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Can Yeginsu

Can Yeginsu

Position

Can combines a strong practice in international arbitration and commercial litigation (including civil fraud) with professional liability work and a busy commercial judicial review specialism, while also fostering a wider human rights and public international law practice, equivalent in depth and breadth to his commercial work. He is frequently instructed in disputes to the English Court’s jurisdiction. Recent/current work includes: Junior Counsel in Bazhanov and Morrins International v Fosman & Ors, a USD 18m claim brought in the Commercial Court by a former Russian deputy Minister of State in relation to interests in sunflower seed oil productions plants; Counsel for two foreign investors in a USD 125m investor-state arbitration against a CIS State; Junior Counsel in Marathon Asset Management v Seddon & Ors (multi-million Commercial Court unlawful means conspiracy and Wrotham Park damages claim, a Lawyer Magazine Top 20 case for 2016); sole Counsel in $80 million LCIA arbitration involving the operation of an oil terminal connected to the CPC pipeline; counsel for a leading German Bank in a US $75 million A1P1 (property rights) claim before the European Court of Human Rights; First Junior Counsel in £195 million A1P1 claim in Breyer Group Plc & Others v Department of Energy and Climate Change. In 2013, Can was named as one of ten “Stars at the Bar” by Legal Week Magazine.

Career

M.A. (Oxon); LL.M. Harvard Law School; Procter Fellow, Princeton University; Called 2007; Visiting Professor of Investment Law and Arbitration, Koç University Law School.

Languages

Turkish (native), French (basic).

Memberships

BICCL, LCIA, IBA, ALBA, COMBAR, ICC UK, ICCA, PNBA.

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading junior2
Can Yeginsu��– 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Can is an outstanding advocate - precise, authoritative, and a master cross-examiner. A client favourite and a real pleasure to instruct.'
London Bar

International arbitration: counsel

Leading junior1
Can Yeginsu – 3 Verulam Buildings 'Can is a captivating legal advocate. His legal expertise is underpinned by combination of profound academic knowledge across various subject matters, superb advocacy, and a devoted work ethic. Can also is able to deftly synthesize complex legal issues into pragmatic recommendations.'
London Bar

Public international law

Leading junior1
Can Yeginsu – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Can is a star in the field. He is equally at home advising on complicated points of state practice or pragmatic guidance in investment arbitration. Can never gets ruffled in his advocacy, handling submissions and cross-examination with aplomb.’