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BETUL ONAL PAYZE

Ms. Betül Önal Payze is a Senior Lawyer at Şengün & Partners, specializing in employment law, personal data protection law, criminal law, and commercial law. She provides comprehensive legal consultancy and litigation services, with particular expertise in handling complex legal disputes and advising companies on compliance matters. Ms. Önal Payze commenced her legal career through various prestigious law firms during her academic years and completed her internship at Şengün & Partners, where she continues to develop her career. She holds a law degree from Izmir University of Economics and is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration at Anadolu University. Throughout her career, Ms. Önal Payze has offered legal consultancy to both local and global companies, particularly in the automotive, construction, paper, and packaging industries. She also provides advisory services in the negotiation of collective labor agreements and other employment law matters for companies operating in organized industrial zones.

BIRGI KUZUMOGLU

Mrs. Birgi Kuzumoğlu has provided legal consultancy services in various fields throughout her career, primarily in contract law, commercial law, employment law, real estate law, investment law, transport law and sustainability law. She took part in an international investment project planned to be carried out in Turkey by a world-renowned automotive company from start to finish. Similarly, she has taken an active and strategic role in numerous international investment projects, international tenders, and international transportation services, and continues to contribute to these projects. Currently, as a partner lawyer at Şengün & Partners, she provides legal consultancy services in her areas of expertise to client companies from various industries, including private equity firms, fund management companies, asset management companies, factoring companies, media companies, outdoor advertising companies, automotive companies, transportation companies, and insurance brokerage firms.

BURAK BATUHAN BIRTANE

Mr. Birtane is a senior lawyer and the coordinator of the Istanbul office of Şengün & Partners Law Firm. He specialises in criminal law, commercial law, capital market law, factoring law and labour law. He provides legal advice and litigation services, mainly handling complex criminal cases related to financial crimes, commercial disputes, labour disputes, enforcement and bankruptcy law and capital markets. He advises national and international companies in sectors such as automotive, media and entertainment, factoring, logistics, retail and land and maritime transport, with a particular focus on ro-ro transport.

Dila Yıldırım is an Associate at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership, focusing on Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Competition Law, Corporate Law and Contracts Law. With a deep understanding of the legal landscape, she offers comprehensive legal services, including litigation and strategic advisory, tailored to her clients’ needs in various industries. At Şengün & Partners, Ms. Yıldırım advises clients on a range of legal matters, from corporate governance to employment issues, ensuring compliance with both local and international regulations. She is particularly skilled in managing legal challenges related to business operations and competition law, providing innovative and efficient solutions. In addition to her core legal practice, Ms. Yıldırım is also actively involved in creative legal projects, where she applies innovative legal solutions to address emerging challenges in the business world. Her professional approach combines in-depth legal knowledge with a client-centered focus, ensuring that each solution is personelized to the specific requirements and goals of her clients.

Attorney Ms. Güven started working as a Managing Senior Lawyer at Şengün & Partners Law Firm in 2022 and currently continues her work as a Partner Lawyer. With nearly 15 years of professional experience, she provides legal consultancy services to both domestic and international clients in her areas of expertise. Additionally, within the Şengün Group, she serves as the head of the Şengün Academy unit. With her extensive knowledge and experience, Ms. Güven offers effective and solution-oriented services, particularly in litigation representation, within her areas of expertise. Simultaneously, she writes columns for the online newspaper Hukuk Çizgisi and serves as the Vice President of the Business World and Law Association.

İdil Aşkın is an Associate at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership, where she advises international and local corporate clients both on routine and complex legal transactions. She provides legal consultancy on investments, trade activities and critical contracts of client companies meanwhile ensuring compliance of their activities with relevant regulations, including but not limited to competition law and data protection. In addition to ensuring compliance with Turkish legislation and safeguarding the rights and interests of client companies within this framework, in line with her with particular focus on legal matters related to international trade and investments, she closely follows global legal developments related to her areas of expertise. At present, a significant portion of her practice is concentrated on corporate law, contracts law, and competition law. She also conducts research and prepares informative documents as part of her work within Şengün & Partners Competition Law Institute. İdil Aşkın also has a keen interest in working with international corporate groups across various sectors, including capital markets, banking and finance, fintech, as well as media, technology and e-commerce. Moreover, she is interested in public procurement, including international tenders, and she is actively involved in related projects.

Nedim Korhan Sengun, M.A.

Mr. Şengün is the Founding Partner at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership and legal expert in intellectual and artistic works. He provides legal services in the fields of transportation and private insurance law. In addition to other legal fields Mr. Şengün, specifically, consults his clients for Individual and Collective Labor Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Banking and Finance Law, Transportation and Private Insurance Law, Capital Markets Law, Competition Law, Property Law, Intellectual Property Law. He actively involves in the collectivee bargaining agreement negotiations of various clients including, but not limited to, reputable automotive companies, ro-ro transporters, package manufacturers. Furthermore, he is the legal counsel of a major foreign private fund operating in Turkey.Currently Mr. Şengün consults, including but not limited to, private equities, fund management companies, asset management companies, factoring companies, media companies, outdoor advertising, automotive, transportation, insurance brokerage companies.He is also the legal counsel and a board member for a major media group and he focuses on its Radio and Television Supreme Council process. He is also the legal counsel of a company engaged in outdoor advertising and also a member of its Board of Directors.

Öykü Güldürmez is a Executive Lawyer at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership, specializing in Employment Law, Data Protection Law, Technology Law, and Economic Criminal Law. She has extensive experience in litigation and legal consultancy, particularly advising clients on compliance matters related to personal data protection, corporate regulatory frameworks, and white-collar crime. Prior to joining Şengün & Partners, Ms. Güldürmez provided consultancy services for a startup company as a Data Protection Law advisor, playing a pivotal role in structuring compliance strategies. Throughout her career, she has worked in various prominent law firms, gaining hands-on experience in dispute resolution, corporate advisory services, and criminal liability cases concerning financial crimes. At Şengün & Partners, Ms. Güldürmez actively advises clients from diverse industries, offering strategic legal solutions in employment law disputes, technology-related regulatory matters, data privacy compliance, and economic criminal law cases involving corporate fraud, tax evasion, and financial misconduct.

R. Guzin Sengun

Ms. Sengun is the Managing Partner of Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership. Ms. Şengün, who is also a trademark attorney, provides legal support in Banking and Finance, Commercial Law, Law of Obligations, Capital Markets Law, Intellectual Property Law, Labor Law, Property Law and other fields of law to a wide range of clients operating in areas such as media, automotive, asset management, private insurance and factoring. She also provides consultancy to investment funds and she is the attorney of a major foreign private equity fund operating in Turkey. Furthermore, Ms. Şengün advises corporate clients from various areas of business life with an extensive knowledge and provides resolutions to settle disputes that have arisen.Mrs. Şengün is the legal counsel and Board of Directors member of a major media group and she focuses on its Radio and Television Supreme Council processes. She is also the legal counsel and Board of Directors member of a major outdoor advertising company.

Yiğit Okuldaş is an Associate at Şengün & Partners Attorney Partnership, specializing in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets law and regulatory compliance.With experience in working on significant transactions, he advises both local and international clients, including major corporations and private equity firms, on complex legal matters. His expertise spans a variety of industries, including finance, automotive, media, healthcare and technology. He provides legal consultancy to client companies on all corporate matters. He has been involved in the execution of domestic and international investments of real and legal person clients. He provides legal consultancy to one of the largest media groups in Turkey in the field of media law and provides legal support to the group companies in the conduct of their legal proceedings before RTÜK and other administrative authorities. Additionally, he advises asset management companies and factoring companies on banking and finance law, and clients operating in the capital markets on capital markets law, and provides legal support to these companies in the execution of their legal proceedings before CMB and other administrative authorities.