Zakaria Shvelidze

Doctor of Law, Labor Law Expert

Georgia

Zakaria Shvelidze has been a partner in the leading Georgian legal company, Ghvinadze and Partners, for the last few years. He is the co-author of the 2020 amendments to the Labor Code, the Labor Inspection Law, the Organic Law on Labor Safety and the draft by-laws pertaining to the labor industry. He has been involved with numerous international labor organization operations since 2014 as a national legal expert-consultant, including providing regular trainings for judges, labor inspectors and lawyers on Georgian labor legislation and international labor standards. He has been an Invited Lecturer at Tbilisi State University's Faculty of Law since 2008 where he teaches labor law.

As a trainer and speaker, Zakaria Shvelidze has participated in more than 30 international and national conferences and trainings. He is the author of more than ten publications and research articles.