Master Lawyer Taron SIMONYAN

Education:Taron Simonyan graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University in 2007. He obtained a Master’s degree in European Law from YSU in 2009. In 2009, he graduated from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (International Legal Studies) at Tufts University (Boston, USA), and in 2012, he completed his PhD in the Theory and History of State and Law at YSU.Professional Trainings, Memberships, and Publications:Taron was elected as a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the Lori region from 2019 to 2021. He was a member of the Legal and State Affairs Commission and Co-Chairman of the Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation, and Convergence with EU Policies (ECON) at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. He served as the National Correspondent of the Republic of Armenia at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) from 2017 to 2019. He was elected as a member of the Council of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia from 2017 to 2019 and is a co-founder and member of the Council of the Association of Arbitrators of the Republic of Armenia since 2017. He is also a co-founder and member of the Council of the Self-Governing Organization of Mediators of Armenia since 2016. Taron has been an Arbitrator at the European Arbitration Chamber in Brussels, Belgium, since 2014. He is the Executive Director of the Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia since 2012, the Director and founding member of the International and Comparative Law Center since 2010, and a member of the Chamber of Advocates of RA since 2010. He was a member of the Big Council of the Faculty of Law (2005) and the Council of YSU (2007–2011). He has authored several scientific articles on international law, comparative law, and the theory of state and law, as well as monographs.Taron is a lecturer and associate professor (Docent) at the Faculty of Law, Center for European Studies (Yerevan State University), a lecturer at the French University in Armenia, and at the International Accountancy Training Center.Taron has participated in various professional training programs in Russia, Greece, Belgium, the USA, and France.Practice Areas:Taron has provided comprehensive legal services to IT, media, mining corporations, casinos, and more. He has worked as a program expert for IBF International Consulting, the Council of Europe project “Support for Access to Justice in Armenia,” assisting the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia in drafting the new Civil Procedure Code. Taron has also worked as an expert for OSCE, the Protection of Human Rights without Borders, the Armenian UN NGO, the Asian Development Bank, EuropeAid, and others.Areas of Expertise:Negotiation and MediationInternational LawEU LawHuman RightsInvestment LawArbitrationLitigationConstitutional LawCivil Law and ProcedureAdministrative Law and ProcedureCompetition LawCorporate LawLabor LawMining LegislationIntellectual Property LawLegal Due Diligence