Pirate's Practice · Real Estate · Litigation · International

A practice run like a ship of the line — disciplined, far-faring, and answerable only to the people who sail under its colors.

Bar Admitted Real Estate Counsel 14 Jurisdictions
Charter the captain Read the log
Black Flag Counsel · No quarter to bad faith
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I · The Articles

The Pirate's Code.
Three articles. No exceptions.

I.

Hold the line.

Every promise kept, every deadline met. Reliability is not a feature of this practice — it is the keel beneath it. If your matter is on this desk, it sails on time.

— Article I · Reliability
II.

Answer for the ship.

Responsibility means the captain stands at the wheel when the weather turns. Your interests, your risks, your outcome — owned end to end, in writing, on the record.

— Article II · Responsibility
III.

Strike the colors for no one.

In chambers or in court, the case is argued the same way: prepared, exact, unbluffed. A favourable judgment is a flag worth flying, but never the price of a principle.

— Article III · Resolve
II · The Captain

A lawyer who keeps the watch
across three seas.

Bagrat Margveli
Plate №01 The Captain — Counsel at Law
— Master Mariner of the Bar

Bagrat Margveli

Attorney-at-Law · Real Estate Counsel · Litigator

A practising lawyer of admitted status, a member of the Bar, working across three continents for the families, founders and funds that buy, build and litigate over the buildings the rest of us live in.

The day-to-day is real estate — acquisitions, title, development, disputes — but the practice grew up in the courtroom, and that is where complicated matters tend to end up. Oral argument is not a chore here; it is the craft.

  • 2009Admitted to the BarBy Examination
  • 2012LL.M. — Real Property & Land UseLondon
  • 2015Cross-border Real Estate PracticeEU · CIS · MENA
  • 2019Lead Counsel, Cassation CourtCivil & Commercial
  • 2023Arbitration — ICC & LCIA PanelsInvestor / State
Interlude · The Vessel

A practice built like a ship.

Three masts, one helm. Real estate forward, litigation amidships, international counsel at the mizzen — all sailing under the same colours.

Frigate · Three Masts · Full Rig
— The Practice —
Pennant flying · No quarter to bad faith
III · The Decks

Where this ship sails.

/ 01

Real Estate & Land

From off-plan acquisition to title litigation. Sale and purchase, joint ventures, lease structures, zoning, mortgages and developer disputes — handled with the patience of a notary and the bite of a litigator.

AcquisitionsTitle & Due DiligenceDevelopmentLeasesDisputes
/ 02

Court Practice

An advocate's practice in the strict sense — written pleadings, oral argument, witness examination, appeals to the highest courts. Civil, commercial, and administrative matters, argued to verdict.

TrialAppealsCassationInjunctionsEnforcement
/ 03

International & Cross-Border

Counsel for clients whose property, contracts or families cross borders. Choice of law and forum, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, residency-by-investment, and arbitration before ICC and LCIA.

Cross-borderArbitrationEnforcementResidencyEstates
/ 04

Corporate & Contracts

Companies are vessels too. Formation, shareholders' agreements, M&A on real-estate-holding entities, joint ventures with foreign partners and the long, careful drafting that keeps a dispute from ever needing the courtroom.

FormationSHAM&AJVDrafting
IV · The Chart

Ports of call.
One practice, fourteen flags.

N 40° · E 49°
Baku
Home Port
N 51° · W 0°
London
Arbitration Seat
N 25° · E 55°
Dubai
Real Estate
N 41° · E 28°
Istanbul
Cross-Border
N 41° · E 44°
Tbilisi
Property & Title
N 55° · E 37°
Moscow
CIS Practice
N 50° · E 30°
Kyiv
Litigation
N 47° · E 19°
Budapest
Counsel
N 41° · E 12°
Rome
Estates
N 48° · E 2°
Paris
Counsel
N 52° · E 13°
Berlin
Investment
N 47° · E 8°
Zurich
Private Wealth
V · The Ledger

Sixteen years on watch.
Plotted in numbers.

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Years at the Bar

Continuous practice since admission. No interruption, no career pivot.

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Court Appearances

Oral argument across civil, commercial, administrative and cassation benches.

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Jurisdictions

Active matters or co-counsel relationships in fourteen national systems.

0bn $
Real Estate Advised

Aggregate transaction value across acquisitions, developments and disputes.

VI · The Crew

Word from the quarterdeck.

“
He took a title file three other firms had returned and, six months later, handed me a judgment and a key to the building. That is what I pay lawyers for.
M
M. Hashimov
Real Estate Developer · Baku
“
Calm in chambers, sharp on his feet, and the only counsel I have used whose written pleading reads exactly like his oral argument. Rare combination.
A
A. Whitfield, QC
Co-Counsel · London
“
He treats a family home and a half-billion-dirham tower with the same care. That tells you everything you need to know about who is steering the ship.
S
S. Al-Mansouri
Private Client · Dubai
“
I have referred eleven matters to him over four years. Eleven. No firm gets that volume by accident; he earns it case by case.
R
R. Karayev
Managing Partner · Tbilisi
VII · Run up the black flag

Hoist the Jolly Roger.

If your matter is serious, the conversation should be too. Send a brief note and the captain answers within one working day.

By Letter
counsel@margveli.law
By Signal
+994 · — · — · —
Home Port
Baku · London · Dubai