The prestigious international legal directory Chambers and Partners has released its annual comprehensive guide, "Global Practice Guides: Doing Business In... 2026". The section dedicated to Armenia's legal landscape, business environment, and practical law—"Armenia: Law and Practice"—was authored by the team at Concern Dialog Law Firm.

The chapter was contributed by Managing Partner Aram Orbelyan, Senior Partners Narine Beglaryan and Artur Hovhannisyan, Partner Lilit Karapetyan, Non-equity partner Sarkis Knyazyan, and Senior Associate Shushanik Stepanyan.

Key Highlights of the "Doing Business In... 2026" Guide

This publication serves as a practical legal blueprint for foreign investors, international corporations, business leaders, and attorneys looking to navigate the legal frameworks of establishing, operating, and expanding a business in Armenia.

The section offers an in-depth analysis of key legal areas in the Republic of Armenia as of 2026, including:

• Legal System and Judicial Order: An overview of the court hierarchy, civil law structure, and specialized courts (Administrative, Bankruptcy, and Anti-Corruption Courts).

• Foreign Investment Regulations: Detailed insights into the open investment regime, state incentives, and approval processes for investment plans.

• Corporate Vehicles & Governance: Incorporation processes for LLCs and JSCs, management structures, directors' liabilities, and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) disclosure mandates.

• Employment Law: Essential rules governing employment contracts, working hours, overtime compensation, and termination conditions.

• Taxation Framework: Profit tax, VAT, turnover tax regimes, micro-enterprise exemptions, transfer pricing rules, and tax incentive structures.

• Competition Law: Merger control notification thresholds, procedures for clearance, regulations against anti-competitive cartels, and abuse of dominant position.

• Intellectual Property Protection: Legal frameworks covering patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright, and trade secret confidentiality.

• Data Protection & Privacy: Principles of lawful data processing, data subjects' rights, cross-border data transfers, and regulatory powers of the Personal Data Protection Agency.

• Upcoming Legal Reforms: Key updates on the draft Law on Investments, new Cybersecurity legislation, amendments to the Law on Joint Stock Companies (protecting minority shareholders), and updated Consumer Protection standards.

The Chambers Global Practice Guides are globally recognized resources delivering top-tier comparative legal analysis from market-leading lawyers across major jurisdictions. The contribution of Concern Dialog's legal team underscores the firm's ongoing commitment to supporting foreign and domestic businesses operating within Armenia.

Read the "Armenia: Law and Practice" chapter here. 

Access the full "Doing Business In... 2026" global guide here.