Nata Ghibradze
Senior AssociateMunich
Email nata.ghibradze@hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 89 290 12 161
LanguagesEnglish, Georgian, German, Russian
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Nata Ghibradze specializes in International Arbitration, with particular focus on disputes in Eastern Europe and the CIS region. She mainly advises clients in the energy (oil, gas, renewables), construction, infrastructure and engineering industry. She has experience in handling arbitrations under the major sets of arbitration rules (ICC, UNCITRAL, DIS and DIA rules) seated in various jurisdictions.
Before Hogan Lovells, Nata worked at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, where she was part of the Department of State Representation to International Courts and at the Department of Legal Affairs of the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia. She also practiced at an eminent Georgian law firm in Tbilisi. Nata studied law in Germany as well as in Georgia. Nata regularly speaks and publishes on current issues regarding International Arbitration.
Education and admissions
Education
Master of Law and Business, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, 2014
LL.B., Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 2011
Memberships
Member of the Supervisory Board, Arbitration Initiative Georgia (AIG)
Executive Committee Member, Russian CIS Arbitration Network (RCAN)
Georgian Bar Association
ArbitralWomen
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum YAF
Young ICCA
DIS40
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
Bar admissions and qualifications
Georgia
Representative experience
Acting for a state owned entity in an arbitration case in the oil and gas sector.
Acting for a multinational corporation in several arbitration proceedings concerning supply contracts in the maritime sector.
Acting for a multinational corporation on competition law matters before Georgian courts (Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Constitutional Court).
Acting for a U.S. automotive supplier in an M&A arbitration.*
Acting for a Dutch company in a post-M&A arbitration.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
