Moris Gigauri

Biography

Moris Gigauri is a lawyer whose academic and professional path is distinguished by continuous progress in the legal field. From 2017 to 2021, he completed his Bachelor’s degree with honors at the Faculty of Law of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. From 2021 to 2023, he obtained a Master's degree in Private (Business) Law with honors from the same university. In 2024-2025, Moris successfully completed an online specialization course for lawyers at the University of Münster (Germany), focusing on European Information Technology Law. Moris has passed the following professional examinations: * Bar Qualification Exam (General Specialization); * Certification program for aspiring mediators, covering both theoretical knowledge and practical skills assessment. His career experience encompasses work in both the private and public sectors. Since 2022, Moris has been employed as a Lawyer at BDO Legal (BDO Georgia), providing legal services to local and international companies. Since 2023, he has been collaborating with the Training Center of Justice of Georgia, conducting trainings, lectures, and seminars in various fields of law. Moris's practical experience includes legal business support, registration of business entities, drafting legal documents, and managing real estate transactions. However, his strongest expertise lies in Immigration Law, with four years of experience and over 1,000 successfully processed immigration cases.

Moris Gigauri is an energetic, communicative, and result-oriented lawyer who views law as the structural pillar of trust, freedom, and opportunity between people. His professional approach is grounded in the belief that a lawyer's main purpose is not merely to uphold the existing order, but to create a legal environment where everyone—especially foreigners wishing to start a new life in Georgia—feels protected, well-informed, and supported. Immigration law is the field of his professional passion. Moris is drawn to the human side of this practice area: interacting with representatives of different cultures, listening to their stories, and discovering new perspectives. For him, every new case is not just a legal task, but a collaboration built on trust. This is why he is often referred to as the "Immigration Law Guru": he meticulously executes every stage, prepares documentation with maximum precision, and takes great pleasure in seeing the results of his labor—when a beneficiary receives that SMS notification regarding a positive decision. For Moris, practicing law is a synthesis of hard work and humanity: a profession that serves as both a challenge and a source of enjoyment.

Focus Areas

• • Corporate & Business Law
• • Contract Drafting & Negotiations
• • Immigration Law
• • Company Registration & Commercial Documentation
• • Real Estate Transactions
• • Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Law
• • Legal Education & Training
• • IT & European Digital Law

• • Provided full-cycle legal support to international and Georgian businesses, including corporate structuring and contract negotiations.
• • Managed and prepared 1,000+ immigration cases involving residence permits, work permits, and investment-based procedures.
• • Assisted foreign nationals with company formation, tax-residency planning, and legal compliance in Georgia.
• • Drafted and negotiated real estate purchase, sale, and long-term lease agreements.
• • Designed and implemented educational and civic engagement projects under the European Initiators Association.

As a certified Trainer of Trainers (ToT) by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, I design and deliver legal trainings, workshops, and educational sessions for: • Students • School educators • Public and private sector representatives • Mixed focus groups My teaching areas include: • Human rights and anti-discrimination law • Citizenship, migration, and residence regulations • Legal responsibilities of educators • Corporate and business law basics • Practical legal skills and accessible legal education In addition, I have multi-year experience in creating simplified legal content for a broad audience — particularly in immigration, business formation, and practical legal compliance topics.