INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
BTS & Partners group a team of highly specialized attorneys with extensive knowledge on Intellectual Property and commercial law to negotiate and draft complex agreements. We provide transactional advice as well as license portfolio management support. The team is led by attorneys with considerable international business and negotiation experience so that we can reach that elusive point where legal risks are minimized and business opportunities are maximized. We have substantial experience in licensing, collaboration agreements, joint ventures, development agreements, technology transfer, franchising, software licenses and software related transactions.
BTS & Partners provide consultancy and strategic support with a particular focus on the maximization of client’s intellectual assets. We help identifying and managing the intellectual assets of our clients, including the management and enforcement of IPR portfolio, to maximize the returns of such intangibles such as patents, trademarks, know- how and show-how. We assist our clients with strategic decision making to insure that business targets are reached by the proper management and coordination of intellectual assets. We also assist clients in identifying and acquiring technology. We are particularly experienced in managing early stage technology portfolios from university and research institutions
Tuğrul Sevim (LL.M.)
Selin Beceni (LL.M.)
Zeynep Ünlü
İrem Naz Kuzum
Çağdaş Çizer
Melis Mert
Güneş Taşkın
İlke Okan
Bengü Halavut Yıldırım
Begüm Alara Şahinkaya
Onat Budak
Cansu Tekşen
Tuğrul specializes in complex IT and telecommunication contracts (development, licensing, integration, outsourcing), electronic commerce and internet legal issues, privacy law and complex IT litigation (Expert proceedings, alternative dispute resolution)He assists clients in the management of their Intellectual Property portfolios and the establishment of their market strategies on complex ICT projects and in negotiating and drafting complex IT contracts with strong Intellectual Property and regulatory content.Tuğrul also has a strong capability in data privacy. advises businesses on how to strategically manage their privacy, security, electronic workplace, and e-business legal risks both domestically and globally. He has assisted a wide range of business in a variety of industries by developing a privacy strategy that yields practical solutions in a rapidly evolving area and that weighs costs and benefits in a light of a company's risk profile and culture.
Practice Areas
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Media & Entertainment
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Fintech
Intellectual Property
Regulatory Compliance
Information Technologies
Education
Marmara University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, Economics Law, LL.M.
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Law, Private Law, PHD
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Lecturer at Bilgi University, Economy Law Master Program, Information Security Law
Languages
Turkish; English, French
Selin specializes in M&As as well as in corporate law, public procurement law, property law and employment law. She has over 15 years of experience covering the whole range of corporate and M&A work, including the incorporation of foreign-capitalized companies, conducting share sale transactions, asset sales, joint ventures, investment agreements and resolving shareholders' conflicts. She is also experienced in public procurement law, employment law and property law.
In recent years, Selin was involved in various mid-level private M&A deals and also represented clients bidding for major public tenders. She also advised one of the most prestigious venture capital funds of Turkey for its investments to various portfolio companies in ICT sector.
Practice Areas
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Media & Entertainment
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Electronic Communications
Intellectual Property
Regulatory Compliance
Contracts & Business Set-ups
Corporate and M&A
Employment
Information Technologies
Education
Ankara University, Faculty of Law LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Ankara Bar
Istanbul Bar
International Bar
Women Presidents Organization-Turkey Chapter
Languages
Turkish, English
Zeynep has an extensive experience at advising her multinational clients with any transactional and non-transactional works they have with regards to the Turkish market. Working for many clients from variety of industries, including most notably the IT sector, for over 10 years, Zeynep specializes in Business and Commercial Law, IT Law and Public Projects and Procurements
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Fintech
Information Technologies
IP
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Pro Bono
Public Projects & Procurement
Education
Koç University, Law School, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Ahmet Yavuz Uşaklıoğlu
Associate - Attorney at Law
ahmetyavuz.usaklioglu@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Ahmet Yavuz practices in IT Law, IP Law, Contracts Law, Law of Charity, and Commercial Law. He has experience in preparing and revising agreements, researching and drafting legal memorandums, and providing legal advice to his clients.
He also received a minor degree in Computer Engineering. While continuing his bachelor’s education, he founded a technology company and within this scope, he worked on legal software programs and applications with LegalTech infrastructure. In this context, he gained experience in the field of LegalTech and start-up law. The first edition of his book, named "Digital Law", was published in February 2020. Apart from this, Usaklioglu, who is also interested in philosophy, psychology, and personal development, published another book called "Gunesini Uyandir" in late 2021. He founded a charity called Universal Good Hearts (Iyilik Uretenler) and serves as the chairman of board of this charity.
Practice Areas
Data Protection and Privacy
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Cybersecurity
Start-up Law
Information Technologies
Intellectual Property
Contracts
Electronic Commerce
LegalTech
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Education
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, Minor
City University of London, Faculty of Law, International Business Law, LL.M. (Ongoing)
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Turkey Language and Literature Association- Member of Board of Directors
Languages
Turkish, English, French
İrem focuses on information and communication technologies, e-commerce law, payment services legislation, personal data protection and privacy law and intellectual property law. She assists local and international clients in various projects and daily basis matters. She is also experienced in competition law.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Information Technologies
Fintech
Intellectual Property
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Çağdaş offers consultancy in content regulation as well as intellectual property law, information technology law and electronic communication law. He has worked on a significant number of cases, in which he has represented fortune 500 clients before common courts, during mediations and in informal settlement talks.
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Electronic Communication
Information Technologies
Intellectual Property
Media & Entertainment
Education
Kadir Has University, School of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Ece Özelgin
Special Counsel & Head of Public Policy - Attorney at Law
ece.ozelgin@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Ece specializes in information and communication technologies, as well as intellectual property law, regulatory and compliance. She works with a wide range of local and international clients that are leading technology companies and top companies in their respective sectors, advising them on various areas, while mainly focusing on technology law, internet law, data privacy, data protection and compliance. Prior to joining BTS, she has gained extensive experience in intellectual property law and corporate law.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Information Technologies
IP
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Personal Data Protection
Pro Bono
Public Projects & Procurement
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç University, School of Law, LL.B.
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, LL.M.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
American Bar
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
International Association of Privacy Professionals, IAPP
Languages
Turkish, English
Yasin Beceni (LL.M.)
Managing Partner - Attorney at Law
yasin.beceni@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Yasin
Beceni is the managing partner of BTS&Partners. He advises clients on a
wide range of commercial transactions including outsourcing agreements and
other procurement arrangements as well as advising generally on contentious,
non-contentious and transactional information and communication technologies
and intellectual property law issues including information security,
investments, regulatory compliance, privacy- data protection, new products and
services, digital media, payment services, e-commerce.
He
also has significant experience on information society issues at a national and
European Union level more than 20 years and advising on legal-regulatory risk
analysis, product and services deployment and development in Turkish market,
regulatory compliance and market entry strategy for large multinationals,
engagement strategies with governmental, academic and non-governmental
institutions. He advises clients in drafting and negotiating large
infrastructure, project and services contracts, joint venture/company
agreements as well as agreements relating to acquisition of significant stakes
in telecom and tech companies. Mr. Yasin Beceni's clients include various
Fortune 500 companies, big tech companies, NGO's, Turkish large business
conglomerates, telecommunications companies, media companies, financial
institutions, software and hardware suppliers and other large multinational
companies.
Mr.
Beceni is actively involved in conferences, trainings, congresses,
publications, seminars, councils, panels,
legislative commissions, workshops, and strategy workgroups, within his expertise areas. Mr. Beceni
actively renders consultancy services to various leading NGOs and academic
institutions in technology and legal related matters. Within his contributions
to the efforts in relation to shape up the information society legal
infrastructure in Turkey; he has been contributing in many regulatory/policy
making initiations/efforts. In this regard he was elected as a member of
Ministry of Justice E-Commerce Draft
Code Scientific Commission, Data Protection Draft Code Scientific Commission and New Turkish Commercial Draft Code Scientific
Commission. He is the chief legal advisor of TUBISAD (Turkish Informatics
Industry Association) and executive-execution board member of TBV (Turkish
Informatics Foundation). He is also a member of several national and international prestigious NGO’s and
elected the committee member of these
organizations such as; Turkish Industry and Business Association
(TÜSİAD) Information Society,
Information-Communication Technologies & Innovation Committee; ABFT (American Business Forum in Turkey);
Communication Committee of Turkish National
Commission for UNESCO.
Mr. Beceni is also a part-time lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University and Sabancı University. He gives a course entitled Information and Communication Law Policies and Strategies in ICT Law LL.M. Program at Istanbul Bilgi University and gives a course entitled Legal Aspects of Data Driven Economy and Legal Ethics in Data Analytics Master Program at Sabancı University. He also contributes academic works around the world at the leading academic institutions as a visiting lecturer.
Education
Marmara University, Faculty of Law,
LL.B.
Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, Economics Law, LL.M.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
Turkish Informatics Foundation
International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
International Bar Association – Technology Committee
Melis practices IT law, contracts law, e-commerce law, payment services legislation, personal data protection and privacy law and intellectual property law. She has experience in working with both local and multinational technology, fintech, e-money and software companies and assists them both in projects and for daily basis matters with IT and telecommunications contracts, e-commerce, fintech, privacy, IT and IP law. She is also experienced in international public law
Practice Areas
Contracts
Intellectual Property
Information Technologies
Fintech
Electronic Communication
Regulatory Compliance
Blockchain Technology
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Pro bono
Education
Bilgi University, Information Technology Law, LL.M.
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Genç ISTAC
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Güneş practices IT law, personal data protection law, contracts law and intellectual property law. She has experience in working with global companies, providing legal consulting and organising day-to-day legal actions of them. She is also experienced in conducting trademark, design, industrial model and patent applications before Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Practice Areas
Contracts
Intellectual Property
Personal Data Protection&Privacy
Information Technologies
Education
Ankara University, Faculty of Law, L.L.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Education
Ankara University, Law Faculty
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Languages
Turkish, English
After serving as a legal counsel and as a litigation lawyer for multinational companies for some years, Bengü joined Bayer, a global enterprise focused on the Life Sciences in the fields of Pharmaceuticals, Crop Science, Animal Health and Consumer Health (and formerly Material Science), to establish a local legal department and a compliance culture. Having served as the Head of Law, Patents Compliance and Data Privacy of all Bayer Group companies in Turkey and Iran Country Group, not only she reached the excellence level of service for clients being aware of their business needs and sustainability expectations, but also built effective and diverse teams with strong business partnering mindset.
In 2015, she became the youngest member of Bayer Türk’s Administrative Board. In 2016, she has been certified as an Adler Coach. She is experienced in bringing strategic mindset and business insight at legal solutions in complexed projects with a smooth ambiguity management. She served for Bayer Group Companies, Bayer Türk, Bayer Persian, Intendis, Nunhems, Bayer Homecare Company and Monsanto in a wide range of sectors and legal areas including but not limited to Intellectual and Industrial Property Law, Corporate Compliance, Pharmaceutical Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Corporate Law, M&A
In 2015 and 2019 Bengü 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.
Practice Areas
Intellectual and Industrial Property Law
Corporate Compliance
Labor Law
Pharmaceutical Law
Criminal Law
Corporate Law
Education
Marmara University, Faculty of Law
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Cansu Naz Karlıtepe
Associate - Attorney at Law
cansunaz.karlitepe@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Naz practices IT law, contracts law, e-commerce law and intellectual property law. She has experience in drafting, revising and negotiating complex contracts on a wide range of subjects while helping local and multinational technology, fintech, software and consultancy companies in designing their new business models. She is also experienced in advising clients in retail and pharma sector on their daily operations and their most vital strategic projects, conducting data protection compliance processes of the companies, investment arbitration, litigation, real estate and construction law. She is a registered sworn translator.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Intellectual Property
Information Technologies
Electronic Communication
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Begüm focuses on information and communication technologies, as well as contracts law, data protection, regulatory and compliance. She works with local and international clients that are leading technology companies, advises them on various areas, while mainly focusing on technology law, internet law, data privacy, data protection and compliance.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Fintech
Information Technologies
IP
Personal Data Protection
Pro Bono
Public Projects & Procurement
Public Policy
Regulatory Compliance
Education
İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of International Relations, B.A.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul 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
Cansu specializes in contracts law, e-commerce law and competition law. She works on drafting contracts regarding investments, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property and technology transfers and IT law, advises clients for business set-ups and other commercial, employment and regulatory needs, provides daily preventative maintenance and counseling services for multinational and national clients, provides regulatory compliance matters with regards to information and communications technologies and e-commerce sector. Cansu also provides assistance on various competition law matters, with its extensive experience in competition law prior to joining BTS.
Practice Areas
Contracts & Business Set-ups
Competition
Fintech
Information Technologies
Intellectual Property
Media & Entertainment
Outsourcing & Technology Transfers
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç University, Faculty of Law LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish and English
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