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Armen Khachaturyan

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Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Energy and Resources, Labour and Employment

Position

Senior Partner.
Armen has extensive banking, finance, and project finance experience. His practice areas also include M&A, general corporate advice, currency control, securities, energy, privatization, and employment law. Mr. Khachaturyan frequently advises foreign and Ukrainian clients on cross-border legal planning and regulatory issues related to foreign investment.

Career

Mr. Khachaturyan started his legal practice as an intern in the law firm of Sills, Cummins, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, New Jersey, USA (ABA/Soros Foundation sponsored program) in 1991-1992.
He also worked as a foreign associate at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York, USA in Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group (1993-1994).
Prior to joining Asters, Mr. Khachaturyan was an associate at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. in its Columbus office, Ohio, USA (1995-1998), and Kiev office, Ukraine (1998-2001) where he worked on diverse corporate, finance and real estate projects in the United States, Russia and Ukraine.

Languages

English; Ukrainian; Russian.

Member

International Bar Association;
Ukrainian Bar Association;
Kiev City Bar Association;
Foreign Advisory Board of the Ukrainian American Bar Association.

Education

Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine (International Law, 1983; Ph.D., Private International Law, 1990);
International Law Institute, Washington, D.C., USA (Orientation in U.S. Legal System, 1991);
Yale University Law School, USA (LL.M, 1993).

Ukraine

Banking, finance and capital markets

Within: Leading individuals

Armen Khachaturyan - Asters

Within: Banking, finance and capital markets

Asters further increased its market presence with the arrival of Roman Stepanenko and others from Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners to join leading lights Armen Khachaturyan and Iryna Pokanay. The firm counts Privatbank and National Bank of Ukraine among its clients.

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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Within: Commercial, corporate and M&A

Asters frequently handles cross-border M&A transactions and key partners Armen Khachaturyan, Vadym Samoilenko and Oleksiy Didkovskiy are highly recommended. Oleg Boichuk joined from Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners. The firm assisted JSCB Industrialbank with its merger with Express Bank.

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Employment

Within: Employment

At Asters, 'the team is coherent and the outcome is accurate and precise'. Armen Khachaturyan and Svitlana Chepurna are the key partners, while clients also recommend senior associates Oleh Furmanchuk (who is 'professional and punctual') and Inesa Letych. Molson Cours and Wizz Air are among the firm's clients.

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Energy

Within: Leading individuals

Armen Khachaturyan - Asters

Within: Energy

Asters has 'a great team with highly professional individuals'. Armen Khachaturyan, the 'particularly strong' Yaroslav Petrov and Tamara Lukanina lead the practice. Litigator Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi and Roman Stepanenko, who were new arrivals from Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, add finance and disputes expertise. Eustream and VR Capital are key clients.

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Armen Khachaturyan

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Ukraine

Banking, finance and capital markets

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Employment

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