Georgi Ambarzumjan is a dual-qualified lawyer, holding the titles of Rechtsanwalt and Solicitor, and serves as the Founding President of AGBU Germany. With a career at prominent international law firms in New York, Frankfurt, and Berlin — including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — he is currently an Associate Attorney at the global law firm Kirkland & Ellis in London. Mr. Ambarzumjan has been recognized for his legal practice as one of the “Ones to Watch in Germany” by the US publisher Best Lawyers and the German daily Handelsblatt.
He is a recipient of the AGBU International Scholarship, an alumnus of the Goriz Leadership Development Program initiated by AGBU Europe, and was involved in the establishment of the AGBU-HAIK office. In a joint project with the Anne Frank Educational Center on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Mr. Ambarzumjan contributed to the publication of an anthology with an analysis on the Armenian identity in the diaspora.
Mr. Ambarzumjan was educated at Goethe University and Université Paris Nanterre and holds a Degree in Law from Goethe University where he is also pursuing a Doctorate in Law. Most recently, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School in New York.