Education:
Taron Simonyan graduated with honorary distinction from Yerevan State University's Faculty of Law in 2007, followed by a Master's degree in European Law (YSU, 2009). He furthered his international legal expertise at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Boston, USA), earning his degree in International Legal Studies in 2009. He completed his PhD in Theory and History of State and Law at YSU in 2012.

Professional trainings, memberships and publications:

Legislative and International Experience: 
Parliamentary Leadership From 2019-2021, Dr. Simonyan served as an elected Member of Parliament representing the Lori region in Armenia's National Assembly. During his tenure, he was an active member of the Commission of Legal and State Affairs and served as Co-Chairman of the Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies (ECON) at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, where he played a pivotal role in Armenia-EU legal harmonization efforts.

International Appointments։
His international recognition includes his appointment as National Correspondent of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) from 2017-2019, where he contributed to the development of international commercial law standards.

Professional Leadership and Memberships: 
Legal Professional Organizations Taron Simonyan has held numerous leadership positions in Armenia's legal community. He served as a member (since 2010) and an elected member of the Council of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia (2017-2019) and was Executive Director of the Bar Association of the Republic of Armenia 2012-2019. He co-founded and serves on the Council of the Association of Arbitrators of the Republic of Armenia (since 2017) and the Mediators of Armenia Self-governing Organization (2016-2019).  He is also the founding Director of the International and Comparative Law Center (2010, Director: 2013-2016).

International Arbitration։
As an Arbitrator, he brings extensive expertise to cross-border dispute resolution. He actively handles investment and commercial arbitration cases before the International Chamber of Commerce, European Arbitration Chamber, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, and Armenian arbitration institutions.  

Academic Contributions։
Dr. Simonyan serves as Associate Professor (Docent) at Yerevan State University's Faculty of Law and Center on European Studies. He's also lectured at the French University in Armenia and the International Accountancy Training Center. His scholarly work includes numerous scientific articles on international and comparative law, theory of state and law, and several monographs, as well as textbooks for shcools and universities.

Core Practice Areas: Taron Simonyan provides comprehensive legal consultancy to major corporations across diverse sectors including: investments, IT, media, and mining. He's regularly served as a national expert for prestigious international organizations including the Council of Europe, OSCE, EU, Asian Development Bank, etc. His current practice focuses intensively on Investment law, Public and Private International law, and Contract law, as well as Negotiation and Mitigation, EU Law, Human Rights, Arbitration, Litigation, Constitutional Law, Civil Law and Procedure, Corporate Law, Mining Legislation, Legal Due Diligence.

Languages: Armenian, English, Russian, French