Mar 30, 26

TBC Leasing Appoints Nino Kochiashvili as Head of Legal Department

Nino Kochiashvili has assumed new responsibilities at TBC Leasing in the role of Head of Legal Department.

Kochiashvili joined the leasing company in 2023 as the Head of Litigation Unit.

Earlier, she worked as a Coordinator of Litigation of Corporate and SME Problem Assets/Senior Lawyer at TBC Bank IR between 2021 and 2023.

Earlier still, she spent more than four years at Liberty Bank, first as a Lawyer between 2016 and 2018, then as a Senior Lawyer between 2018 and 2021.

In addition to her current role at TBC Leasing, Kochiashvili has been an Associate Professor at Alte University since 2018.

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