Рузанна Арутюнян

Управляющий партнер

Ruzanna Harutyunyan joined Gritarres Law Firm as a partner and took over the management of the office as Executive Director in September 2022.

Professional Experience

Ruzanna Harutyunyan started her career in 2016 as a lawyer at the Law Firm ELL Partnership. During her working activities, she:

  • provided legal services to organizations operating in various fields, including providing legal consultancy, drafting contracts as well as other legal documents,

  • performed judicial representation in civil and administrative courts.

Then, she continued her professional journey at Ardshinbank CJSC (from 2018 to 2019). Being a lawyer, she provided:

  • consultancy on various legal issues to the departments of the bank,

  • ensured the drafting of contracts related to the implementation of the bank's activities, and

  • participated in the preparation of policies and procedures for regulating the bank's activities.

Later, Ruzanna Harutyunyan joined the payment organization Telcell CJSC. At the beginning of her career at Telcell CJSC, she was a senior lawyer in the legal department.

Before joining Gritarres team, she was the Head of the Legal Department of Telcell CJSC (from 2020 to 2022). As the head of the Legal Department, she (included, but not limited to)

  • supervised and managed the works of the Legal Department,

  • provided legal support for the company's business directions,

  • ensured compliance of the company's activities with RA legislation, and

  • represented the company in relations with the Central Bank of RA and other state bodies.

Education and Training

She honorably graduated from the Faculty of Law of Yerevan State University and was awarded a bachelor's degree in law.

Later on, she studied at the School of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia and received a license for advocate activities.

Professional Qualifications and Skills:

Since 2018 she has been a member of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia.

From 2019 to 2021 she was the chairman of the Youth Board of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia.

Ruzanna currently gives lectures on the topic 'Recent Changes in the Legislation on Non-Cash Transactions' in Gortsq LLC.

Ruzanna Harutyunyan speaks Armenian, English, and Russian.

Ruzanna is specialized in the areas of finance, including

  • payment and banking law,

  • corporate law,

  • civil law and litigation,

  • administrative law and litigation,

  • tax law,

  • labor law, and

  • intellectual property law.