Global Law Experts is pleased to announce the enrollment of Arsen Khachikian as an Exclusive Member.

Based in the UAE, Arsen Khachikian is a Partner and Director at AKTA. He advises on cross border corporate matters with a practical, commercially focused approach, bringing the international capability and deal discipline that clients and partners across the Global Law Experts network expect from its Exclusive Members.

Arsen Khachikian’s practice centers on complex transactions and advisory work that span jurisdictions, sectors, and regulatory frameworks. His profile reflects a lawyer who works where corporate law meets energy, real estate, construction, EPC projects, and international disputes. In today’s environment, clients increasingly need counsel who can connect deal structure, regulatory analysis, and execution strategy across borders. His work is built around multi jurisdictional transactions, careful risk allocation, and the legal mechanics businesses require to operate with confidence around the globe.

In the UAE, cross border corporate work calls for more than familiarity with corporate law basics. It requires an understanding of how onshore structures and free zone frameworks operate together, how governance and banking considerations influence outcomes, and how regulatory thresholds are applied in real deal settings. Arsen Khachikian advises on cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, inbound and outbound investment structuring, and regulatory clearance for transactions that extend across the UAE, the GCC, and Central Asia. His guidance also covers shareholder arrangements, corporate governance and payment mechanics, which are core issues in sophisticated corporate and financing deals.

This depth aligns closely with what Global Law Experts looks for in its Exclusive Members. The network is built to highlight lawyers who are technically strong, but also able to steer clients through complex, multi party matters where legal precision and commercial practicality must work together.

Arsen’s leadership role at AKTA further reinforces the scope of his experience. He is associated with deal governance, risk assessment, and regulatory engagement across jurisdictions, indicating that his contribution extends beyond drafting into the strategic management of complex transactions. For clients, this means having a lawyer who can shape a deal from the start, anticipate potential points of friction, and support execution in a way that remains consistent with both commercial objectives and legal requirements.

The relevance of his cross border corporate practice is also clear in sectors that rely heavily on structured deal making, including large scale projects and international investment. Arsen Khachikian’s work connects to major real estate, construction, EPC, and oil and gas related matters. In these areas, corporate structures often support asset heavy or project driven activity, which means clients must manage contractual obligations, financing mechanics, ownership arrangements, regulatory approvals, and carefully sequenced implementation steps. His integrated style of support is designed for that reality, particularly when clients are entering new markets, expanding operations, or restructuring with a cross border dimension.

The layered and evolving nature of the UAE legal landscape makes this proactive mindset particularly important. Onshore law, financial free zones, and shifting regulatory practice mean corporate transactions require careful mapping from the earliest stage. Rather than treating regulation as a late stage hurdle, his approach appears to incorporate regulatory considerations into the transaction architecture itself. This is a hallmark of strong cross border corporate counsel, and a clear reason his practice fits the standards expected by Global Law Experts Exclusive Members.

His sector coverage adds another layer of strength. Alongside corporate and commercial matters, his work includes energy, including oil and gas and project finance, as well as large real estate and construction projects and investments into Central Asia. This breadth matters because it demonstrates comfort with transactions where corporate law intersects with infrastructure, assets, and long term commitments. Clients in these areas often need support not only at the entity level, but also across project documentation, financing structures, and cross jurisdictional enforceability.

For businesses planning acquisitions, joint ventures, or investments across the UAE, the GCC, or Central Asia, Arsen Khachikian offers a practice shaped by practical transaction requirements. His work is relevant to acquirers, sponsors, lenders, and target boards who must manage regulatory thresholds while keeping commercial flexibility. He brings attention to warranties, conditions precedent, sanctions clauses, and regulatory representations, all of which are essential for allocating risk and limiting the chance of post closing disputes. This combination of drafting precision and commercial awareness is exactly what global clients seek when engaging a cross border corporate lawyer in the UAE.

He also brings a dispute aware perspective to complex matters. Many high value deals require an understanding of how documents will function if challenged, how rights may be enforced, and how risk can be allocated in a way that remains meaningful across jurisdictions. His practice is positioned as a blend of transactional drafting, regulatory anticipation, and dispute resilient structuring. That perspective helps clients not only complete transactions, but complete them on terms that are robust and enforceable.

Global Law Experts is therefore delighted to welcome Arsen Khachikian as an Exclusive Member. His cross border corporate practice in the United Arab Emirates reflects the specialized, commercially grounded expertise that international clients rely on when navigating high value transactions and strategically important projects. With a focus on strong documentation, regulatory alignment, and practical deal execution, he adds meaningful value to the network and to businesses seeking trusted counsel in the UAE and beyond.

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