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Duration:
6 months
6 months
- Duration: 6 months
- Address: Tigran Mets, 4
Address:
Tigran Mets, 4
Tigran Mets, 4
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How to become a business lawyer in 2026Business lawyer course in Yerevan
Profession
The course was developed jointly with OneBusiness
The GortsUp Academy "Business Lawyer" course in Yerevan is designed for beginners. Duration: 6 months. Classes are held in Yerevan at 4 Tigran Mets and on an online platform (hybrid format). Price: from 41 230 ֏ per month with a 12-month installment plan. The academy has a job placement support program, and 79% of students get jobs during their studies. The academy has been on the market since 2022, with 2500+ graduates.
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Who is a business lawyer and why is the profession in demand?
A business lawyer is a specialist who provides legal protection of business interests. They help companies operate within the law, draft documents, conclude contracts, resolve disputes and minimize risks.
Every business needs legal support: no organization can operate fully without it. Yet in Armenia there are very few specialists who specialize precisely in providing legal services to business.
After all, legal support requires not only knowledge of the law but also its practical application. And that is exactly what we teach. Now is the best time to master these skills and secure a stable income for the coming years.
After all, legal support requires not only knowledge of the law but also its practical application. And that is exactly what we teach. Now is the best time to master these skills and secure a stable income for the coming years.
Who it is for:
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For lawyers who want to work with business -
For beginner lawyers and law students -
For those who want to master the profession from scratch and work as a lawyer in large companies -
For accountants and finance specialists -
For tax and regulatory compliance specialists -
For owners of small and medium businesses
What does a business lawyer do?
- Drafts and concludes contractsIn sales, supply, cooperation, leasing and other areas
- Supports business deals at all stages of preparation and executionFrom negotiations to signing and execution
- Resolves legal disputesPre-trial claim, arbitration, defense in court
- Handles employment mattersHiring, dismissal, labor disputes
- Sets up and registers businessesHelps set up and register a company (LLC, sole proprietor, JSC), drafts terms of use
- Ensures tax safetyReduces risks, assists with audits
- Protects intellectual propertyTrademarks, copyrights, licenses
Business lawyer career growth
Beginner lawyer
Intern at a law office or company
Lead lawyer on a project
Contracts or transactions lawyer
Head of the legal department
Corporate or compliance specialist
Chief legal officer
Team or department head
Law firm partner
Board-level strategy and legal adviser
Salary levels
In Armenia, salaries depend on work experience, company type and specialization. Partners at international firms can earn significantly more than the stated maximum.
Junior
200–400k ֏
400–700k ֏
Middle
Senior
800–1200k ֏
1200k+ ֏
Director
Employment program
Requirements for students
- You attend 85%+ of modules
- You pass all tests
- You pass the exam (with a positive result)
- You complete the resume template
We guarantee
- We review your resume and feedback at least once
- We review your staff.am, LinkedIn, hh.ru profiles
- Access to a private Telegram group with job postings
Where can you work?
In-house
Working in a company's legal department, providing legal support for all business processes
Law firm
Serving different clients and handling a wide range of legal issues for different businesses
Freelance
Independent support for small businesses while working with several clients at once
Internal
consulting
consulting
Creating and growing your own legal business, providing specialized services
The best companies trust us:
where our graduates work too
How will you study?
Speakers and course authors
- Hamlet AndriasyanLawyer
- Anna AbramovaHead of Legal / Director Of Business Development
ASK-CONSULT LLC - Artur BudurianChairman of the Competition Commission, International Chamber of Commerce Armenia
Course program
Block 1
Business representation and legal support
- Who is a business lawyer and how do they differ from other lawyers?
- Role and functions in an organization.
- Key skills required.
- Possible career paths.
- Advantages of the course at GortsUP Academy.
- Types of organizational and legal forms (sole proprietor, LLC, JSC, NGO).
- Registration stages.
- Common mistakes and legal risks.
- Scope of liability of founders and managers.
- Types: copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets.
- Registration and protection procedure in Armenia.
- Ways to transfer rights: license, assignment, franchise.
- Use in business.
- Violations and protection.
Block 2
Contract law and liability
- Types: supply, lease, GPH.
- Offer, acceptance, essential terms.
- Protocol of disagreements.
- Specifics of complex contracts: long-term supply contracts, service contracts, joint activity contracts
- Appendices, supplementary agreements and amendments
- Mechanisms of compensation and reciprocity for contractual obligations
- Main mistakes and risks in contract practice
- Penalties, recoveries, force majeure.
- Performance guarantees.
- Basics of performing contractual obligations
- Penalties, fines and recoveries
- Force majeure and contract termination clauses
- Performance guarantees: pledge, deposit, surety
- Types and grounds of invalidity (void, voidable)
- Consequences of invalid transactions
- Legal regulation of the consequences of invalidity
- Possible ways to resolve contractual disputes
Block 3
Labor law and HR
- Main differences between employment and civil-law contracts
- Court practice on requalification
- Documents for hiring and drawing up a civil-law contract
- Risks and liability in case of misuse of contracts
- Personal data protection law
- Liability for violating personal data rules
- Personal data protection under legislation
Block 4
International and digital law
- Concept and sources of international treaty law
- RA Law on International Treaties
- Structure and conclusion
- Types of international offenses
- International economic law
- RA laws on electronic documents, electronic signatures and cashless transactions
- Electronic contracts
- NFT and BIG DATA concepts
- Legal framework for protecting digital business
- Scope and extraterritorial effect of GDPR
- Rights of data subjects
- Legal bases for data processing
- Consent requirements
- Breach notification
- Trade secrets and know-how
- Non-disclosure agreements (NDA)
- Protection of confidential information
- Cybersecurity and legal aspects
- Liability for data breaches
Block 5
Cooperation with the government and licensing
- Formats: letter, claim, opinion, certificate.
- Style and tone of legal correspondence
- Structure of legal texts
- Types of taxes
- Taxation systems
- Liability for violations
- The lawyer's role in reducing tax risks
- Types, grounds and conditions of audits
- Conduct during an audit
- Taxpayer rights
- Which sectors require a license?
- Procedure and conditions for obtaining one
- Documents, requirements, shortcomings
- State programs
Block 6
Conflicts and pre-trial proceedings
- Conflicts with participants, the director, the investor
- Judicial and contractual mechanisms
- Corporate agreement
- What is mediation?
- Legal fundamentals
- The role of the mediator and the lawyer
- Mediation agreement
- When mediation is effective
- Structure of legal due diligence
- Review of charter, contracts and court cases
- Report: format, risks, recommendations
- Pre-trial collection strategies
- Claim procedure
- Psychology of working with debtors
- Legal risks of collection
- Concept and features of insolvency
- Insolvency subjects
- Insolvency procedures
- Settlement agreement
- Rights and obligations of creditors
- Order of satisfying creditors' claims
- Core AML objectives, international standards (FATF)
- Obligations of a legal entity under AML
- Suspicious transactions and signs of money laundering
- The lawyer's role in compliance
- Cybersecurity basics
Conclusion
Final test
- Feedback
- Summary of results
- Certificate award
Packages
MINI
- Testing
- 48 modules
- 16 additional materials for the modules
- Individual feedback on course materials
- Midterm and final exams in a hybrid format
- Digital community
- Job placement support
- Course completion certificate
per month 41 230 AMD
68 716
BASE
- Testing
- 48 modules
- 16 additional materials for the modules
- Individual feedback on course materials
- Midterm and final exams in a hybrid format
- Mini-course "Digital Skills 4.30"
- Digital community
- Job placement support
- 1 online job search consultation
- Staff.am and LinkedIn profile audit
- Resume creation
- Access to a closed Telegram group with job postings
- Course completion certificate
- Photo for your resume
per month 51 563 AMD
85 938
PRO MAX
- Testing
- 48 modules
- 16 additional materials for the modules
- Individual feedback on course materials
- Midterm and final exams in a hybrid format
- Mini-course "Digital Skills 4.30"
- Digital community
- Job placement support
- 1 online job search consultation
- Staff.am and LinkedIn profile audit
- Resume creation
- Access to a closed Telegram group with job postings
- Course completion certificate
- Photo for your resume
- 1 individual interview simulation
- Basic English course / 3 months
per month 67 063 AMD
111 771
Monthly payment with a 12-month installment plan
Frequently asked questions
The business lawyer course costs, with a 12-month installment plan: MINI package 41 230 ֏ per month, BASE package 51 563 ֏ per month, PRO MAX package 67 063 ֏ per month. Payment in monthly installments is available.
The course lasts 6 months.
The format is hybrid: classes are held in Yerevan at 4 Tigran Mets Avenue, and on an online learning platform.
Yes, the course is designed for beginners.
Yes, the academy has a job placement support program. Conditions: 85%+ attendance of modules, passing all tests, a positive exam result and filling in the résumé template. The academy reviews your résumé and your LinkedIn, staff.am and hh.ru profiles, and gives you access to a closed Telegram group with job openings.
GortsUp Academy is located in Yerevan, at 4 Tigran Mets Avenue. Phone: +374 93 12-96-06, email: info@gortsup.am.
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