Lawyer and Business Advisor with over 15 years of experience in building businesses from the ground up in Europe, US, and Asia.
- Represents clients in international commercial and investment arbitration under the ICC, LCIA and ICSID rules.
- Has an experience in the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative and in pursuing assets through criminal or non-conviction based confiscation and through proceedings in a foreign jurisdiction and through a private civil action.
- Experienced adviser of providing support for FDI projects.
- Assisted multinational high-net-worth investors in structuring and implementing complex investment projects from ground level to day-to-day operational legal support.
- Advised blockchain start-ups on general corporate formation and governance.
- Supported domestic and international start-ups on compliance, forex and cryptocurrency, regulatory best international practices.
- Advised a gaming platform on licensing its technology and other intellectual property to another market participant.
- Represented the venture capital firms focused on investments in the digital currency and blockchain industries, private equity, and hedge funds.
- Represented clients in industries ranging from enterprise software to fintech.
- Advised banks, investment funds and other financial institutions in transactions providing debt capital, including syndicated and single-lender senior credit facilities, mezzanine and government guaranteed loans, traditional bank financings, forex and commodity trading, and debt financing.
- Experienced in justice, judiciary and bankruptcy reforms, construction (FIDIC) and development of e-justice tools.
Latest matter:
- Advised Lenovo (Beijing) Limited on the gray market issues in Armenia that refers to a trade of goods through distribution channels unintended by the original manufacturer.
- Advised Moscow based Bank on a USD 73,000,000 syndicated multi-tranche term loan agreement.
- Advised Vinci Construction for the 59.707.000 EUR bid: “Construction of the Vedi reservoir for irrigation in the Ararat Valley (Armenia).”
- Advised one of the world’s multinational financial service providers in a “push payment” service offered over its processing network, allowing acquirers to offer their clients the ability to push funds to the card accounts.
- Counsel to a U.S. investor in ICSID arbitration (Edmond Khudyan and Arin Capital & Investment Corp. v. Republic of Armenia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/36)).
