Irakli Pipia was appointed Head of the Tbilisi office in November 2024. He is responsible for the development and delivery of services provided by the local office, including accounting outsourcing, finance, tax and legal consulting, compliance, interim management, and business setup.
Before joining SCHNEIDER GROUP, Irakli served as a Senior Associate at Dentons Georgia for more than seven years managing corporate, commercial, and real estate matters. Prior to that, he worked as an Associate at DLA Piper Georgia for almost ten years.
His experience includes the acquisition and transfer of rights to land plots and buildings, leasing office premises, and registering rights to immovable and movable property (including the lease and registration of civil aircraft). He conducted pre-acquisition due diligence, secured various licenses and permits, and represented clients in establishing and liquidating subsidiaries and representative offices of foreign companies in Georgia. Irakli has extensive experience concerning corporate documentation for international clients seeking to establish their presence in Georgia. He advised clients ranging from local companies to some of the world’s largest multinational corporations on a wide range of legal matters.
Irakli is recognized as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR 1000 (2024) and as a Rising Star in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, as well as Real Estate and Construction, by Legal 500 EMEA 2019 - 2024.
He graduated from Tbilisi State University with a specialization in law and holds an LLM from Central European University (Hungary). Irakli speaks Georgian, English, and Russian.