Kolcuoglu Demirkan Koçakli

Dispute Resolution, Ethics and Compliance

Counsel

Begüm Biçer İlikay has strong experience in dispute resolution, compliance and investigations. Begüm represents domestic and international clients before the Turkish Courts, execution offices and other public authorities in a wide range of litigation matters, including commercial and corporate-related disputes, employment-related disputes, administrative lawsuits, enforcement lawsuits, criminal proceedings in relation to white-collar crimes as well as execution and bankruptcy proceedings. She also provides Turkish law advice in connection with disputes pending before foreign courts. In the past years, Begüm has been extensively involved in major intra company disputes arising from SPA and SHA provisions. She has vast experience in execution and bankruptcy proceedings as well as enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.

Begüm is also experienced in advising on the compliance of clients’ business practices with local and international anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations and conducting internal investigations. She was involved in several major investigation processes.

Among the Firm’s clients, she represents various leading individuals, multinational and domestic companies, such as Fatih Terim and the Terim Family, ArcelorMittal RZK, Hepsiburada,  QTerminals, SOCAR AQS, Coca Cola İçecek, Accessorize, Abalıoğlu Holding, Dikey Vitamin, AS Mintos Marketplace, Ströer SE, Mitsubishi Corporation,  LR Health & Beauty Systems,  Vinmar,  Gates Corporation, Alsim Alarko, Global Founders Capital, Oliver Samwer, Turkven Private Equity, Terumo Europe, Trabzonspor, Gano Excel, Nolan Group, Roxcel, Odea Bank, Rapro Kimya, Huntsman, VHV Group and PVcase.

Begüm co-leads the actions of the Firm's French Desk together with Okan Demirkan.

Begüm Biçer İlikay joined Kolcuoğlu Demirkan Koçaklı in 2016. She became one of the Firm’s counsels in 2024.

She is a co-author of “The International Investigations Review,” Turkey Chapter, 10-12th editions, the Law Reviews (2020-2022) and “The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review,” Turkey Chapter, 5th-6th editions, the Law Reviews, (2016-2017)

English, French, Turkish

Galatasaray University School of Law (LL.M., pending); Galatasaray University School of Law (LL.B., 2012)