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Dentons continues to support the community in Georgia

In line with Dentons' global commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the community, in 2022, Dentons' Tbilisi office continued providing pro bono legal advice to non-profit organizations, with 83 percent of the lawyers in Georgia actively participating in the pro bono program. The Firm also continues to support educational initiatives for the next generation of lawyers.

Otar Kipshidze, Georgia Managing Partner at Dentons, noted: "We are proud to continue our tradition of providing pro bono legal advice on a range of significant social issues from environmental protection to fundamental human rights and freedoms. Our team is a leader in Europe in terms of participation in pro bono work."

Pro bono legal advice

Dentons’ team in Tbilisi has provided pro bono support to global and local NGOs which are active in social and environmental issues, education, gender equality, healthcare, economic development and legal reforms.

We are providing following pro bono advice to clients focusing on different aspects of community problems:

Corporate and regulatory issues related to commencement of activities in Georgia:

• Mayhew International, an animal welfare organization.
• PILnet, a global non-profit organization with high quality legal services to protect vulnerable people and communities around the world.
• International Women in Photo, a French non-profit aiming to create global change in terms of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Research and compliance reports related to social, economic and environmental impact on community, as well as humanitarian issues caused by the war in Ukraine:

• UN Women, UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
• Energy Charter Secretariat, an inter-governmental organization working on energy security issues.
• PILnet, a global non-profit organization with high quality legal services to protect vulnerable people and communities around the world, including refugees from Ukraine.

Support of legal education

Dentons continues to support and mentor the next generation of lawyers. In February 2023, Dentons supported the 12th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot, organized by Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG) and the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Dentons associate Lela Basilaia served as an arbitrator - hearing the pleadings of teams from Tbilisi State University, Freiburg University, University of Bonn, and Free University of Tbilisi.

"It was a privilege to be part of the distinguished arbitration tribunal, which included esteemed professionals from different local and international organizations," Lela Basilaia commented. "Vis pre-moot is an exciting opportunity for lawyers and law students to practice against each other in conditions that replicate the official rounds of the main competition in Vienna, Austria. Pre-moots give students the opportunity to improve their skills in advocacy and arbitration."

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