Onat Budak
Başak Gülhan
Gözde Kuşçuoğlu
Kübra Çürüksulu
Senior Associate - Attorney at Law
kubra.curuksulu@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Kübra offers consultancy in IT, commercial & employment law and she is also an appreciated litigator specialized mostly on consumer and fraud cases. She advises local and multinational clients in IPR contract negotiation support, eCommerce, Telecommunications, Contract Law, Employment Law and Consumer Law. She also presents litigation services in civil cases and criminal cases related to cyber-crimes.
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Fraud & Cybersecurity
Information Technologies
Pro Bono
Public Projects & Procurement
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç University, School of Law, LL.B.
Boğaziçi University, Information Sytems, MA
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Onat has experience of various fields of law such as dispute resolutions, contracts, privacy and protection of personal data, electronic communication and intellectual property. He offers legal support to social media companies and works cooperatively with litigation and consultancy teams. Providing guidance to national and multinational clients is also a part of his focus. He is also familiar with application developing process.”
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Intellectual Property
Electronic Communications
Regulatory Compliance
Fraud & Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence
Contracts
Employment
Education
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, LL. B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Erdem Aslan
Senior Associate & Head of Innovation, Attorney at Law
erdem.aslan@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Erdem advises on Turkish personal data protection and electronic communications law. He works with both local and international clients in the Turkish telecommunications market. Besides advising on several projects with some of the most important communications operators in Turkey, he works with international operators on local regulatory compliance matters.
Practice Areas
Electronic Communication
Fraud & Cyber Security
Information Technologies
Media & Entertainment
Outsourcing & Technology Transfer
Personal Data Protection Law
Pro Bono
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, Private Law, L.L.M.
Bars Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
European Privacy Certification – Information Privacy Professional for Europe, IAPP
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Başak practices dispute resolution, commercial law, information technology law, data privacy and any other fields of private law. She also offers legal opinions to leading multinational and national clients on various dispute matters. Besides, she presents litigation services in civil cases and criminal cases pertaining to cyber-crimes.
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Litigation
Commercial
Fraud & Cybersecurity
Information Technologies
Education
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Yeditepe University, Information Technology Law, Minor Degree
Yeditepe University, Political Science & International Relations, BA
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
N.Gözde Çakmak
Managing Associate - Attorney at Law
nazligozde.cakmak@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Gözde mainly works in personal data protection and privacy law, electronic communications, and e-commerce law. She carries out regulatory compliance and legal risk assessment projects for both local and international clients and assists them on a daily basis in their legal matters in this regard.
Practice Areas
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Electronic Communication
Regulatory Compliance
Fraud & Cybersecurity
Information Technologies
Pro Bono
Education
Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Yaren Şevval Beceni
Associate - Attorney at Law
yarensevval.beceni@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Yaren Şevval offers consultancy in content regulation as well as Information Technologies Law. She advises multinational and national clients in Consumer Law, eCommerce, Contract Law and Cyber Security Law and she also advises regarding consumer cases and cybersecurity cases.
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Fraud & Cybersecurity
Consumer Law
Information Technologies
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Yeditepe University, School of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Gözde has served as an inhouse counsel in retail sector for Alshaya Group for 15 years. Alshaya is a leading international franchise operator for nearly 90 of the world's most recognised retail brands including Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, The Cheesecake Factory, The Body Shop, M.A.C, Victoria’s Secret.
Having served as the Head of Legal, Ethics and Compliance Committee, Data Privacy Committee and the Disciplinary Committee in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia, she engaged in a wide range of legal areas including but not limited to Retail Law, E-Commerce Law, Property Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Ethics and Corporate Compliance, Intellectual Law, Criminal Law.
During her service in Alshaya, she has led many multifunctional projects. i.e. legal structuring and business launch of e-commerce and mobile application digital platforms for Starbucks, The Body Shop, the Victoria’s Secrets and the Bath and Body Works in Turkey; implementation of the ethics and compliance program of the Company; the expansion of the business to Azerbaijan and Georgia, the structuring of the hospitality business.
Having a seat at the Company’s Executive Leadership Team, she had an effective role to guide the team in dealing with legal and regulatory issues that would have an impact on the Company’s operations and achievement of its business goals.
Prior to this role, Gözde was Attorney at Law for six years in a leading full service law office in Istanbul.
Gözde is also acting as a member of the Retail Legal and Arbitration Comitteee of TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey), GPD (Food Retailers Association), KMD (Category Merchandising Association) and TAMPF (Turkey Federation of Shopping Malls and Retailers). She conducted several sectoral studies for law regulators on draft laws and achieved influential outcomes for the sector.
In 2015, Gözde has been listed on GC Powerlist Turkey as one of the most influential and innovative legal in-house counsels of Turkey by The Legal 500.
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