Özel & Özel

Corporate, Dispute Resolution

Haluk Can Özel is a co-founding and managing partner of Özel & Özel.

Mr. Özel represents many leading multinational companies investing and doing business in Turkey, large size local conglomerates, local companies doing business abroad, and large family businesses.

He acted as the managing partner of the Istanbul office of Altheimer&Gray, a Chicago based US law firm between 1993 and 2003 and the managing partner of the Istanbul office of Salans (now Dentons) a multi national law firm between 2003 and 2011, with which the Firm had an association relationship, since than he continues his practice under the Firm, an independent firm.

His activities at Özel & Özel focus on the areas of law of banking and finance, corporate and commercial, litigation and dispute resolution, information technology, manufacture and industry services, private equity, real estate, telecommunications, where he advises on the sectors of automotive, banking and financial institutions, consumer products and retail, hotels, leisure and tourism, information technology, and wealth management of large family businesses.

Turkish, English

He is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association, the International Bar Association and an associate member to the American Bar Association.

Mr. Özel earned his LL.B. degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law in 1974.

He is the author of the chapter on Turkey in “International Execution Against Judgment Debtors” by Oceana and the chapter on Turkey in “Company Law in Europe” by Butterworths.