Baadur Kipiani holds a Ph.D. from the Tbilisi State University while his thesis was drafted and developed during his stay at the John Marshall Law School (Chicago, USA) where he was a visiting scholar in 2000-2002. He joined BP Legal in September 2007 and is responsible for the provision of legal support to BP Tbilisi branch; he has been working as the Head of Legal Department of the National Bank of Georgia for the last two years and has twelve years standing experience in banking. Throughout his career, he held various leading positions in both private and public (governmental) sectors. Mr. Kipiani is the author of laws and various amendments which have been adopted and enforced by the Parliament of Georgia; he is also an author of several types of research/articles in banking law.