Armenia

Firm overview

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.

Firm overview

Firm overview

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.

Firm overview

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.