Legelata Legal and Tax

Banking & Finance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Foreign investments, Corporate & Tax Law, Litigation & Arbitration, Intellectual property.

Managing Partner at "Legelata" LLC

2010 - to date.   "Legelata" LLC CJSC, Managing Partner,

2014 - 2018.   Fawaz Alhokair Group, General Counsel,

2010.   Asian Development Bank,

2010.   Central Bank of Armenia,

2008 - 2010.   "AM' Law Firm, Senior Associate,

2007 - 2010.    "Defense" Law Firm, Senior Associate,

2006-2007   Foreign Financing Projects Management Center, Ministry of Finance of RA, Lawyer.

Representative Transactions

• agRIF Cooperatief of Netherlands in  acquisition of stake in "Inecobank" CJSC.
• Incofin Investment Management, legal support for the process of acquiring shares of "Araratbank" CJSC.
• Agence Française de Développement, legal support in extending the loan to the Armenian government.
• Legal support for a transaction on loan from Proparco Ameriabank.
• Legal support for the Danish Export and Trade Finance Fund.
• Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero – SACE, legal support under the export credit.
• Legal support in transactions with the EBRD under the legislation of the Republic of Armenia in the field of taxation, rights of creditors, insolvency and foreign investment.
• Alhokair Group, legal support with Sukuk issues.
• Alhokair Group, legal support in the field of tax and corporate restructuring.
• Burberry plc, legal support in litigation related to intellectual property rights.
• In an arbitration tribunal relating to a multimillion-dollar sale and purchase agreement.
• RCF Holding Management LLC over ICSID arbitration against the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

English, Russian, Spanish, Armenian

• RA Chamber of Advocates
• Accountant Qualification, Armenia

• 2024.   Certificate in M&A Success Strategies Online – Insead Business School.
• 2015 - 2017.   Master of Business Administration (MBA), Manchester Business School.
• 2008 - 2010.   LL.M in Law and Finance (with merits), - Goethe University, Institute for Finance, Germany.
• 2006 - 2007.   LL.M in International Trade Law (with distinction), - University of Essex, UK.
• 2000 - 2004.   B.A in Law – Yerevan State University