Pekin & Pekin

Diversity and Inclusion is at the forefront of our firm’s recruitment strategy and we are proud of our record that most of the professionals at Pekin & Pekin are women. Our firm’s commitment is driven by the inspired leadership within the firm and local communities by our Corporate & M&A partners Elif Tolunay Banking and Finance partner Eda Beltan. All two are committed to creating an environment where colleagues can progress and develop their careers based on merit and without fear of discrimination. Our Banking & Finance partner Eda Beltan is one of the youngest women to become a partner of a law firm in Turkish legal market. By actively supporting diversity and inclusion, Pekin & Pekin always ensures that all our people are valued and treated with dignity and respect. Pekin & Pekin complies with all relevant Turkish legislation while regularly reviewing our own policies and make any updates to continue to work towards a diverse culture within the firm. Our Firm is aware of the fact that women being parents, do not constitute an obstacle in terms of career advancement. In this context, it conducts flexible working hours and semi-remote working practices additionally during the Covid-19 pandemic, fully remote working practices for our firm’s lawyer who has a child under the age of 2. We are in regular dialogue with leading international law firms and corporate legal departments and it is our firm’s policy to continue to work across jurisdictions like the US, UK, EU in a continuous and diverse manner. We are proud of our long-lasting efforts on diversity policy as we continue to ensure there are effective programs in place to identify, develop and sponsor a diverse range of high potential talent via our recruitment program. Women are majority in our Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Corporate & M&A teams.