Urumashvili and Partners since 2005. Before founding the firm, he served as counsel and head of the legal department at JSC Bank Republic (1996-2005). Lasha Nodia, as the managing partner of Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners, leads a firm that is described as having a highly professional team. According to Legal 500, 2020, the firm provides comprehensive and practical solutions.
Some notable work includes acting for Ziraat Bank Azerbaijan in the drafting, negotiation, and execution of loan and security agreements. The firm has also advised Blue Orchard Microfinance Funds and Finca Bank Georgia JSC on loans provided by foreign financial institutions.
Areas of Practice
• Banking and Finance
• Commercial, Corporate, and M&A
• Insolvency and Restructuring
• Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate
Education
• The ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Central and Eastern Europe (2015)
• Tbilisi Institute of Law and Economy: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Law (2002)
Bar Admission and Memberships
• Member of the Georgian Bar Association
• Accredited mediator at CEDR
• Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
• Co-founder and Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Association of Arbitrators
• Chairman of the Legal Committee of Georgian Business Association
• Member of the Business Rehabilitation and Insolvency Practitioners Association
Languages
• Georgian
• English
• Russian
Maka Todua joined Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, she was the General Director of the Justice Development Center, a non-profit organization (2016-2017). Between 2012 and 2016, she worked as a Manager at the Tbilisi City Court. From 2005 to 2012, she served as an Assistant to the Judge at the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
During 2013-2017, Maka was a member of the “Social Court” project, where she coached and organized training sessions for working groups (pupils, students, and social organizations) in the framework of improving access to justice. In 2017-2018, she was an invited lecturer at several universities in Georgia, teaching subjects including General Part of Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law, Administrative Law, and Administrative Procedure Law to bachelor’s and master’s students.
Areas of Practice
• Dispute Resolution
Education
• Tbilisi State University: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Law (2004)
Bar Admission and Memberships
• Member of the Georgian Bar Association
• Member of the Georgian Association of Arbitrators
• Member of the Civil Committee of the Georgian Bar Association
Languages
• Georgian
• English
• Russian
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Ana Arabuli joined Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners in 2019. Prior to joining the firm, Ana worked as an assistant to a lawyer at Tbilisi Auction House LLC.
Areas of Practice:
• Corporate and M&A
Education:
• New Vision University – LLM in Comparative Private and International Law (2020)
• Free University of Tbilisi, School of Law – LLB (2018)
Bar Admission and Memberships:
• Member of the Georgian Bar Association
Languages:
• Georgian (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• Russian (Fluent)
