Partner/Director Hayk A. Hovhannisyan

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  Partner/Director

  

  
  2000-2001 - Legal Expert of TACIS AEPLAC (Armenian European Policy and Legal Advice Center). Project"Armenian Arbitration Law Reform".
  
  2002 - 2003 - Legal Expert of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia. Project "Civil Code Reform".
  
  2002 - participation in number of projects, including the following:
  World Bank Project on Comparative Litigation
  Yale University, Harvard University and The World Bank Joint Project on Labor Laws
  
  EDUCATION:
  1993-1998 J.D. Yerevan State University, Faculty of Law.
  1997-1999 Master of Law - American University of Armenia. LL.M Program
  
  DEGREE: Master of Law
  
  MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
  
  • Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia. Attorney License # 067

  
  SCHOLAR ACTIVITY:
  2001, Lecturer in Economic Dispute Resolution at the Armenian - Russian (Slavonic) State University, Faculty of Law
  2005 Lecturer in advanced armenian business law, AUA, School of Law
  
  EXPIRIENCE:
  From May 2004
  Advisor at British Institute of International and Comparative Law. London, Russell Square 102.
  From 1999 up to the present day
  Partner in Investment Law Group Ltd.
  From 1999 up to the present day.
  Vice-Chairman of the Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Armenia.
  From 1998 September to May 1999
  Employer: Arlex International Ltd. (Legal&Business Consulting).
  Position: Associate to Managing Attorney.
  Legal research, drafting documents in English and Armenian, corporate transactions, company registration, reorganization, liquidation, Civil Law, privatization, securities law, taxes, legal memoranda and research on licensing issues and telecommunications law.
  From March 1998 to June 1998
  Employer: Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Department of International Relations.
  Position: Chief Specialist.
  Assignments undertaken include:
  •research on Armenia treaties and laws and practices of other nations;
  •analysis of constitutions and constitutional law decisions of other countries; preparation of memoranda on legal issues before the court;
  •organizing international conferences and handling correspondence from over 100 international organizations and institutions
  •legal translations.
  From October 1997 to November 1997
  Employer: American University of Armenia, Legal Reform and Judicial Training for Armenian Judges and Lawyers
  Position: Legal Assistant.
  Assignments undertaken include:
  •Assisted in preparation of materials on new laws for continuing legal education seminars for judges, including new Civil Code, Corporate Law, and Pledge Law.
  From 1995 to 1996
  Employer: Armenian Import-Export Bank, Department of Inter-Bank Transmissions
  Position: Second Rank Specialist.
  Assignment undertaken include:
  •Handled financial transfers and correspondence with associate banks around the world.
  
  LANGUAGES:
  Armenian (excellent)
  English (excellent)
  Russian (excellent)
  French (good)
  
  List of Selected publications:
  
  1. Guaranties of Independence of Constitutional Justice in Armenia - Selected Researches of the Yerevan State University Law Faculty, May 1998.
  2. International Commercial Arbitration and the Need for Reform - Working Paper Series, Member of Expert Group, Editor - Translator of Armenian Version, Co-Author of Appendix 1 "Arbitration Act"; Armenian - European Policy and Legal Advice Centre, April 2001.
  3. Armenian Arbitration Reforms - EUROLAWYER. The Magazine of the European Young Bar Association, December 2001, issue 14 (in English).
  4. Amended Draft "Arbitration Act" of the Republic of Armenia - 2002.

  
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  Phone : + 7 (8622) 46 54 33
  Fax : + 7 (8622) 46 54 33
  International Mobile :
  + 7 (918) 003 21 99
  E-mail : haykhovhannisyan@ilg-sochi.ru