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Ayşegül Akbal

Ayşegül Akbal

Work Department

TaxCommercial, Corporate and M&ADispute ResolutionEmploymentRestructuring and Insolvency

Position

Head of Office - Leading Partner

Career

Ayşegül Akbal is a managing partner of Akbal Law Firm. Ayşegül started her legal career at one of the Turkish Finance Company’s Headquarters in 2000 in the legal department. During her six and a half years of experience as in-house counsel she worked on tax disputes, administrative disputes and all transactions necessary for board meetings and shareholder meetings, supervised outside counsel in non-performing loan litigations. In 2006 she joined Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Attorney Partnership as a litigation associate. At Hergüner, Ayşegül handled hundreds of cases as either lead associate or as a member of a team of litigators. She mainly represents Turkish and multinational companies in commercial and tax disputes. She also published several articles on topics ranging from commercial law to tax law.

Languages

TurkishEnglish

Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association (admitted in 2000)

Education

Ayşegül is a graduate of Terakki Foundation Şişli Terakki Private High School, ranking 1st in her year among 270 students, and Istanbul University Law School (LL.B., 1999).