LEGAL PRACTICE
Syuzanna Soghomonyan has been practicing in law since 2007. In 2014, she joined “LEGAL ALLIANCE” Law Firm with the following specializations:
Civil Law: corporate, contractual, movable and immovable property, labor, family and inheritance relations, the foundation of legal entities, including commercial and non-commercial organizations, reorganization (including merger, accession, division, detachment, reorganization) of legal entities, maintenance of compulsory enforcement proceedings, insurance law, etc.
Administrative Law: administrative, tax, and customs relations, the appeal of administrative acts.
International Law: drafting agreements, contracts with foreign organizations and establishing foreign legal entities.
Mediation and Dispute Resolution.
Conflict Management.
Syuzanna has acted as a national legal expert and consultant in the frameworks of the projects financed by the EU, CoE, OSCE, USAID, UNHCR, NED, GIZ, Embassies of the USA, Czech Republic, and German in the RA.
SERVICES
- Provision of comprehensive legal assistance to public and local self-governance bodies, international and regional organizations (including NGOs), state non-commercial organizations, commercial and non-commercial organizations, and natural persons,
- Assessment of legal risks and drafting the legal memo on the elimination of or reducing those risks,
- Drafting judicial documents, including applications for the Courts of general jurisdiction, Appellate, and Cassation,
- Foundation of legal entities, including commercial and non-commercial organizations, drafting the founding documents such as statutes and decisions,
- Compilation of documentation aimed at the reorganization of legal entities (including merger, merger, division, separation, reorganization), and their state registration,
- Management of human resources of legal entities, including the drafting of employment contracts, individual legal acts, job descriptions, and other related documents,
- Compilation of anti-corruption compliance programs and code of conduct for legal entities, including ethics rules, conflict of interest, gift acceptance and prohibition, internal labor rules, Employee Handbooks, policies on procurement, granting and business trip, other related documents,
- Designing (sub)grant agreements for non-commercial organizations,
- Compilation of various civil law contracts, including non-standard agreements,
- Preparation of internal corporate packages for legal entities,
- Due Diligence,
- Negotiations,
- Conflict Management,
- Grant and Sub-grants Agreements,
- Protection of clients’ rights and legal interests in courts, other state and non-state bodies, including the stage of compulsory enforcement proceedings,
- Lectures at the School on Practical Skills for Young Lawyers.
EDUCATION
2018 – 2020 LL.M. Degree, American University of Armenia
2014 – “Leadership and Management for Integrity”, Central European University (CEU)
2008 – 2010 LL.M. Degree, National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia.
2004 – 2008 LL.B. Degree (Diploma with Honor), University of International Economic Relations
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Since 2016 – Armenian Young Lawyers’ Association, Founder and President
Since 2010 – Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, Member
Since 2007 – Armenian Lawyers’ Association, Member, Board Member
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
Participation in many seminars, training, workshops and other professional events in the United States, Great Britain, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, France, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Georgia as a speaker or attendee․
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
2015 – till now Anti-Corruption School of Young Leaders, Lecturer
2013 – 2015 Summer School on European Law, Lecturer and Organizer of the
2010 – 2016 “Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition”, National Administrator of the Armenian Round
2007 – 2012 “Advocacy: Current State and Prospects for its Development in the Republic of Armenia”, Organizer
PUBLICATIONS
(Co)Author of more than 40 research pieces (reports, state-level policy document, papers, model policies).
HONORS/AWARDS
“Anti-Corruption Champion,” International Governance & Risk Institute (GovRisk), United Kingdom, British Embassy in Armenia
“Best Student of the Year,” Gold Medal, Government of the Republic of Armenia
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Armenian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), Spanish (beginner)