Irina Paliashvili is the founder and Managing Partner of RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., a law firm with offices in Kiev and Washington DC. She is a Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Legal Affairs Group of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, Vice-Chair of the Russia/Eurasia Committee of the American Bar Association’s International Law Section and member of the Advisory Board of Best Lawyers®. Irina is the founder and Co-Chair of the CIS Local Counsel Forum, the informal network of managing partners of business law firms from the CIS economic region and Co-Chair of the CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN). She holds a Ph.D. in Private International Law from the Kiev State University and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University. Irina is included in the Hundred Best Lawyers of Ukraine (Clients' Choice) based on the survey conducted by Yurydychna Gazeta, a leading legal publication in Ukraine. Irina is fluent in English, Ukrainian, Russian, Georgian, and Spanish.