About Armen Kharazian

Armen Kharazian represents clients in white-collar criminal defense and investigations (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering statutes), export control and sanctions, Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and Lobbying Disclosure Act, 18 U.S.C. § 207 (Restrictions on former officers, employees, and elected officials of the executive and legislative branches), and corporate formation and federal tax exemption filing.

Mr. Kharazian is a former member of Armenia’s foreign service, where he held senior positions, including Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, DC, and Head of the Foreign Ministry’s Arms Control & International Security Affairs Department, with prior postings in Armenia’s missions to the OSCE, IAEA, & CFE Treaty Joint Consultative Group in Vienna, and Armenia’s delegation to the Nagorno Karabakh Peace Talks. Armen has negotiated, on Armenia’s behalf, the Additional Protocol to the IAEA Nuclear Safeguards Agreement, the CFE Treaty Flank Agreement and Adaptation Document, and Armenia’s first Individual Partnership Program with NATO, in addition to other matters concerning military-technical cooperation, counterproliferation, regulation & compliance, and regional security. Following his career in diplomacy, Armen served in a government affairs role as the Research & Analysis Director for the Armenian Assembly of America.