Erdem & Erdem Law Office
Lawyers
Ercüment Erdem
- Phone+90 212 291 73 83
- Email[email protected]
- Social
- Profilewww.erdem-erdem.av.tr
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition and Antitrust
Position
Founder and Senior Partner
Career
Ercument Erdem is the Founder and Senior Partner of Erdem & Erdem Law Office. He has more than 35 year experience in international commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations, corporate finance and arbitration. He serves international and national clients in a variety of industries including energy, construction, finance, retail, real estate, aerospace, healthcare and insurance.
He has extensive experience in cross-border projects concerning project finance, privatization, mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in wide geography including Europe, Asia and CIS countries.
Moreover he has successfully represented clients in many arbitration proceedings and enforcement claims in relation to arbitral awards obtained outside of Turkey. He has acted as chairman and sole or party-appointed arbitrator in many international and national arbitrations under different rules including International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration, Swiss Arbitration, Moscow Arbitration, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Arbitration, Tehran Arbitration, and ad hoc arbitrations and is, furthermore, distinguished in this field.
He has highly strong academic background. He is E. Professor lectured in leading universities such as Galatasaray University in Turkey and Fribourg University in Switzerland. He has more than 35 year experience as a scholar and his research contains competition and antitrust, international commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law etc. He still gives lectures at Galatasaray University and Fribourg University.
He has authored books on international trade law, competition law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial enterprise law, CIF sales, bonds, contracts etc. In addition he has authored numerous articles in national or international publications related to commercial law, competition and antitrust, contracts, arbitration, complex business litigation issues, dispute resolution etc.
Languages
Turkish, English, French, German
Memberships
Education
Commercial Law Professor (2003) Commercial Law Associate Professor (1997) Research on American Law at Yale Law School (1993) Doctorate in Switzerland Fribourg University (Manga Cum Laude) (1988-1990) Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, Private Law LL.M. (1984-1986) Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Law (1981-1984) Istanbul University, Faculty of Law (1980-1981) Galatasaray High School (1976-1980)