We provide legal support across company formation and acquisitions, financial services regulation, mining and real estate investments, and commercial disputes. Our work brings transaction preparation together with experience in contracts, implementation and litigation.
Our project experience covers cross-border finance and payments, e-commerce investments, cryptoasset platforms, data protection, trademark and patent work, urban regeneration and city infrastructure projects. Our disputes practice includes commercial receivables, bankruptcy estate representation, mineral trading, commercial and construction arbitration, foreign judgment enforcement, employment rights, leases and cadastral matters. Selected ongoing and completed engagements are presented below.
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Ongoing
International Mining Group: Incorporation, Governance and Receivables Recovery
We handled the Turkish incorporation and corporate structuring of an international mining and raw materials group, preparing documents concerning business activities, shareholder and board resolutions, and representation and signing authorities. We continue to handle litigation, mediation and receivables recovery arising from its commercial disputes. Our work includes supporting claims with commercial records and technical analyses, preparing for expert examinations and assessing recovery options against assets of debtors in bankruptcy.
E-Commerce Investment Holding: Establishment, Governance and Transfers
We advise on the Turkish operations of an e-commerce investment group across company establishment, corporate governance, business acquisitions, share and asset transfers, and restructuring. Our work covers legal due diligence, acquisition agreements, corporate resolutions, representation authorities, commercial registry procedures and integration of acquired businesses. Faruk Aktay also served as a Türkiye-resident board member during this engagement. We distinguish completed transaction stages from ongoing advisory work.
Defence Industry Acquisition Strategy and Tax Planning
We are assessing legal and tax structuring options in preparation for a share sale in a defence industry company. Our work covers corporate conversion and merger alternatives, shareholding arrangements and transaction-related tax risks. We support transaction structuring and negotiation preparation by considering pre-sale decisions alongside their commercial rationale and continuity of sector-specific permissions.
Patent Research, Development and Application Preparation — DETAI
Within DETAI's technology development work, we undertake prior-art research, identify technical contributions and prepare specifications, claims, abstracts and drawings. Alongside application files submitted to TÜRKPATENT, we work on overseas filing preparation and coordination with relevant specialists. We track research, preparation and filing as distinct stages and keep technical details of unpublished inventions confidential.
We act within the authority granted to us on an urban regeneration project concerning a land site exceeding 30,000 square metres in Istanbul. Our work addresses landowners' rights, development options and the legal framework for dealings with relevant parties. The work is guided by the scope of our mandate and the property's existing legal status.
Mining Investments and Site Development in Türkiye
We participate in investment structuring and site development work for a Turkish mining company. The scope includes site selection alongside technical teams, preparation for licence acquisitions and transfers, new-site and tender applications, and assessment of corporate and contractual needs during operations. In project development work associated with Anatolia Mines, we assess investment and transfer options for new sites. Faruk Aktay has completed MAPEG’s Authorised Legal Entity (YTK) training programme and received a training certificate.
We undertook financing and refinancing-related legal work for the Turkish companies of an international e-commerce group. Our work covered amendments to a bank account pledge agreement, stamp duty assessments and payment coordination relating to security documents, corporate documentation and corporate actions to convert shareholder receivables into equity. We coordinated the Turkish aspects with overseas financing parties and legal advisers. Completed status refers to these legal assignments.
Data Protection Compliance Work for a Corporate Group
We assisted a corporate group with legal documentation and compliance work for personal data processing, preparing privacy notices, consent declarations, data subject request forms, retention and destruction policies, and activity-specific notices.
We contributed legal input to the EBRD-supported Ankara Green City Action Plan coordinated by Arup. Our work addressed the stakeholder matrix, legal and institutional framework, environmental legislation and municipal financing. The final report was approved by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and EBRD.
Industrial Company Acquisition and Corporate Structuring
We supported the legal review process, contractual arrangements and closing of an industrial company acquisition. Our work covered contractual amendments, corporate arrangements reflecting the ownership structure, internal directives, representation authorities, corporate resolutions and commercial registry procedures.
Advisory Work for an International Human Resources Group
We provided corporate advice and legal support on private employment agency licensing for Turkish operations. This entry concerns completed advisory work and does not imply completion of the company’s closure.
We participated in the international advisory team for the EBRD-supported study led by HR&A Advisors. We assessed the legal conditions for municipal subsidiaries, project companies, planning and financing options, contributing to the report and action plan.
Rain — Post-Incorporation Governance and Compliance
We undertook post-incorporation corporate governance and compliance work for the Turkish operations of Rain, an international cryptoasset platform. We handled director appointment and registration procedures, representation and signing authorities and internal directives, and worked on adapting the user agreement for Türkiye. Our work covered employee, applicant and customer privacy notices and consent documents, a cookie policy, data mapping, and İYS registrations. The engagement focused on the company’s decision-making and representation arrangements and its customer and employee data documentation.
Wise — Cross-Border Payment Services and Marketing Compliance
We prepared a Turkish-law assessment for Wise Payments Limited concerning payment services and marketing directed at Türkiye. Our work covered cooperation models with locally licensed institutions, authorisation requirements, customer-initiated services and the distinction between advertising and informational content. We reviewed regulatory boundaries relating to websites, branding, customer communications and disclosures, providing the Turkish-law input to a multi-jurisdictional assessment.
Moneycorp — Cross-Border Financial Services and Turkish Market Access
We prepared a legal opinion for Moneycorp Bank Limited and TTT Moneycorp Limited on cross-border services to individual and corporate customers resident in Türkiye. We assessed payment services, foreign exchange, deposits, electronic money and investment services separately against each entity's activities. Our work compared customer acquisition and referral channels, cooperation with local institutions, authorisation requirements and local establishment options to map the legal framework for the service models.
We advised on arrangements for an existing tenancy in connection with the sale of a residential property. We prepared and revised lease transfer protocols, addressed the return of items remaining at the property and coordinated delivery of the executed documents. The work focused on clearly documenting tenancy rights and obligations in connection with the sale.
We handled domestic and international trademark filing and protection work for an e-commerce investment group. Our work covered defining goods and services, national filings, multi-jurisdictional trademark management through WIPO and reviewing notifications from national intellectual property offices. Examination and protection status were assessed separately for each jurisdiction.
We advised technology ventures on ownership structures, share transfers and operating contracts. In a cross-border restructuring, we prepared an agreement transferring shares in a Turkish company to a foreign parent and assessed transfer restrictions. Our financial technology work included localising user agreements and preparing privacy documentation, a cookie policy and a data inventory. We supported founders' growth decisions with workable corporate and contractual arrangements.
We represent a group of qualified investors following non-payment of coupon and principal amounts and a bankruptcy order against the issuer. Our work includes reviewing investment records and claim documentation, enforcement and litigation, and protecting investors’ rights in the bankruptcy process.
We represent the claimant in an ITOTAM arbitration concerning alleged breach of a non-compete obligation in an asset purchase agreement. Our work addresses evidence, expert reports, loss assessment and damages claims.
Beykoz: Cadastral, Inheritance and Property Sale Agreement Claims
We represent a group of claimants, including heirs and persons asserting rights under preliminary property sale agreements, in cadastral and related property disputes concerning an area exceeding 1.2 million square metres in Beykoz, Istanbul. We coordinate entitlement documentation, litigation and administrative applications. We also conduct discussions with construction companies on development options and with the relevant Ministry on a potential reserve-area designation. These activities do not imply that title has been conclusively established or a reserve-area designation granted.
Pay and termination-related claims: We represent employees seeking pay increases allegedly withheld, pay differences, notice pay and accrued leave pay differences, compensation for unequal treatment and non-pecuniary damages. Our work also includes employment receivables in the tourism sector.
Mediation disputes: We have addressed the scope of settlements concluded shortly after termination and challenges to their validity. We examine pay records, HR practices and expert calculations together to substantiate claims.
Overseas assignments: We pursue foreign-currency pay claims and pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages based on alleged occupational injuries during assignments abroad. Assignment documents, actual working relationships and payment records are key areas of examination. Related cases are tracked separately according to their procedural stage.
We support a trademark applicant in opposition proceedings concerning a UK application, assessing the grounds of opposition and conducting procedural correspondence with opposing counsel.
Mineral quality and payment dispute: Following litigation involving site inspections, sampling, technical analysis and expert evidence, we worked on enforcement of the awarded receivable and related enforcement challenges.
Objection to a commercial claim: In a separate mineral-trading dispute, we represented the creditor in proceedings to set aside an objection to enforcement. Our work covered principal and interest calculations, continuation of enforcement following judgment and attachment applications. We distinguish the litigation stage from the recovery stage.
We act as counsel to the bankruptcy estate of a mining company in the management of the insolvent company's disputes. Our work includes protecting mineral stocks and related receivables, reviewing commercial and technical records, preparing litigation and handling mediation processes. We assess the matters together in light of the estate's rights and recovery prospects.
Overseas Construction Project: Preparation for International Arbitration
We are assessing international arbitration options and preparing a potential claim arising from a Turkish construction company's overseas project. Our work covers structuring the proposed legal route, assessing the file and supporting documents, and coordinating with foreign counsel. The matter remains at the claim-preparation stage.
Criminal Complaint and Objection Proceedings for an International Investor
We represented a foreign institutional investor in criminal complaint proceedings in Türkiye. Our work covered the complaint and supporting documents, monitoring the investigation and challenging the resulting decision.
We represented the claimant in a completed ITOTAM arbitration. Our work covered written submissions, document requests and management of the proceedings.
Lease Disputes: Eviction, Rent Determination and Adjustment
We provided representation in disputes involving eviction, rent determination and rent adjustment. Our work covered pleadings and responses, review of lease and payment records, comparable leases, and follow-up on site inspections and expert evidence. We treated eviction, rent determination and adjustment as distinct legal issues and organised each case’s evidence and requests accordingly. Completed status refers to the relevant representation stage and does not imply that every case resulted in a favourable decision.
If you are preparing an investment or company transfer, seeking to recover a receivable, or facing an employment, lease or property dispute, the first step is to identify your needs against the relevant documents. Drawing on the project and dispute experience above, we can discuss the legal issues, available options and scope of assistance for your matter.
Selected matters are summarized with regard to confidentiality. Completed status refers to the relevant engagement or procedural stage; it does not imply a favourable decision, recovery or any guarantee of a similar outcome in another matter.
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