Discreet handling
Sensitive regulatory, ownership and financial information is handled on a need-to-know basis and protected through appropriate contractual, organisational and data-protection measures.
About LEX ARTA
Specialist regulatory expertise for complex regulated businesses.
LEX ARTA is the regulatory and compliance advisory brand of Artlex Consult s.r.o., Prague. The practice is built around senior-led regulatory, AML/CFT and compliance work for regulated and cross-border businesses.
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Specialist boutique
A specialist boutique for regulation that cannot be treated as a checklist.
LEX ARTA advises regulated and internationally operating businesses on regulatory, compliance and market-entry matters across the Czech Republic, the European Union and selected international jurisdictions.
Our work spans regulatory assessment, licensing preparation, AML/CFT, governance, data protection, DORA, AI governance and operational compliance. The focus is not simply on producing documents, but on building frameworks, controls and evidence that reflect how the business actually operates.
The boutique model is deliberate: matters are handled with direct senior involvement, clear scope and short communication lines. Clients are not passed through layers of account management before reaching the person responsible for substantive judgement.
Where a matter requires locally reserved legal, tax, audit or other licensed professional work, LEX ARTA coordinates with appropriately authorised independent professionals within the relevant professional framework.
Sensitive commercial, ownership, financial and regulatory information is handled discreetly and on a need-to-know basis. Confidentiality, data protection and controlled information sharing form part of the operating model, not simply the engagement wording.
Our objective is practical regulatory clarity: what applies, what matters most, what must be implemented and what evidence the client should be able to produce when challenged by a regulator, bank, investor or counterparty.
Our professional approach is based on independent judgement. We do not recommend a licence, jurisdiction, corporate structure or compliance model simply because it is commercially convenient. Where a proposed approach is legally weak, operationally unrealistic or unlikely to withstand scrutiny, we identify the issue clearly and propose a more defensible alternative.
A word from the Managing Partner
“Compliance is not a collection of policies. It is how a business identifies risk, makes decisions, assigns responsibility and demonstrates — to management, regulators and business partners — that its controls work in practice.”
What defines our work
What clients should expect from a specialist boutique.
Clear scope, independent judgement and evidence-led implementation remain central throughout each engagement.
Independent judgement
Our conclusions are based on applicable rules, the facts of the matter and the client’s actual operating model — not on the outcome the client would prefer to hear.
Direct senior access
Engagements are led or reviewed by experienced legal and compliance professionals rather than delegated entirely to junior staff or account managers.
Evidence-led implementation
A policy is not an effective control unless it is supported by responsible persons, operating procedures, records, escalation mechanisms and management oversight.
Defined scope and accountability
We define what LEX ARTA will deliver, what remains the client’s responsibility and where licensed or locally qualified professionals must be involved.
Cross-border capability
International matters are coordinated with qualified local professionals where jurisdiction-specific legal, tax, audit, accounting or regulatory expertise is required.
Leadership
Senior experience behind the advisory work.
Legal analysis, financial-crime investigations, operational compliance and academic research inform the way we approach regulated-business matters.
Lusine Vardanyan, PhD
Managing Partner / Artlex Consult s.r.o.
Lawyer · AML/CFT & Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Lusine Vardanyan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Artlex Consult s.r.o., the Czech company operating under the LEX ARTA brand. She is an experienced lawyer and regulatory compliance specialist with more than 15 years of combined experience across legal practice, economic-crime investigations, regulatory analysis, corporate governance and compliance.
Before entering private advisory practice, Lusine spent several years investigating economic and tax offences, including complex financial-crime cases. This investigative background continues to shape her approach to AML/CFT and regulatory compliance: controls must be supported by evidence, escalation paths must work in practice, and formal documentation must reflect the actual operating model.
She has also served as an internal MLRO in the Czech Republic, bringing direct experience of AML governance and responsibility within a Czech business environment.
At Artlex Consult s.r.o., Lusine leads engagements delivered under the LEX ARTA brand involving AML/CFT frameworks, licensing readiness, financial-crime risk, compliance governance, data protection and cross-border regulatory matters.
Alongside her advisory practice, Lusine is a member of the Czech Law and Advanced Technologies Research Institute at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc. Her academic research covers EU law, data protection, digital identity, informational self-determination and the legal consequences of technological transformation.
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Hovsep Kocharyan, PhD, CAMS
Head of Legal & Compliance / Artlex Consult s.r.o.
Lawyer · Financial Services, AML/CFT & Data Protection Specialist
Hovsep Kocharyan is Head of Legal & Compliance at Artlex Consult s.r.o., working on advisory matters delivered under the LEX ARTA brand. He is a lawyer and regulatory compliance specialist whose work focuses on financial services, AML/CFT, data protection, digital-asset regulation and cross-border corporate matters.
At Artlex Consult s.r.o., Hovsep supports engagements involving licensing, DORA, the Transfer of Funds Regulation, AML/CFT frameworks, GDPR compliance, payment-services regulation, contractual structures and corporate documentation. His work includes regulatory analysis, legal research, policy development, contract drafting and practical implementation.
His professional experience includes legal, compliance and executive roles within Czech regulated and virtual-asset businesses. He has worked on AML/CFT internal rules and risk assessments, privacy and corporate policies, cross-border data-transfer arrangements, regulatory governance and financial-services models.
Alongside his advisory work, Hovsep is a member of CLAiR at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University Olomouc. His academic work focuses on public international law, EU law, data protection, digital sovereignty, internet access and emerging technologies.
LinkedInClient coordination
Direct, organised communication throughout the engagement.
Kristina Gluck
Business Development & Client Relations Manager / Artlex Consult s.r.o.
Client Coordination · Business Development · Cross-Border Projects
Kristina Gluck is Business Development & Client Relations Manager at Artlex Consult s.r.o. She supports client-facing and commercial activities delivered under the LEX ARTA brand, helping prospective and existing clients navigate the initial stages of engagement and maintain clear communication throughout their projects.
She coordinates enquiries, introductory discussions and project onboarding. She helps identify the client’s business objectives, relevant jurisdictions and required areas of support before the matter is assigned to the appropriate legal, regulatory or compliance specialist.
Her role also includes maintaining client relationships, coordinating communications across ongoing matters and supporting collaboration with external professional partners in selected jurisdictions. Specialist legal and regulatory conclusions remain the responsibility of the relevant qualified professionals.
International coordination
Cross-border reach with clear professional boundaries.
LEX ARTA supports Czech, EU and selected international matters within its areas of competence. Where a matter requires jurisdiction-specific legal representation, licensed tax advice, statutory audit or another regulated professional service, the relevant work is performed or coordinated with an appropriately qualified local professional.
This model allows clients to maintain one coordinated project structure while preserving a clear distinction between LEX ARTA advisory work and services reserved to locally authorised professionals.
LEX ARTA in practice
People, expertise, real work.
Start with the real issue
Discuss your regulatory matter.
For a complex regulatory, licensing or compliance matter, start with a focused discussion of the business model, jurisdiction, decision and required outcome.