Ketevan Betaneli
"I am delighted to become the VIAC ambassador for Georgia and join the VIAC Community Ambassador Network, which unites many outstanding practitioners and academics from the region and beyond. For Georgians (and probably for many others in the region), Austria – with its wonderful Vienna – is a gateway to Western Europe, be it for personal or business affairs. VIAC, with its user-friendly, innovative, cost effective and efficient dispute resolution services meets those high expectations and its greater presence in Georgia and the region will significantly benefit local business community. In my new role, I look forward to promoting VIAC and its arbitration & ADR services in Georgia, Caucasus, and the greater region."
Ketevan Betaneli is a Paris-based independent arbitrator. She has extensive experience in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations conducted under the major institutional arbitration rules, such as the ICC, SCC, HKIAC, GIAC, and ICSID rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Dually qualified in New York and Georgia (Caucasian State), Ketevan conducts arbitrations in English, Russian and Georgian. She also speaks French and has notions of Spanish.
Over the past years, Ketevan has worked at top-tier international law firms (with leading international arbitration practices) in Paris and Tbilisi, and at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, where she handled arbitration matters involving Georgia.
Ketevan has been actively contributing to the development of arbitration by sharing knowledge and know-how through different initiatives. This includes regularly speaking at conferences, teaching at a summer school, delivering client presentations, and publishing on a variety of topics related to arbitration and international law. Ketevan has also developed and led written and oral advocacy training courses involving over 100 arbitration lawyers worldwide.