Companies
For companies and institutions
The same six objectives, applied to a corporate file. Inbound into Georgia, and outbound from it.
We advise companies entering Georgia or the wider Caucasus region, companies sourcing from it, and Georgian companies preparing to operate internationally. The mandate is usually the same shape: establish the position, build the structure, open the relationships, then keep it running.
Enter
Market entry
Establishing an operating presence in Georgia, or using Georgia to reach a market beyond it. The decision comes before the paperwork, and it is the part most providers skip.
- Assessment of the market and of whether entry is justified
- Choice of vehicle, branch or subsidiary, against the real activity
- Company formation, corporate documents and statutory setup
- Corporate banking, prepared for rather than attempted
- Premises, first hires and local operational setup
Invest
Investment and acquisition
Corporate investment into Georgian and regional assets: operating businesses, real estate and industrial capacity.
- Sourcing against a defined acquisition mandate
- Commercial review and the questions worth asking locally
- Coordination of legal and financial due diligence with qualified professionals
- Transaction structuring and the holding position
- Post-acquisition integration and local management
Structure
Cross-border corporate and financial
Group architecture across several jurisdictions: where value sits, how it moves, and whether the whole arrangement will survive review by a bank, an auditor or a tax administration.
- Holding and operating structure across jurisdictions
- Intra-group flows, treasury and banking architecture
- Substance and governance, designed in from the start
- Financial and accounting review with an Expert-Comptable in France
- Implementation coordinated with qualified professionals in each jurisdiction
Relocate
Teams and management mobility
Moving people rather than a person. Management teams, technical staff and their families, sequenced against the corporate timetable.
- Residence and work authorisation routes for staff
- Relocation logistics, housing and schooling
- Payroll and employment placed with qualified local professionals
- Sequencing against the corporate establishment timeline
Connect
Counterparties and network
Suppliers, buyers, distributors, banks, institutions and advisers. Georgia and the region still run on relationships, and a checked introduction is worth more than a market report.
- Supplier and counterparty identification, with checks before introduction
- Distribution and commercial partners in Georgia and the region
- Sourcing across the corridors we work in
- Institutional and banking contact where a file requires it
Operate
Ongoing coordination
The standing mandate for companies without their own presence on the ground. We hold the local relationship so the head office does not have to.
- Local representation and a single point of coordination
- Oversight of accounting, payroll and statutory filings performed by qualified professionals
- Renewals, permits and administrative deadlines
- Periodic written reporting to the head office
Outbound
For Georgian companies going international
The mandate runs the other way, and the preparation matters more than the introduction.
Accounts that survive review
Financial information prepared to the standard a European bank, buyer or auditor will apply, before it is sent to one.
A structure they will accept
Holding and contracting arrangements that a foreign counterparty can accept without a special exception.
An approach that is prepared
Who to approach, in what order, with what materials. One badly timed first meeting closes a market for a year.
Establishment abroad
Setting up the European or Gulf entity, and coordinating the professionals required to do it properly.
The French reading
An Expert-Comptable in France inside the firm, which is exactly the perspective a Georgian exporter cannot buy locally.
Continuity
The same team stays on the file after the first contract, which is when the real questions arrive.
Scope of services
Where our work stops
Maison Gogoladze provides strategic and advisory services. The firm does not practise law, audit or accountancy and does not provide regulated legal, tax or accounting services. We are not licensed brokers or investment managers.
Where a mandate requires regulated work, we place it with qualified professionals admitted in the relevant jurisdiction and coordinate the engagement. Stating that clearly is not a limitation. It is how a client knows what they are buying.
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