Lekishvili Giorgi
Specialization: CriminalService area:
Phone: +995599616484 / +995598899944
Languages: Georgian, English, Russian
Email: lekishvili@criminallaw.ge
About Lawyer:
Attorney Giorgi Lekishvili is a member of the Georgian Bar Association and an experienced criminal defence lawyer based in Tbilisi, who has been practicing law since 2014. Giorgi Lekishvili provides legal services to clients throughout the entire territory of Georgia, although his professional practice is primarily based in the city of Tbilisi. He has acquired professional experience within both the judicial and prosecution systems, as well as in private legal practice, enabling him to conduct comprehensive and in-depth analyses of criminal cases. Drawing upon the practical experience gained across various legal institutions, Giorgi Lekishvili evaluates each case from multiple legal perspectives, develops a tailored legal strategy, and ensures the effective protection of his clients’ interests at every stage of criminal proceedings, including proceedings involving juvenile justice. Throughout various stages of his professional career, Giorgi Lekishvili held positions at the Isani-Samgori District Prosecutor’s Office of Tbilisi, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia, the General Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Central Criminal Police Department, and the Department of Procedural Supervision of Investigations of the Patrol Police Department. He also served in the Department of Procedural Supervision of Investigations Conducted by the Bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Giorgi Lekishvili has also served on the Tbilisi Committee for the Protection of Lawyers’ Professional Rights and the Criminal Law Committee of the Georgian Bar Association. Furthermore, he served as the Head of the Legal Clinic at Sokhumi State University, where he was engaged in academic activities. Giorgi Lekishvili has participated in numerous professional programmes and training courses organised by the U.S. Embassy, the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, and other organisations. These programmes covered a broad range of subjects, including jury trial advocacy skills; the investigation of violent crimes (including domestic violence, homicide, and offences involving bodily injury); the investigation of cybercrime and economic crime; modern methods of criminal investigation; covert investigative measures (including telephone interception and surveillance); European standards on human rights, the right to a fair trial, and preventive measures; asset forfeiture (including the seizure and restraint of property obtained through criminal activity); international legal cooperation; contemporary investigative practices; professional skills development; legal ethics; and other current legal issues. Giorgi Lekishvili provides legal representation in all categories of criminal cases provided for by the Criminal Code of Georgia, including offences against life and health, property, human liberty, public order and public safety; economic and business-related offences (commonly referred to as white-collar crime); official and corruption-related offences; offences involving the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs; traffic-related offences involving violations of transport safety regulations; cybercrime; and all other categories of criminal offences defined under Georgian criminal law. As a criminal defence lawyer practicing in Tbilisi and throughout Georgia, Giorgi Lekishvili protects his clients’ interests at every stage of criminal proceedings, including arrest, the bringing of charges, preventive measure hearings, pre-trial hearings, trial on the merits, and appellate proceedings. Drawing upon the experience gained from hundreds of criminal investigations and court proceedings throughout his professional career, Giorgi Lekishvili conducts a thorough examination of case files and prosecution evidence, identifies legal and factual inconsistencies, locates and analyses exculpatory and mitigating evidence significant to the defence, prepares strategies for witness interviews, direct examinations, and cross-examinations, and develops a defence strategy tailored to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each case, with the aim of providing the client with the best possible criminal defence representation and legal assistance. His extensive professional background has enabled Giorgi Lekishvili to establish himself as a highly skilled and accomplished criminal defence lawyer. Where necessary, Giorgi Lekishvili conducts independent defence investigations at a highly professional level. As part of this process, he analyses legally and factually complex forensic expert reports and, where appropriate and legally feasible, arranges for independent forensic examinations and secures alternative expert opinions to support the defence. Giorgi Lekishvili possesses extensive legal expertise and practical experience in assisting clients with the lawful acquisition of evidence in accordance with applicable legislation. This includes obtaining, analysing, and presenting before the court CCTV footage from public places, streets, and private premises; records of incoming and outgoing telephone calls; text messages (SMS); voice and telephone call recordings; other audio and video recordings; location data (including data relating to the telecommunications cell towers servicing telephone calls); and internet traffic and usage data, where such evidence may be lawfully obtained and is relevant to the case. Giorgi Lekishvili participates in all types of investigative and procedural actions, including interviews, interrogations, seizures, searches, and procedural actions related to the appointment and conduct of forensic examinations (including the collection of evidentiary samples and the freezing/seizure of property). He also provides legal representation and ensures the protection of the rights and interests of witnesses and victims throughout criminal proceedings. He provides companies with criminal compliance assessments, conducts internal corporate investigations, develops criminal risk prevention and compliance mechanisms, and performs Criminal Due Diligence reviews. In addition, he prepares legal opinions on complex, unconventional, and rare issues of criminal law for both individuals and legal entities. Giorgi Lekishvili also represents the interests of Georgian and foreign individuals and legal entities in criminal proceedings conducted in Georgia, as well as in legal matters involving international wanted notices (Interpol), extradition, international cooperation in criminal matters, and proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. Throughout his professional career, Giorgi Lekishvili has been involved in numerous legally complex, multi-episode, high-profile, and high-public-interest criminal cases. In his professional legal practice, Giorgi Lekishvili develops an effective legal strategy for each case by conducting comprehensive legal risk assessments, analysing the psychological aspects of human behaviour, and carrying out thorough research and analysis of unconventional legal issues, rare categories of legal disputes, evidence, and all other relevant factual circumstances of the case. Giorgi Lekishvili also represents clients in plea agreement negotiations, the reopening of criminal proceedings based on newly discovered circumstances, as well as legal proceedings relating to the execution of criminal sentences, parole (early conditional release), amnesty, presidential pardon (clemency), and the expungement of criminal records. Giorgi Lekishvili represents his clients before investigative authorities, the Prosecutor’s Office, and courts of all instances. He has the professional experience, as well as the legal and practical capacity, to protect and represent clients’ interests before the Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia (Court of Cassation), including jury trial courts, and the Constitutional Court of Georgia. Throughout his legal career, Giorgi Lekishvili has led various law firms. After accumulating more than ten years of professional experience, he founded the law firm “Lekishvili & Patieshvili – Criminal Defence Lawyers”, which, like Giorgi Lekishvili himself, remained exclusively focused on the practice of criminal law for many years. In response to increasing client demand generated by the high-quality legal services provided over many years in the field of criminal law, Giorgi Lekishvili expanded the firm by bringing together highly qualified lawyers specialising in civil, administrative, and international law. The law firm “Lekishvili & Patieshvili – Civil and Criminal Lawyers” has established a unified professional standard of high-quality legal services across all areas of law. As a result, the firm currently provides highly professional legal representation and advisory services to both resident and non-resident individual and corporate clients. Within the scope of civil law services, through the law firm founded by Giorgi Lekishvili, clients have access to legal representation and advisory services in the fields of civil law, administrative law, immigration law, construction law, tax law, bankruptcy law, labour law, real estate law, intellectual property and information technology law, personal data protection, company registration, banking law, contract drafting and legal analysis, legal services relating to residence permits, crypto-asset licensing and regulation, aviation law, representation in arbitration proceedings, Due Diligence, AML/CFT compliance, and all other areas of legal practice. Additional information regarding Giorgi Lekishvili’s professional experience, areas of practice, legal expertise, legal services provided in the fields of criminal law, civil law, administrative law, and international law, as well as his legal articles and publications, is available on the following websites: https://criminallaw.ge and https://civillaw.ge.
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