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Sahan Law Office
Finanskent Mah. Finans Cad.
Sarphan Finanspark 5/C No.36
Ümraniye/ISTANBUL
Turkey

Work Department

Insurance, Corporate and Commercial, Competition

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Abdülkadir ŞAHAN has worked for Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Treasury, Directorate General of Insurance, as Treasury Expert following his graduation from İstanbul University Faculty of Law. He performed duties related to preparation of insurance legislation, supervision of M&A processes and approval of the new insurance products of insurance companies. He also conducted studies on environment and marine insurances and submitted an expertise thesis on “Marine Insurance and P&I Practices in Turkey”.

He won a EU Jean Monnet Scholarship and attended to the LL.M Programme of London City University in the field of “International Trade Law”. He took LL.M degree by submitting a dissertation on “Comparison of the Merger Remedies under the, US, EU and Turkish Merger Control Systems”.

Abdülkadir advises insurance companies, private pension companies, brokers, agents and public authorities in all kinds of insurance related issues as well as corporate law and competition law.

Languages

English, Turkish

Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association; Association of Treasury Experts

Education

University of İstanbul, Faculty of Law (LLB, 2004); City, University of London (LLM, 2012)

Lawyer Rankings

Turkey > Insurance

(Leading individuals)

Abdülkadir ŞahanSahan Law Office

Sahan Law Office handles a wide range of services for clients in the insurance sector, including licence applications, preparation of brokerage and reinsurance contracts, and compliance issues, among other matters. Abdülkadir Şahan is an expert in marine insurance; he and his team also frequently advise on new insurance contracts, as well as related issues concerning competition and corporate law. The firm has experience of acting for insurance brokers and pension companies as well as insurance and reinsurance companies.