Armen has extensive banking, finance and project finance experience. His practice areas also include M&A, general corporate advice, currency control, securities, energy, privatization, and employment law. He often advises international clients on complex cross-border corporate, M&A and finance structures and business planning.

Recognition:
- leading lawyer in banking, finance, and capital markets; corporate, commercial and M&A, as well as energy, Legal 500: EMEA 2024
- market leader for banking, capital markets, energy and infrastructure, project development, M&A, and project finance, IFLR1000 2024
- listed among leading lawyers in finance, capital markets, M&A, energy, corporate governance, Lexology Index 2024
- an authority in banking and finance, energy and natural resources; a celebrated practitioner in corporate/M&A, Ukrainian Law Firms 2024. A Handbook for Foreign Clients

Bar Admissions
Ukraine

Education
Yale Law School, USA, LL.M, 1993
International Law Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S. Legal System, 1991
Kyiv National University, J.D. 1983; Ph.D. in Private International Law, 1990

Significant Accomplishments
Mr. Khachaturyan started his legal practice as an intern in the law firm of Sills, Cummins, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, New Jersey, USA (ABA/Soros Foundation sponsored program) in 1991-1992. Since then, he has worked as a partner at Grischenko Frishberg & Paliashvili law firm (1992-1993) and as a foreign associate at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York in Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group (1993-1994). Prior to joining Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners, he has also been an associate at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P. in its Columbus office, Ohio, USA (1995-1998) and Kyiv office, Ukraine (1998-2001) where he worked on diverse corporate, finance and real estate projects in the United States, Russia and Ukraine including the areas of M&A, privatization, banking, energy, transportation and telecommunication matters. He also provided advice to foreign companies involved in disputes in foreign arbitration and in Ukrainian courts.


Professional Associations

• International Bar Association
  
• Ukrainian Bar Association
• Kyiv City Bar Association
• Kyiv Energy Research Institute