About

Armen Stepanian (Armen Stepanyan)

Specialisation:

  • Technology law
  • European Union Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Copyright
  • International Law

Education:

  • 1998-2004 – Moscow State Law Academy, Lawyer
  • 2000-2006 – Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (University), Engineer
  • 2004-2008 – Moscow State Law Academy, Graduate School

Degree:

  • Moscow State Law Academy, the degree of PhD in Law was issued by Higher Attestation Commission.

Academic title:

  • In 2021, by the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.

Experience:

  • 2003 – Central Electoral Commission
  • 2003 – Member of District Electoral Commission at deputies of State Duma (Parliament) elections, Member of Territorial Electoral Commissions, Member of Electoral Commission of Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous District – Yugra
  • 2004 – Member of District Electoral Commission at President of Russia elections
  • 2005 – Member of Electoral Commission of municipality
  • 2006 – Member of Electoral Commission of Jewish Automous Region
  • 2007 – Member of Territorial Electoral Commissions
  • 2002 – present – Open Law law firm, Senior Lawyer
  • 2002 – present – Member of Territorial Electoral Commission at one of Moscow districts
  • 2009 – present – Introducer for a number of banks
  • 2012 – present – Patent attorney (patent agent)
  • 2013 – 2017 – Deputy chief editor of scientific magazine “Russian law at Internet”
  • 2013-2016 – Member of the working group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives on the road map “Optimization of registration procedures for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs”
  • 2016 – Member of the working group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives on the roadmap “Improving Corporate Governance”
  • 2019 – present – co-head of the working group of the Ministry of Economic Development “Transformation of the business climate”
  • 2021 – present – Member of the Expert Group under the Interdepartmental Working Group on Comprehensive Development of International Legal Aspects of Ensuring International Information Security of the Ministry of Justice

Professional Development:

  • 2005 – College of Europe, Brugge, Belgium
  • 2005 – World Intellectual Property Organization, Courses
  • 2009 – World Intellectual Property Organization, Courses in English
  • 2013 – ISO27001, information Security, internal auditor, Courses
  • 2014 – Professional training on webinars
  • 2015 – Professional training on Live Law
  • 2015 – Special AML courses, Russia AML compliance .
  • 2018 – Lund university, Sweden. European Law
  • 2021 – Innopolis. “Applied artificial intelligence at the courses programs” with a letter of thanks.

Cooperation and Social Activity:

  • Central Electoral Commission
  • Federal Antimonopoly Service
  • Ombudsman for Intellectual Property

Awards and Acknowledgments:

  • Dozens of thanks from universities all over Russia
  • Dozens of thanks from various organizations
  • World Bank for investment on Doing Business, Russia.
  • For many years of work at the Moscow State Law Academy. after O.E.Kutafin

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