Pekin & Pekin

The Firm engages in cross-border transactions and since its establishment in 1971, it has gained broad experience in international and Turkish law to become a trusted business advisor with global experience. Our partners have more than 15 years of experience in total and are foreign educated which was combined with their extensive exposure to cross-border deals, means they are fully prepared to act for demanding international clients. Pekin & Pekin is the Lex Mundi exclusive member firm for Turkey, an associate member and counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), counsel to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Securities Lending and Repo Committee (SLRC) Capital Adequacy Directive Working Group, an affiliate of the Futures & Options Association (FOA) and a member of the International Project Finance Association (IPFA). Our clientele is predominantly foreign. We advise major multinationals investing in Turkey; such clients are demanding users of legal services with complex operations. Our firm is an independent law firm that has not been affiliated with an international law firm partner. This enables us to work with a range of international firms with or without a presence in Turkey on the most prestigious deals in the market. Pekin & Pekin has an extensive network, from legal associations to professional bodies and law firms. This network is essential for client development, knowledge sharing, best practice, referrals and deal execution. As the only Turkish law firm to be admitted to the associations Lex Mundi, Pekin & Pekin has an extensive legal network. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, we can provide our clients with preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers around the world – all from a single point of contact. Being a member of Lex Mundi, the world's leading network of independent law firms for more than approximately twenty years, our firm is ever building valuable and long-lasting relationships with both international laws firms and enjoying the opportunity to provide legal services to major leading companies for various sophisticated projects from United States of America to Asia. As a partner firm of Lex Mundi, it is worth mentioning that our firm has close connections with top tier firms all around the globe and our range of international law firms we have collaborated throughout the years expands from United States of America to Asia and Eastern market. Our membership of the Lex Mundi network (ranked 'Elite' by Chambers Global) gives us access to a network of leading firms across the world when involved in major, cross-border work related to difference practice areas. We have longstanding links with global law firms as their Turkish legal counsel. In addition to the Magic Circle and US firms, Pekin & Pekin has formed strong bonds with other firms as their clients have entered the Turkish market. The geographical location of these new firms is wide, from Norway to Japan and India to the United Arab Emirates.

Pro-Bono

Empowering our communities is one of the prioritized issue for our firm and we believe that justice and equality shall be the instinct of a lawyer. We consider that groups and individuals with limited means always deserve to have the access of equal justice and high standards of legal services. In this regard, our firm provides legal assistance for non-profit organizations and their fellows in many practice areas such as contracts, real estates, litigation, intellectual property and tax. One of our most considerable pro-bono work partnership is with Ashoka and Ashoka Fellows and Kiva Microfunds. Almost 50% of our lawyers are involved in at least one pro-bono works in 2020, and provided services for pro-bono works are equal to tens of thousands USD. Additionally every year we extent our pro-bono works volume and our partnerships and we will continue to demonstrate our willingness on pro-bono works as long as we serve as a law firm.