Uluköklü & Partners

Uluköklü & Partners is a boutique law firm located in Istanbul, offering exceptional legal services to both local and international clients. Our areas of expertise encompass various fields, including media and entertainment law, labor law with a focus on collective labor law, commercial law, and intellectual property law.

Our team is known for their in-depth knowledge and expertise, allowing us to provide tailored legal solutions that address the unique challenges and risks faced by our clients. Not only are we skilled in litigation, but we are also well-versed in alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation.

What sets us apart is our commitment to innovation, customization, and prompt service. Our dedicated attorneys are complemented by a network of experts, including academicians and partners, who work collaboratively to deliver proactive solutions to our clients.

Areas of practice
Labor and employment disputes ( including collective actions): We are a leading law firm specializing in collective labor law in Turkey. With two decades of experience, we provide advisory services to clients on a wide range of topics. Our clients include trade unions, workers, and employers, and we offer representation and consultancy services within the scope of the Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements Law No 6356. Our main goal is to create balanced and equitable work environments where the rights of all parties involved are protected. We strive to represent the vulnerable side in situations of imbalance. Our clients are from various sectors, including manufacturing, wholesale, and services.

Our legal services encompass advisory and litigation support, as well as assistance with restructurings and reorganizations, unionization, protection of union rights, collective bargaining, discrimination, mobbing, job security and termination issues, class action lawsuits, strike and lockout cases, lawsuits arising from trade union law, due diligence, employment contracts, mutual termination contracts, liability for workplace accidents, severance payment and termination compensation claims, recourse claims by social security institutions, reinstatement cases, and more.

Corporate and commercial law: Uluköklü & Partners provides services on investments, distribution agreements, licensing agreements, acquisition of real estate, all kinds of local and international commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, commercial disputes, and litigation, franchise agreements, compensation and trade claims, board level disputes. We provide end to end legal advisory to our corporate clients on all commercial matters. 

Media and entertainment law (digital Platform/cinema/TV/radio/music/art): We provide our services to all actors in the entertainment industry; establish and protect the moral rights on products of authors who create intellectual and artistic works, performers who perform or interpret such works, producers, people who work on radio, television or digital platforms.  Our experience and advice spans the full spectrum of media and entertainment including TV, film, radio, digital and social media, music, technologies and platforms associated with media and entertainment. Our team is active in various areas, including drafting and reviewing a range of contracts and agreements, deal closing, advising on compliance with law of intellectual and artistic works among others in media related matters. Our spectrum includes broadcasting contracts, film rights agreements, songwriter agreements, artist agreements, digital marketing agreements, distribution agreements, recording agreements and more. 

Our media and entertainment practice is led by Şeniz and Murat, who are highly skilled experts in this field and provide top-quality counseling, prosecution, and litigation services to clients both locally and internationally. 

Intellectual property: Global business faces new and increasing regulatory challenges in many parts of the world and with all aspects of intellectual property. Intellectual property dynamics require not only a profound knowledge of the law but also an in-depth knowledge of the industry dynamics.  We are representing clients in proceedings before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office and also the national courts.  Şeniz has been a registered  Trademark and Patent Attorney since 2004 and delivers services to clients on trademark, patent and copyright litigation. 

Dispute resolution: Our dispute resolution practice is  based on tailored strategy for every client; commercial litigation, shareholders’ disputes, post-acquisition claims, contracts disputes, and regulatory investigations. We handle dispute cases at partner level and Şeniz personally provides hands on dispute resolution services by leveraging her 20 years experience in this field and academic network.  What sets us apart is the end to end service we provide to our clients at every stage of the dispute, from counseling to court cases.

Mediation: Due to recent amendments in various Turkish codes which makes mediation compulsory before initiating any litigation proceedings, mediation has become vital  in dispute resolution. Mediation, whether voluntary or compulsory, is a way to achieve faster and more efficient results. In addition to that, mediation is a good way to preserve the relationship between the parties to the dispute. As a result we actively direct our clients to mediation. Şeniz, Sinem and Murat are licensed mediators registered in the Mediation Registry of the Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, our mediators are expert mediators (in accordance with Law on Mediation in Civil Disputes No 6325) in the fields of labor law, commercial law, intellectual property law, insurance law, banking law, consumer law.

Testimonials
Client operating in media and entertainment industry
"Our top priorities are speed, trust, and continuity. With a 15-year partnership with Şeniz, which holds great value for us, we have established a strong legal structure for our actor, advertisement, and voice-over contracts. Şeniz and Murat consistently provide fast and informative answers, offering honest, practical, and rational solutions, especially in matters such as title ownership, protection of moral and economic rights, and their transfer. They proactively anticipate and inform us about all possibilities, opportunities, and risks at the beginning of projects, ensuring a smooth process for all the actors involved in our projects. In the media and entertainment industry, which involves numerous stakeholders such as producers, publishers, advertisers, artists, actors, and advertising companies, maintaining a delicate balance requires expertise and speed. Uluköklü understands our language and works in sync with us to maintain this balance, ensuring a seamless and efficient working relationship"

Client in architecture industry on dispute resolution
"Since Şeniz and Gül Beste in her team know many problems in the sector, they professionally manage our needs in the fields of litigation and consultancy. Their experience in dispute resolution and their honest approach to work ensure a secure client-lawyer relationship. Due to this trustful relationship between us, we work together in my personal business as well as our company business. Especially in my real estate cases, I can say that they prevented me from incurring irreparable damage with their attempts to make a settlement with the official institutions in order to protect my property right, and then the field researches related to the real estate. Furthermore, the fact that they included Sinem in the team for the administrative responsibility part of the issues, reinforced my sense of confidence even more"