Ms. Gvantsa Elgendashvili is an Associate at SBC Legal, specializing in international business, corporate and Georgian private law. Prior to joining our law office, Gvantsa worked for national construction companies and State Security Service of Georgia, being in charge of drafting legal documents and international agreements, providing legal advice, analysis and interpretation of national, European and international law.

Ms. Gvantsa Elgendashvili holds LL.M. in International Business Law from Central European University based in Budapest, Hungary. Gvantsa is currently pursuing MA in Private law at Tbilisi State University. Ms. Elgendashvili also holds Bachelor’s degree in Law from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. During the course of her studies at Tbilisi State University, Gvantsa was selected as the Hermes Erasmus Mundus grantee and studied at Tallinn University, Estonia. Gvantsa also participated in the Study of the U.S. Institutes Program for Student Leaders that was held at Southern Illinois University (Illinois, US).

During the course of her studies, Gvantsa was actively involved in various international moot court competitions. She was representing Central European University in 25th Willem C. Vis. International Commercial Arbitration held in Vienna, Austria. Ms. Elgendashvili also represented Tbilisi State University in Telders International Law Moot court Competition where she ended up in the list of top five Respondents.

Ms. Elgendashvili is the author of various academic articles in the field of corporate law, law and economics and European Union law. Additionally, Gvantsa serves as the teaching assistant at Georgian-American University based in Tbilisi, Georgia and delivers the course on “Financial Institutions of the European Union and the Economic Relations with the Neighboring Counties.”

With native Georgian, Gvantsa is fluent in English and Russian and has intermediate knowledge of Turkish language.