Mr. Beridze is a Managing Partner and a lead counsel at
McGill. His areas of practice focus but are not limited to, transport,
commercial and procurement law issues. He has over 15 years of experience
working with government, international and private organizations, such as
USAID, the World Bank, GIZ, the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Georgia, the National Transport Regulatory Commission and Poti Sea Port,
among others.
Mr. Beridze has been a key figure in carrying out
multi-million-dollar projects, such as the USAID Georgia Business Climate
Reform project and EU-funded transport management projects, as well as
development of significant legislative reforms, which includes the Law on
Pharmaceuticals, Public Procurement, Tax and Customs Codes, the Law on
Registration of Rights in Immovable Property, and the Global Financial
Initiative. He’s been directly involved in introduction of electronic systems
for registration of property and rights in property, as well as Electronic
Government Procurement System.
As key expert to a number of various EU-funded projects in
the field of transportation, contributed to alignment of Georgian legislation
with that of the EU. Has done short-term consultancy work for GEPLAC, USAID,
GIZ. He has served as an evaluator of USAID Public Administration Reform
Project. Mr. Beridze has participated in international professional development
courses in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the UK, Canada, Japan, Greece and
Egypt, and today is one of the few legal experts on the subject of procurement
and maritime law in Georgia. Has been respondent to World Bank Doing Business
Survey Legal Rights since 2010 and contributor to World Justice Project Rule of
Law Index since 2015. He was named “Best Lawyer, Georgia” in Legal
Awards 2013 by World Finance (UK) and London Stock Exchange.
Mr. Beridze holds law degree with honors from I.
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (1993-1998) and Master’s Degree from
World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden (2000-2001).
Mr. Beridze is fluent in English and Russian, together with
his native Georgian.