Gled Partners

Özoğul Yenigün & Partners is a full-service law office in İstanbul, that provides its national and international clients with legal services in various fields such as Labor and Employment Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Personal Data Protection Law, and Maritime Law; with its team of highly skilled lawyers and professionals, having solid competence in various areas of expertise along with substantial experience and knowledge of the practice.

The firm represents national and international preeminent companies in maritime, FMCG and technology sectors as well as retail and small businesses and public institutions by using the most efficient means of dispute resolution i.e. litigation, arbitration and mediation. The firm holds a record of a high rate of success, applies preventive dispute resolution means, focuses on the most suitable way to serve its clients’ commercial needs and expectations and resolves complex issues within the shortest period without compromising its clients’ best interest.

The firm advises international real persons and companies on company establishment in Turkey and abroad, in collaboration with its affiliates in other countries.

The firm also provides legal consultancy services including revising and drafting contracts, managing corporate transactions including M&A’s, and conducting the company’s regular corporate operations and offers daily legal counseling to its clients on the latest regulations and legislation concerning their sector and advises them to comply with new or amended legislation and the decisions of Personal Data Protection Authority and Turkish Competition Authority as well.

Areas of Practice:

Labor and employment: The firm handles employment disputes arising from individual and collective labor agreements, prioritizes settling the disputes through arbitrary and mandatory mediation, follows up litigation processes and represents clients in collective bargaining. The firm also provides day-to-day employment consultancy to its clients by drafting and revising termination-related documentation and agreements.

Litigation and dispute resolution: The firm provides its clients with dispute resolution services in a wide range of disputes such as employment, corporate and shareholders’, lease and purchase, intellectual property, product liability bankruptcy and insolvency disputes.

Real estate: The firm advises its clients on managing the sale and purchase of property, drafting and revising leasehold contracts.

Maritime law: The firm represents high-profile maritime companies and public institutions, offers day-to-day consultancy to complex maritime disputes and international transportation disputes.

Data protection: The firm manages data protection projects, advises and updates clients on new legislation and regulatory decisions of Personal Data Protection Authority, and drafts privacy policies with required documentation to ensure its clients’ compliance with GDPR and other data protection legislation.

Main Contacts

Head of Corporate and Employment Departments -Evrim Uygur Yamaner[email protected]

Head of Real Estate and Dispute Resolution Department- Derya Kandil [email protected]

Head of Litigation and Enforcement Law Department- A. Levent Yenigün [email protected]

Head of Energy Law Department- Gökhan Özoğul [email protected]

Senior Associate in Corporate Department – Fatma Yelda Yelmen [email protected]

Mid-Level Associate in Corporate Department- İrem Özbay [email protected]

Languages

English

French

German

Memberships

Turkish Ethics and Reputation Society,

The Legal Industry Turkey Review,