Cigdemtekin Cakirca Aranci Law Firm

Co-Managing Partner

Ayça Aranci is a leading corporate and commercial lawyer who has particular expertise in energy, regulatory corporate and commercial law. She also provides transactional advice to her clients in various sectors with a particular focus on energy, renewables, environmental law and permitting. She is based in Ankara and therefore is highly experienced in dealing with various governmental agencies and regulatory bodies including Energy Markets Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Energy, Privatization Authority, Ministry of Environment.

Ms. Aranci, has worked first as a trainee, then as an associate in Güngör Yener Law Office. During her law apprenticeship, she recieved a scholarship by the British Council and Ankara Bar association and studied EU Law in Nottingham and London. Between 2000-2005 she worked as the responsible contract executive in the Contracts Department of ASELSAN A.Ş., a leading Turkish Defense Company. During this period she worked in many defense projects regarding Electronic Warfare and Intelligence Systems, Radar Systems, Communication Systems, Command and Control Systems, Defense Systems, Radar Systems etc. She also took place in M&A of MİKES A.Ş., a defense company, which became an affiliate of ASELSAN A.Ş., and also worked as the Reporter of Board of Directors of MİKES A.Ş. She worked as an assistant in an EU financed project “Mediation Lectures for Turkish Lawyers” given by Toolkit Company and ADR Center.

English and Turkish

Member of the Ankara Bar Association.

Ankara University School of Law, LLB, 1996.