Gvantsa Elgendashvili is a Senior Advisor at the Consulting Department of SBC Audit. Her main areas of specialization include international business transactions, corporate governance, capital markets, secured transactions and project finance. Gvantsa is an S.J.D. (PhD) Candidate in Law at Central European University (CEU) pursuing a doctoral program with dual accreditation in the U.S. and Austria. Her dissertation topic – Securitization of Intellectual Property Assets: In Search of Efficient Rules, touches upon three areas of law – capital markets law, secured transactions and intellectual property laws. Apart from the stated, her research interest also involves the European Union’s internal markets. Gvantsa is a recipient of the CEU Advanced Doctoral Award for her exceptional legal research. Ms. Elgendashvili is a holder of the Certificate of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Investment Foundations (2022).

Ms. Elgendashvili served as a Senior Associate at SBC Legal. She acquired extensive experience representing high-profile international and domestic clients in a broad range of multi-million transactions. Gvantsa also served as the Co-Partner and the Chief Legal Associate at SYNCHRONIUM®, a global innovation company employing blockchain technology that helps businesses to integrate digital assets and cryptographical tokens. Ms. Elgendashvili also worked as a lawyer for international construction companies.

In addition to her practical work, Gvantsa is actively involved in teaching various topics. She co-taught the courses – Capital Markets and Securities Regulation, Comparative Secured Transactions Law, and the Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance at Central European University (Vienna, Austria), designed and taught more than seven bachelor and master courses at Georgian-American University (Tbilisi, Georgia).

Gvantsa holds an LL.M degree in International Business Law from CEU and a Master’s degree in Private Law from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Ms. Elgendashvili is an author of various academic articles and works in the fields of corporate and secured transactions, corporate governance, and intellectual property laws.

In addition to her native Georgian, Gvantsa is fluent in English and Russian languages, and has an intermediate knowledge of Turkish and German languages.

Education

S.J.D. (PhD) in Law – Central European University (expected in 2024) (GPA 4.0/4.0)

LL.M. in International Business Law – Central European University (with honors) (2018)

Master’s Degree in Private Law – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (with distinction) (2019)

European Union and International Law (HERMES Erasmus Mundus Exchange) – Tallinn University (2015/2016)

Bachelor of Law – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (with distinction) (2016)

*Certificate of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Investment Foundations (2022)

Academic Articles

1. Elgendashvili, G. (2023). The Concept of Originality as Explored in Georgia. In: Gupta, I. (eds) Handbook on Originality in Copyright. Springer, Singapore.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1144-6_11-1
2. Elgendashvili G. (2023). A Note For the Need of Regulating Private Debt Collectors’ Activities in Georgia –Existing Regulatory Gap and Selected Comparative Approaches. Law and World.
3. Elgendashvili G. (2019). Director Non-Monetary Remuneration as an Internal Mechanism of Corporate Governance: Prospects of Application in Georgia, Tbilisi State University National Science Library.
4. Elgendashvili G. (2018). Economic Analysis of Deterrence Through Criminal Law. Georgian Law Journal Vol. 2. Issue 1.
5. Elgendashvili G. (2018). Ethical Considerations of Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Business Entities Have Positive Human Rights Obligations? The Activist.
6. Elgendashvili G. (2018). From the Dodge Case to Corporate Social Responsibility – The Rise of Benefit Corporations: Lessons to Georgia in Light of the U.S. Experience. Central European University ETD Collection.

Languages

Georgian
English
Russian