CONTRACTS & BUSINESS SET-UPS
We assist our clients with the establishment of any types of entities and strategic alliances including stock companies, private partnerships, consortiums, joint ventures, liaison offices, branch offices. We guide and represent our clients through all the applications, submissions and registration processes before trade register offices, Ministry of Industry and Commerce and other regulatory and governmental authorities and bodies in respect of corporate affairs of the companies, we prepare all set-up documents.
Öykü Dalgıç
Irmak Ulusinan
Kaan İlısu
Selin Beceni (LL.M.)
Zeynep Ünlü
Onat Budak
Mine Hazal Şenol
İrem Naz Kuzum
Elif Yosun Tan
Rıza Yücel
Güneş Taşkın
Kutay Türkoğlu
İlke Okan
Ceren Çakır
Begüm Alara Şahinkaya
Gözde Kuşçuoğlu
Ömer Ünçer
Lale Ayrancıoğlu
Cansu Tekşen
Müge Minareci
Öykü advises retainer clients on personal data protection law, IT law, contracts law, e-commerce law, fintech law and consumer law. She has experience in drafting, revising and negotiating complex contracts on a wide range of subjects while helping local and multinational clients working on nascent IT fields such as machine learning & AI, blockchain, colocation/cloud/data centre, payment systems, and e-commerce in designing their new business models and daily business. She is also experienced in advising clients in retail, IT, e-commerce, automative and fintech sector on their daily operations and their most vital strategic projects, conducting data protection compliance projects of the companies, providing corporate consultancy and preparation of corporate governance documents and providing regulatory compliance services in the areas of personal data protection law, e-commerce law and cyber law.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Information Technologies
E-commerce
Fintech
Regulatory Compliance
Education
University of Sussex, , Faculty of Law, Generic LLM (specific focus on Cyber Law and Commercial Law) with Distinction
Baskent University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Istanbul Arbitration Centre - Young ISTAC
London Young International Arbitration Group
Society for Computers & Law
Languages
Turkish, English
Irmak specializes on information and communication technologies, as well as contracts law and data protection law. 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
Information Technologies
Contracts
Personal Data Protection
Corporate and M&A
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Kaan focuses his practices on information and communication technologies as well as data protection, privacy and competition law. He participates on advises to be provided to local and international clients that are leading technology companies, on various areas, while mainly focusing on technology law, internet law, data privacy, data protection and compliance.
Practice Areas
Blockchain Technology
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Information Technologies
Personal Data Protection
Public Projects & Procurement
Public Policy
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç Üniversity, School of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English
Orhan Deniz Toprak
Associate - Attorney at Law
orhandeniz.toprak@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Orhan specializes in corporate law and M&A, employment law and contract law. His experience and enthusiasm with start-ups make him familiar with the start-up ecosystem. He provides legal advice mainly on foreign direct investments, Venture Capital, and private equity funds. He also participates in due diligence projects for M&A transactions for national and multinational clients.
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Contracts
Fintech
Employment
Education
Uskudar American Academy
Koç University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, German
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
Sinan Haluk Tandoğan
Associate - Attorney at Law
sinanhaluk.tandogan@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Sinan is a dual-qualified lawyer and is licensed to practice law in Turkey and in England & Wales. His commercial law practice specializes in international sales contracts, the law of international finance, competition law, energy law, intellectual property law and IT law. Sinan advises his local and international clients with a multidisciplinary mindset, drawing from his experience in global law firms, where he assisted in providing the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.
He has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting complex commercial contracts, such as, inter alia, NDAs, sales contracts and PPAs, both in common law and civil law jurisdictions.
Sinan has also been involved in numerous large projects in the aviation and asset finance sectors, both locally and under the law of England and Wales. He has also worked on several electricity and oil sector transactions.
Alongside a busy transactional practice, he regularly contributes to the academic literature in the field of “Law of Obligations”, with a specific focus on sales contracts (including INCOTERMS, SGA 1979 and the CISG).
Practice Areas
Commercial Contracts
International Finance
Public Policy
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Competition Law
Commercial Law
Energy Law
Corporate Law
Fintech
Intellectual Property
Information Technologies
Education
Ankara University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Intellectual Property Law LL.M., 2021 (with Distinction)
King’s College London, Dickson Poon School of Law, International Business Law LL.M., 2019 (with Merit)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2017 (Cum Laude)
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar Association
The Law Society of England and Wales
Solicitors Regulation Authority
New York State Bar Association
Languages
Turkish, English, French, Italian
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
Hazal’s primariy practices areas are corporate law and M&A, contract law and employment law. Her experiences with start-ups makes her familiar with the start-up ecosystem, she provides legal advice especially regarding foreign direct investments, VC and private equity funds. She is also experienced and very interested in design thinking methodology, legal design and artificial intelligence technology.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Fintech
Education
Koç University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Koç University, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and
Economics, International Relations Department, Minor Degree
Anadolu University, Faculty of Business Administration
(Distance Education), Business Administration
Università di Torino Law Schools Global League 7th Summer School on Legal Pluralism and Global Law
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, French
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
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
Yosun practices IT law and contracts law. She works 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 and IT law. She is also interested in M&A procedures and competition law.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Information Technologies
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Miray Muratoğlu
Managing Associate - Attorney at Law
miray.muratoglu@bts-legal.com
AWARDS
Miray focuses on information and communication technologies, as well as data protection, regulatory and compliance, and regularly follows the developments in disruptive technologies. She works with local and international clients that are leading technology companies and top companies of the sector, advises them on various areas, while mainly focusing on technology law, internet law, data privacy, data protection and compliance.
Practice Areas
Blockchain
Technology
Contracts
Corporate
and M&A
Information
Technologies
Personal
Data Protection
Public
Projects & Procurement
Public
Policy
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Koç
University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Koç University, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Economics Department, B.A
Bar
Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish,
English
Rıza primarily focuses on corporate law, commercial law and M&A transactions in addition to other fields of law. He advises local and international clients on daily corporate and commercial law matters. He is experienced in preparation of legal due diligence reports, drafting commercial transaction documents and providing legal assistance on each phase of an M&A transaction. Furthermore, he also represents local and international clients with respect to the commercial disputes.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
Education
Istanbul Bilgi University, LL. B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, German
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
Kutay specializes in corporate law, contracts law, and M&A. He provides legal advice to local and international clients, mainly on foreign direct investments, venture capital, and private equity funds. He is keen on the start-up ecosystem, blockchain technologies, and information technologies.
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Contracts
Fintech
Employment
Education
Koç University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Education
Ankara University, Law Faculty
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Languages
Turkish, English
Ceren specializes on data protection and privacy, information technologies and contracts law, advising local and international clients from various industries. She works in data protection and privacy compliance projects as well as advising clients on their day-to-day matters.
Practice Areas
Personal Data Protection & Privacy
Regulatory Compliance
Information Technologies
Contracts Law
Education
Bilgi University, LL.B.
City University of London, International Commercial Law, LL.M.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales Candidate
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
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.
Ömer focuses on competition law, contracts law, e-commerce law and regulatory compliance matters with regards to information and communications technologies. He works with local and international clients that are leading technology companies, advises them on various areas.
Practice Areas
Competition
Contracts
Fintech
Regulatory Compliance
Information Technologies
Education
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish, English, French
Lale particularly focuses on corporate and commercial law. She assists clients in wide range of matters including cross border mergers and acquisitions, day-to-day commercial, corporate governance and regulatory matters. She has experience in preparing and revising agreements, researching and drafting legal memorandums as well as supporting national and international clients in order to understand and comply with Turkish legal framework.
Practice Areas
Contracts
Corporate and M&A
Employment
Information Technologies
Education
King’s College London, International Business Law, LL.M.
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Bar Admissions & Memberships
Istanbul Bar
Young ISTAC
Languages
Turkish, English, French
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
After working at one of the international development banks for several years, Müge rejoined BTS & Partners as a Senior Associate. Muge works with local and international clients engaged in a wide range of technology sectors including software, hardware, internet, telecommunications, and fintech. She advises venture capital and other investors, as well as start-ups on financing rounds and investments and offers expertise in corporate governance and corporate restructuring. She also provides advice in relation to regulatory matters in various fields including banking and e-payment and takes part in compliance and licensing projects.
Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A
Contracts
Fintech
Regulatory Compliance
Education
Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law, LL.M. with Honours
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Admissions & Memberships
New York State Bar
İstanbul Bar
Languages
Turkish and English
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