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The practice has significant experience advising on financing transactions, investment structures, corporate acquisitions and financial services matters. Its client base reflects a strong international component, with the team regularly working alongside global law firms and financial institutions on transactions requiring coordination between Armenian and international legal and regulatory frameworks.
The firm's financial services work encompasses lending arrangements, regulatory matters, corporate governance and complex shareholder structures. The team also advises on capital markets and investment transactions, including matters involving international investors, development finance institutions and regulated Armenian businesses.
Clients value the team's professionalism, financial-sector knowledge and commercial approach. Feedback particularly highlights its responsiveness, diligence and understanding of clients' businesses, together with the ability to provide practical support on lending documentation and other sophisticated financial-sector agreements.
Key clients
Testimonials
“Highly professional, diligent and client-focused.” (Banking and finance)
“Responsive and with a strong understanding of the client's business.” (Banking and finance)
“Strong support on lending documentation and financial-sector agreements.” (Financial services regulatory)
The practice is active in project development, with experience advising on energy, natural resources and real estate-related matters. Its work includes regulatory and licensing advice, alongside support on the corporate and commercial aspects of investments and development projects. The firm also advises technology and telecommunications businesses on regulatory and ongoing corporate matters.
Clients value the team's professionalism, responsiveness and knowledge of the Armenian legal environment. Current feedback particularly highlights the firm's experience in project development and licensing matters in the natural resources sector, with positive recognition for its practical approach and ability to support clients navigating regulatory requirements.
Testimonials
“Strong support on licensing and project development matters.” (Project development / Mining)
The practice advises on financing arrangements, acquisitions, corporate structuring and restructuring matters, as well as ongoing regulatory and commercial issues. The team has experience working alongside international counsel on multijurisdictional mandates and supporting foreign investors entering or expanding their activities in the Armenian market.
Clients value the firm's practical and commercially focused approach, local market knowledge and ability to coordinate effectively on international matters. Current feedback highlights the team's client-oriented advice, quality of its work product and ability to navigate the Armenian legal and business environment. The practice also receives positive recognition for its multilingual capabilities and understanding of the requirements of international clients and advisers.
Key clients
I would leave DLA Piper UK out of the key-client list, as with Andersen, because it appears to be referral/instructing counsel rather than the underlying end client.
Testimonials
“Polished work product and strong understanding of the Armenian market.” (M&A)
“Strong local support on cross-border matters.” (M&A)
“Commercially focused and effective in navigating local requirements.” (Project development / Infrastructure)
The practice has particular experience in financial-sector infrastructure and securities-related matters, including work involving securities registration and settlement, investment structures and the regulatory framework governing financial institutions. The team also advises on financing arrangements, corporate structures and financial services documentation.
The firm's previous work demonstrates experience advising financial institutions, investment funds and corporates on matters involving both transactional and regulatory considerations, including mandates connected with Armenia's capital markets infrastructure and investment sector.
Legelata is a Yerevan-based law firm focusing on banking, finance, tax and corporate transactions, with particular strength in mergers and acquisitions and structuring investments and business operations in Armenia.
The firm advises financial institutions, investors and corporates on a wide range of matters, including M&A transactions, acquisition financing, cross-border deals and tax-efficient structuring.
A significant part of the firm’s work involves assisting clients entering the Armenian market. This includes designing and implementing legal, tax and operational structures aligned with business objectives and local regulatory requirements.
Legelata regularly advises on transactions involving foreign capital and multi-jurisdictional elements, working alongside banks, international organizations and private investors, where tax and structuring considerations play a central role.
The firm’s approach integrates legal, tax and financial perspectives to ensure that transactions are not only compliant, but also efficiently structured and executable in practice.
Our team is well-respected for our work in the areas of corporate law, labour law, competition law, tax law, contract law, family law (including child abduction cases) and regulatory issues. Specifically, we have extensive experience in regulatory matters in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), mining, energy, utilities, banking and finance, medical services, real estate, and not-for-profit sectors.
In addition to our outstanding consulting and transaction practice, our litigation practice is regarded as one of the leading ones in Armenia for landmark litigation and arbitration cases.
And finally, our criminal defence team is entrusted with defending clients in numerous high-level, complex criminal cases, engaging criminal, constitutional and international human rights issues, including several politically motivated proceedings and complex white-collar crime charges.
The team stands out as one of the very few in the country capable of effectively assisting clients in English, Russian, French, and to a limited extent, German languages.
We believe our law firm is a powerhouse for legal knowledge, sound experience, and skill in giving innovative solutions to our clients. Though we are local and rooted in Armenia, we also know about the cutting-edge innovations in the world of law and business. Thanks to this, we see no boundaries while serving our clients all over the world through our wide reach. Our bandwidth of capacities empowers us to give all-inclusive and contemporary legal support to our clients in achieving their goals.