ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law is proud to announce that Ms. Dilara Yeşilyaprak and Mr. Noyan Utkan have been promoted to Counsel, effective as of January 1, 2023.

Ms. Dilara Yeşilyaprak is a legal counsel specialized in competition law matters. She graduated from University of Kent, Canterbury in 2014. Before joining ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law in 2020, Dilara worked in a leading international law firm, at their Istanbul office and Singapore office. Dilara has assisted national and multinational companies on all types of competition law matters, including but not limited to competition investigations, competition litigation, merger control work, compliance matters. She has represented clients in various precedent setting cases before the Turkish Competition Authority. She has authored many articles and co-authored books pertaining to her practice areas. She received the Legal 500, Next Generation Lawyer / Rising Star Awards for Competition Practice in Turkey in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. She is fluent in English.

Mr. Noyan Utkan is a lawyer in the fields of technology and media, data protection and regulation. Noyan graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2010 and was admitted to the Istanbul Bar in 2011. Before joining ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law in 2015, Noyan worked at reputable law firms in Istanbul. He has extensive experience in IT law, media and entertainment law, telecommunications law, data protection and privacy law, Internet law and contracts law. He provides legal assistance to various multinational and national companies in a wide range of fields concerning their day-to-day operations and contracts. He has authored and co-authored a number of articles pertaining to his practice areas. He is fluent in English.

Gönenç Gürkaynak, Esq.,

Founding Partner

On behalf of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law