Attorney at Law · Tbilisi, Georgia
Business and corporate lawyer in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Straightforward legal counsel for companies and founders: USPTO trademark registrations, Pre-Seed and Series A funding and investor relations, residence and work permits, and corporate and business matters.
Aleksandre Kharatishvili is a dual-qualified attorney, admitted to practise in New York and in Georgia.
He was a Senior Associate at PwC Georgia’s legal practice and an Associate at a Legal 500-ranked firm, and holds an LL.M. from Loyola University New Orleans, summa cum laude, as a Fulbright Scholar.
He acts for clients in the United States, Europe, and the UAE, and for the companies they run in Georgia. As a New York attorney he also files their trademarks with the USPTO, which a business outside the United States cannot do without US counsel. He advises founders through Pre-Seed and Series A rounds and on investor relations. Clients get big-firm training with the responsiveness of a boutique practice.
- Admissions
- New York State Bar, admitted 2026
- Georgian Bar Association, admitted 2023
- Professional Experience
- Senior Associate at PwC Georgia’s legal practice
- US trademark practice at Raphael Bellum PLLC, Washington, D.C., as an Edmund S. Muskie Fellow
- Associate at a Legal 500-ranked law firm
- Assisted in the preparation of a $200 million ICSID arbitration case
- Represented a gambling operator in a $300 million IP case
- Represented one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in a price-fixing case, challenging a GEL 20 million fine
- Advised a major bank on a mass redundancy
- Structured several M&A transactions
- Assisted in filing trademark applications to the USPTO and conducted clearance searches
- Defended a trademark registration in cancellation proceedings before the TTAB
- Education
- LL.M., Loyola University New Orleans, summa cum laude
- Fulbright Scholar
- Edmund S. Muskie Professional Fellow
- Languages
- Georgian, English, German, Russian
Focused practice areas for businesses and founders.
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Trademark registration at the USPTO, clearance searches, Office Action responses, and TTAB proceedings, plus Georgian and international filings.
Trademarks & IP -
Residence permits, work authorisation, visas, renewals, and refusals, for individuals and for the companies that employ them.
Immigration & residency -
Formation, governance, shareholder arrangements, and day-to-day counsel for growing businesses.
Business & corporate law -
Consulting for founders raising Pre-Seed and Series A rounds, and on investor relations once the money is in.
Funding & Investor Relations -
Day-to-day legal support for trade, transactions, and operations.
Commercial Law -
Agreements negotiated and drafted to protect your interests, in Georgian and English.
Contracts -
Employment contracts, terminations, redundancies, workplace compliance, and disputes.
Labour & employment law
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