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:

• At 2021 by the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission 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

Authorship:

• Software system of EU Law with access to text of laws as in official languages of the EU, as in Russian.
• MSLA Integration and EU Law chair site (ex EU Law chair of MSLA site) editorship.
• EU Law in russian site editorship.
• Publications
• Internet Protocol Address Network Manager computer program