BUSINESS LAW GROUP

All business entities will face unique labor and employment challenges. Labor and employment issues in Armenia have also become increasingly complex. In such an environment, it is essential for businesses to have timely and practical legal guidance.

Business Law Group has extensive experience in providing legal services for clients dealing with labor and employment issues. Our team consists of lawyers who specialize in labor and employment issues. Our team prides itself in being able to offer practical, bespoke advice and legal representation for each client.

Business Law Group has extensive experience advising on natural resources projects and transactions at a domestic and an international level, for both overseas and Armenian companies.

 BLG provides a full range of legal services in this area, including providing advice on various aspects of the natural resources and drafting contractual documentation for investments in, and financing for natural resources projects as well as construction projects.

This practice area is becoming increasingly important by virtue of the increased need to acquire natural resources both in Armenia and overseas and the expansion of the natural resources businesses, and BLG is well-positioned to provide top of the range legal services with our team of expert lawyers in this area.

Business Law Group is one of the leading finance practices with a strong emphasis on complex cross-border financings and financial regulatory advice. 

The lawyers within our finance practice group have extensive experience advising a broad spectrum of  financial institutions, corporations, investment funds, governmental entities and other market participants in all areas of finance including banking, financial regulation, derivatives, asset management, investment funds, structured finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, project finance and insurance.

Many of our finance lawyers are widely considered by both clients and peers to be thought leaders and experts in their respective specializations.

BLG has a long and outstanding track record of providing tailored advice on international trade remedies to both multinational firms and Armenian-based clients. 

We regularly represent multinational firms vis-à-vis anti-dumping investigations and countervailing duty investigations initiated by the Armenian government.

We also represent Armenian-based clients with respect to similar types of investigations initiated by foreign governments. In recent years, BLG's close collaboration with major trade law firms has enabled us to advise international clients how best to effectively deal with Armenia-related investigations.

BLG has extensive experience in advising multinational private enterprises, as well as governments, governmental agencies, and international organizations in the field of sustainability law.

Based on our extensive knowledge and experience in rapidly evolving technology, we provide advice to a wide range of Armenian and foreign clients, from large corporations to start-ups and venture companies, and support the creation of innovation and corporate activities, as well as efforts to realize a sustainable society. In recent years, we have increasingly been providing advice on joint research and development and business partnership schemes, etc., between companies to create new innovations. 

Since such advice requires the consideration of a wide range of issues from many different angles, we leverage our strengths as a full-service law firm to support companies by working with experts in a wide range of fields, including intellectual property law, corporate law, M&As, finance, and capital markets. In addition, based on our extensive knowledge and experience, we provide advice to Armenian and overseas clients on the handling of information and data, the importance of which has increased with advances in technology.

Particularly in recent years, as regulations in the handling of personal information in each country have become stricter, there is a need for advice that takes into account the legal system of not only Armenia, but also each country. In providing such advice, we work in cooperation with leading overseas firms to provide accurate and practical advice.

Business Law Group is established and acclaimed tax practices, and has been serving corporate clientele in this area. 

The breadth and depth of our tax practice enables us to assist in the whole spectrum of tax matters, from transactional tax planning and structuring to multi-jurisdictional tax litigation. 

Our innovative and solution-oriented approach to complex tax issues also enables us to provide tax advice in a cost-effective manner.

Mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") remains a key strategy utilized by many companies to grow or to consolidate their position within the industry. However, despite the frequency of M&A activity, it remains vital to properly manage and evaluate the myriad of risks involved in any transaction by making decisions based on sufficient information and with advice from experienced experts.

With a depth of knowledge and experience accumulated since the earliest days of M&A activity in Armenia, our practitioners, specializing across a broad range of disciplines and industries, work together on each deal to provide comprehensive and timely support and solutions to our clients in all stages of a transaction, from the initial planning and structuring, through due diligence and contract negotiation, to post-transaction governance and integration.

With decades of experience as one of the pioneer corporate legal firms in Armenia, we provide legal solutions to our clients on issues their businesses face on a daily basis. From domestic listed companies, Armenian affiliates of foreign companies, to start-up companies, our team of highly qualified lawyers and professional support staff provide our clients with in-depth customized legal advice, merging each client's business needs with the practical aspects of running a business in Armenia. Our services in this area are wide ranging but chiefly include the broad categories of services set out below.