Paata Shavadze

About the lawyer

A Batumi-based lawyer and Doctor of Law, Paata Shavadze has handled criminal, civil and administrative cases since 2005. The licence covers the general specialisation, with additional specialisations in juvenile justice and children's rights. The practice includes criminal cases that ended in acquittal, among them charges of serious and particularly serious crimes. In civil and administrative disputes, too, Shavadze defends clients whose rights have been violated.

Shavadze currently heads the law firm General Partnership “Paata Shavadze and Partners”. As Director General, the lawyer also leads the Batumi Law Academy (named after Academician Ivane Javakhishvili) and the Tinatin Tsereteli National Centre of Criminal Law, and since 2006 has chaired the Anti-Corruption Chamber of Georgia. Shavadze runs the legal departments of several companies, including the newspaper “Ajara PS”, and since 2019 has also been its First Deputy Director General.

Within the Georgian Bar Association, Shavadze previously co-chaired the committee on administrative and tax matters and now heads the Adjara regional committee on criminal law.

The academic side of the career is tied to the Bagrat Kurapalati Batumi State Institute of Law: vice-rector in 1992-1994, then rector and head of several departments. In 1997 Shavadze defended a candidate's dissertation at Tbilisi State University on the codification of legislation on administrative offences. A professor, Shavadze is the author or co-author of more than 30 textbooks, monographs and research articles. In 2019 the honorary title “Persona-2019” was awarded for contribution to the development of the civil sector, and Shavadze has also been named an Honorary Citizen of Batumi. Languages besides Georgian: Russian, English, German and Turkish.

Typical cases

• Criminal defence
• Charges of serious crimes
• Civil disputes
• Administrative disputes
• Juvenile justice
• Legal services for companies
• Anti-corruption matters

Education and qualifications

Georgian Bar Association register: general practice (all fields)
Additional specialization: juvenile justice; children's rights (civil cases)

1997 - Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law, Candidate of Legal Sciences (problems of codifying legislation on administrative offences)
Doctor of Law, professor
Additional specialisation - juvenile justice