About Us

Professional Experience

Legal Manager, 03/2024 – 03/2025 (Chicago)

• Managing cases from the preparation stage of case files through to final completion.
• Preparing applications for permanent residence and secondary benefits for foreign nationals.
• Processing and filing non-immigrant and immigrant visa petitions.
• Organizing petition packages for review and filing.
• Keeping clients informed about the progress of their cases.

Director / Attorney, 07/2012 – 03/2024

• Managing and coordinating data protection compliance projects and conducting meetings with clients on complex personal data matters.
• Reviewing various contracts in light of the Personal Data Protection Law in order to strengthen client positions.
• Developing explicit consent and information notices, preparing personal data inventories, and following up on the completion of VERBIS registration.
• Served as a team manager in the Ankara EY Legal Department.
• Preparing legal due diligence reports and reviewing findings in accordance with applicable legislation, particularly in relation to renewable energy sector requirements.
• Preparing ESG Due Diligence reports during M&A processes and integrating relevant risks and findings into agreements and negotiations between buyers and sellers.
• Reviewing Share Purchase Agreements and Shareholders’ Agreements, preparing corporate documentation accordingly, and organizing trade registry procedures. Providing legal consultancy on multifaceted legal matters regarding the Turkish subsidiary of a company based in the Czech Republic.
• Reviewing M&A reports and evaluating findings in accordance with legislation. Reviewing Shareholders’ Agreements.
• Providing legal consultancy services on energy sector legislation, supervising license application and license termination procedures, and overseeing the development of relevant documentation from initiation to completion.
• Providing general legal consultancy services to the legal team for the management of various legal matters, and offering corporate secretarial services for general assembly and board of directors’ resolutions.
• Delivering AML training in both English and Turkish to ensure maximum transparency.
• Designing and drafting financial leasing agreements and coordinating procedures with government authorities. Providing legal consultancy during Türkiye’s first crane export from Germany via financial leasing.
• Providing legal consultancy on determining the fundamental requirements for share transfers in compliance with Turkish legislation, and on simultaneous capital reduction and increase processes. Preparing required documentation and conducting registration procedures to facilitate operations.
• Drafting a construction contract and providing legal consultancy for the establishment of an international technology company on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
• Providing strong legal consultancy services regarding labor litigation, advising on customization of general assembly and board of directors’ resolutions, and offering legal consultancy in preparing various procedures to ensure maximum compliance with internal regulatory standards.
• Coordinating legal consultancy services related to corporate secretarial matters for general assembly and board of directors’ resolutions, developing various contracts including employment agreements, and providing legal consultancy in designing a Code of Conduct set including standard operating procedures, workplace rules, and codes of behavior.

Attorney, 07/2011 – 07/2012

Providing customized legal consultancy and litigation services to various multinational companies; conducting legal research in Commercial and Labor Law and contributing to relevant departments; attending hearings related to these matters. Finalizing enforcement proceedings followed in various courthouses in Türkiye. Completing procedures of ongoing Commercial Law cases nationwide, regularly monitoring case status, conducting legal research, and drafting petitions in light of the new Turkish Commercial Code. Providing legal consultancy on Turkish Commercial Code internal compliance projects for healthcare companies. Drafting a wide range of corporate contracts including construction agreements, confidentiality agreements, and purchase agreements.

Attorney, 01/2010 – 06/2011

Drafting litigation petitions for both defendants and plaintiffs/complainants and attending hearings before all courts including the Court of Cassation and the Council of State to obtain preliminary injunction decisions. Conducting necessary procedures related to investigating unlicensed software usage, including search warrant procedures and visits to public prosecutors and relevant courts. Providing legal support to dispute resolution processes between third parties by organizing pre-litigation procedures and preparing petitions. Participating in various raids concerning unlicensed software usage within companies. Successfully managing legal due diligence projects in the tourism and energy sectors. Preparing various complaint petitions to the Advertising Board in the healthcare sector and completing legal procedures.

Education

Master’s Program in International Public Law
Coventry University, Faculty of Law, Coventry, United Kingdom

Bachelor’s Degree
Başkent University, Faculty of Law, Ankara, Türkiye

Licenses & Certifications

• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist
• Chicago Kent College of Law, School of American Law Program
• London School of Economics, Data: Law, Policy and Regulation Certificate
• Competition Law Training Certificate, Competition Authority
• Capital Markets Law Training Certificate, Istanbul Stock Exchange

Languages

• English
• Turkish
• French