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Rusudan Gergauli
Partner
Rusudan Gergauli
VCard
[email protected]
Education
  • MIDS LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement, University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute
  • Masters of Laws, International Law, Specialization in International Trade, Investment and Commercial Law, University of Oslo
  • Bachelors of Laws, Tbilisi State University
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • Georgian
Specialisation

Rusudan Gergauli is a partner at Fortior specialising in international dispute resolution and arbitration, with particular expertise in shipping, commodities, commercial, and financial disputes. She advises clients on joint ventures, shareholder agreements, trade finance, cross-border transactions, and sanctions compliance, and regularly acts in complex arbitrations and related court proceedings.

Selected Experience:

1. LCIA arbitrations and related High Court proceedings in London concerning enforcement of credit facilities and the takeover of a grain terminal in Odesa
2. LCIA dispute against Bank GPB International S.A., involving allegations of conspiracy, conflicts of interest, and fraud
3. Arbitration against a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company concerning a revolving sales agreement for crude oil
4. LCIA arbitrations over coal sales contracts and debt enforcement
5. Parallel arbitrations on the purchase of hydropurified gasoil, resolved through settlement
6. Cross-border investments by Middle Eastern investors in Georgian businesses and real estate
7. FIDIC construction dispute for a Georgian road construction company against a contractor

Rusudan has been admitted to practice in Georgia since 2011. She is a Board Member of the Georgian Arbitration Association and previously served on the Advisory Board of the Caspian Arbitration Society.

International Trade Swiss Litigation English Litigation Georgian Litigation Corporate and M&A Investment Arbitration
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Publications

01.08.2024 Appointment of Interim Receivers under English Law

Appointment of Interim Receivers under English Law

In our latest article, we examine the appointment of interim receivers under English law, the third in our series on interim measures against debtors seeking to evade their obligations. English Courts can appoint interim receivers to support insolvency proceedings or arbitration/litigation, protecting the debtor’s property pending a substantive hearing. We outline the statutory basis for these appointments and provide case examples. Read more on this matter here. Learn more
26.07.2024 Appointment of Provisional Liquidators under English Law

Appointment of Provisional Liquidators under English Law

In our latest article, we examine one of the interim measures available under English law to protect unpaid creditors: appointment of a provisional liquidator. This emergency measure can remove the powers of a company's directors, transferring control to a court-appointed provisional liquidator to prevent asset dissipation and investigate the company's activities. Such orders can be issued urgently and without notice to the respondent company. Explore the statutory basis, conditions and case law examples of appointment of provisional liquidators in our article here. Learn more
25.03.2022 Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents the successful respondents in the High Court in London against Bank GPB International S.A., a subsidiary of Moscow’s Gazprombank, in the Bank’s application for summary judgment. Judgment was handed down by Mrs Justice Moulder on 24 March 2022 in the case Integral Petroleum S.A. & Ors v Dun & Ors [2022] EWHC 659 (Comm). Learn more
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