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Artashes Hovhannisyan

Head of Criminal Law Practice · MB Legal

ArmeniaCriminal Law, Criminal Defence

About

Artashes Hovhannisyan is Head of Criminal Law Practice at MB Legal, representing corporate clients, executives and individuals in criminal proceedings, internal investigations and compliance risk assessments, with particular depth in financial crime and money laundering matters. Before joining private practice in 2022 he spent five years as an investigator in the Investigative Department of the National Security Service of Armenia, working on high-profile national and transnational investigations and cooperating with U.S. law enforcement counterparts.

Practice areas

Criminal LawCriminal DefenceWhite-Collar CrimeFinancial CrimeMoney LaunderingInternal InvestigationsComplianceCross-Border Enforcement

Office

Expertise

Financial CrimeMoney LaunderingInternal InvestigationsCompliance Risk AssessmentTransnational Criminal InvestigationsIllicit Drug Crime InvestigationRepresentation before Armenian Courts and Investigative Authorities

Education

  • Master's degree in Law (Criminal Law and Procedure), Yerevan State University
  • Bachelor's degree in Law (Criminal Law and Procedure), Yerevan State University

Admissions

  • Licensed Advocate, Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia