ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC

The firm: ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC provides a broad range of legal services for its diverse client base. The firm’s structure is based on two core practice areas. The first is represented by the firm’s experienced international dispute resolution team and the second by the very capable international corporate team under which the firm consults and advises its clients on construction, energy, global finance, international trade, investment funds, M&A, private equity, project finance, capital markets and real estate.

ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC’s attorneys are recognised for their committed and sophisticated representation of its clients. Its team of jurists, having played key roles in numerous multimillion-dollar transactions, are trained and experienced to take responsibility in challenging legal and business matters, as well as in most complicated dispute resolution cases. All senior team members of the firm, having worked for major international law firms and companies for years prior to joining ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC, now serve the firm’s clients their significant experience in international business transactions.

As well as providing sophisticated legal services, ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC understands and pays attention to the business needs of its clients. The combination of legal knowledge, responsiveness, good business ethics and consideration of its attorneys sets the firm apart from most local and international law firms operating in Turkey. The experienced lawyers of the team secure the rights of the firm’s clients in international business transactions by helping and representing them from the very beginning of the transaction until the closing. The firm has an excellent command of commercial contracts related to the preparation of joint venture agreements, shareholders’ agreements, articles of associations, funding related matters etc for its clientele. This helps the firm to effectively deliver on its clients’ strategic cross-border and local transactions.

ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC plays an important role in the detailed structuring of its clients’ investments in and out of Turkey. The firm’s good anticipation of legal and corporate issues helps clients to be informed on the probable outcomes related to their transactions. In this regard, the firm is involved in the preparation, drafting, reviewing, negotiation and revision phases in commercial transactions in and out of Turkey.

Furthermore, the practice and experience of the firm’s international dispute resolution team encompasses the representation of its clients under various international arbitration rules, including but not limited to, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). The firm is also very efficient in the early and amicable settlement of international disputes related to the claims amounting to multimillion dollars in a cost and time efficient manner.

The sophisticated team of lawyers at the firm is also supported by a team of international and domestic senior counsels helping the firm to render full legal services to its clientele. ARIKAN | PARTNERS ILC’s attorneys are all educated in respected law schools in Turkey and abroad. The firm is committed to welcoming the best law graduates every year.

The firm is located in the reputed central business district of Istanbul at Yapi Kredi Plaza, Levent.

Areas of practice: Corporate and commercial law, construction, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, project finance, banking and finance, capital markets, private equity, dispute resolution and international arbitration, competition/antitrust and energy.