Avto Namicheishvili, Deputy CEO,  Legal Affairs, previously served as the Bank’s General Counsel, a position he had held since March 2007. Before joining Bank of Georgia, Mr. Namicheishvili was a partner at Begiashvili & Co. Limited, a leading Georgian law firm, where he acted as the Bank’s external legal advisor for three years. Mr. Namicheishvili continues to serve as an arbitrator at the European International Arbitration Court in Georgia. Mr. Namicheishvili received a graduate degree (LLM) in international business law from Central European University, Hungary and undergraduate degrees in law and international economic relations from Tbilisi State University.